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Working in Africa with Care For Life Charity

Name: Working in Africa with Care For Life Charity
Uploaded: 2024-09-02T20:32:36+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Will Humphreys
Description: A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video discussing how periodic free medical aid from foreign (American) volunteers can unintentionally harm…

2 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video discussing how periodic free medical aid from foreign (American) volunteers can unintentionally harm local healthcare systems in Africa—closing local clinics, putting locally trained doctors out of business, and discouraging new entrants to the profession. The speakers reflect on witnessing a closed clinic and question the effects of charity visits.

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I was walking home after translating in the clinic and saw their health clinic that was closed and I was like what the heck?
And then, you.
Know, slapped myself upside the head because I thought oh my.
Word, these.
People who got themselves from the cheek to the city, got educated and came.
Back which.
Is unheard of are trying to.
Make a living using their education.
Who's going to.
Pay their local doctor.
When the Americans come every six months.
And do it for free which takes that local.
Doctor out of business.
Totally out of business.
And by the way, I'm guessing a lot of kids are growing up going, well A.
I'm not an.
American so I shouldn't even try or B, why would I try because they're going to come take our work away from us.
Yes. So I talked to my husband and we both kind of did these hand slaps of what.
Are we doing and.
Then he just said I will never go down again unless I am training a local.