What challenges does an aid project team face during a mission in a foreign country? The Mkula Hospital Project case study

Abstract

A case study in Mkula Hospital was used to evaluate the communication within an aid project team as well as between the team and the locals on site. During the two months stay, four students helped the hospital to oversee the construction of the RCH building (Reproductive and Child health) and then based on the leftover budget develop and design further projects in cooperation with the hospital management team. During this time, all the factors that affected the project were collected, such as, communication, cultural differences, and trust. These were identified as the main factors that influence the progress of the project and thus must be carefully evaluated before, during, and after each virtual team project to avoid the same mistakes in the future.