Gap Medics was founded in 2005 by Director Dave Brown, whose vision was simple: To provide a specialist programme for premedical students to gain first hand experience within a hospital environment, in some of the most underprivileged locations in the world. Please support me in experiencing this life changing journey !

The programme running in Iringa, Tanzania offers an opportunity to work in the Iringa Regional Hospital in a range of different departments. I will be travelling to Tanzania for 18 days during the June/July midyear uni holidays to participate in the programme. Monday to Friday students learn in a hospital environment through shadowing medical professionals, observing surgeries and partaking in health tutorials. This kind of invaluable experience is extremely difficult to find in Australia, and will offer the best possible insight for me into medicine.

After the day is done at the hospital students go and visit the local orphanages, bringing gifts and offering a helping hand with the underprivileged children. The weekends provide an opportunity to explore the beautiful scenery travelling to nearby tropics or the safari, learning more about the culture of Eastern Africa.

What I wish to take away from this invaluable experience is working in a third world environment, engaging with people, particularly children, from a culture who are not in reach of the basic medical resources which we take for granted in Western society. I believe this experience will help open my eyes to the difference we can all make, when looking beyond the comfort of our everyday lives

About Me

Tanzania is a long way away from Melbourne, so the cost of travel is significant.  Since graduating high school in 2014 I've been working hard towards saving for the Gap Medics programme, I have now payed for the placement itself, but now as I a full-time university student I need assistance with covering  all of my costs ( flights, travel insurance, etc) .

cost breakdown:
- Return Airfare = quoted at $2300
- Travel Insurance= quoted at $150
- Tanzanian Visa= $100

All donations will go towards helping me get there and any money that i raise above the target will be distributed back into local communities in Iringa, making a difference in these peoples lives !

- travelling into a extremely diverse culture
- confronting circumstances
- taking the journey alone
- first experience in a medical setting