Village Healthcare Experience

Immerse yourself in rural life by living like a local on one of our week-long Village Healthcare Experiences.

Professional herbalists, village healers, and soothsayers alike tend to be collectively identified under the controversial title of ‘Witch-Doctor’ in Africa, and are a major part of African healthcare. In this post we take a closer look at the differences between them, and why they are a popular alternative to Western medicine.

Booking your elective is a huge step in the right direction. It takes courage to take yourself halfway around the world to work in a developing country. But if you consider yourself a true adventurer there's something else you can do to take an extra step into the unknown!

Learn about Sri Lanka's 7000 year-old medicinal traditions in this week's post. A far cry from its Western counterpart, Ayurvedic medicine uses ingredients sourced from the natural world to ail sicknesses and promote a general sense of wellbeing. Continue reading to find out more!