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Volunteer on our projects in Ghana, West Africa
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Location: Todome, Ghana
We are non governmental organisation working in rural Ghana to provide sustainable solutions to many social problems to alleviate poverty.
Our core priority is involving communities supporting them to solve their own problems, the way forward for sustainable solutions.
As a young team have we worked with a lot of volunteers allover the world.
My vision is to provide solutions not just charity that will continue to solve poverty problems for longer period.
Our team is a unique one to make volunteering a memorable one in your life.
From arrival to orientation to the field,we support our volunteers throughout their stay.
In addition,we provide certificate of participation to all our volunteers and any recommendations they might need after working hard with us to achieve out passionate goal.
Our main aim is to provide worthwhile and meaningful volunteer opportunities in Ghana. Our programs include both short-term and long-term placements in rural Ghana, as well as our programs, are open throughout the whole year.
We offers meaningful programs in orphanages, healthcare, Photography, Eco-tourism, teaching in our schools, women empowerment, street children, medicine, journalism, disability, construction Agriculture and many more.
Education
Educational programs range from lending a hand at an elementary school to teaching English to adults in order to improve their job opportunities. Volunteers might provide vocational training or health and hygiene education through workshops for girls, teach photography, run workshop in high schools, run reading clinics or tutor struggling students at an after-school program.
Environment
Environmental projects may have volunteers working in an office preparing educational materials, outside creating trails (or recycling, or picking up trash, or planting and tending flora), or in schools or neighborhood centers providing community outreach. In a context where putting food on the table is a more urgent need than care of the environment for many families, volunteers should look for projects that combine community outreach and education with their efforts and know that their presence can help draw attention to an area that might have been overlooked by the local community in the past.
Health
While opportunities abound for specialized skills, from first-aid training to heart surgery, health outreach you don’t necessarily need to be a medical professional to assist in a community health clinic or public hospital. Volunteers may be able to help organize workshops, assist medical staff, provide translation skills, health talks, or raise awareness on issues such as HIV/AIDS, hygiene etc.
Women’s Empowerment
Volunteer opportunities that focus on women might include promoting associations of artisan weavers or supporting workshops on everything from civil rights to home finances, teaching photography. According to UN Women, “there is a direct link between increased female labor participation and growth,” and World Bank studies demonstrate that women are more likely than men to spend their income on food and education for their children, making investments in women a critical part of development.
Our Projects
Agriculture
Agricultural work might be on a rural community farming or permaculture project. The best of these projects include local outreach— such as demonstration farms and educational workshops in schools—that support a community-wide change in thinking about agriculture.
Children and Youth
Volunteers might work with kids at an orphanage or nursery, tutor teens in English or math, or organize sports activities for at-risk youth. The most effective child care centers are those that provide a quality education that prepares the children and youth for an economically viable future, and engaging alternatives to the temptations of drugs and gangs.
Disability project:
With the help of our volunteers,we provide home care for our disabled children and adults. Currently, we are planning to establish a care center to provide education and training for all kinds of persons with disabilities.
Capacity Building:
We train women, school pupils, and youth in strategies for personal development and self-employment skills.
Computer education:
We train local school pupils in computer skills as part of their subject and also train young women to boost their employment skills.
Construction:
We need help with the construction and renovation of classrooms, libraries, skill centers, cabins, and health centers etc
READY TO START YOUR ADVENTURE?
Immerse yourself in each destination’s unique landscape and authentic culture, while having a positive impact every step of the way. Our volunteer trips provide you with a perfect combination of meaningful project work, cultural immersion, and off-the-beaten-path adventures.
From the moment you step off the plane, you will be supported by our experienced team.
Come join our meaningful volunteer programs and change the way you see the world!
WORKING ARRANGEMENT
Our pattern of volunteering is 5 days a week Monday to Friday and having weekends free. Five ours each day.
Volunteers stays for one month and above.
LIVING ARRANGEMENT
Food offered is very simple, just like what Ghanaians eat, rice, beans with tomato, spaghetti, rice, or noodles and for breakfast tortillas with vegetables or vegetable sandwiches. Ghanaian food is spicy, it's better to let them know so they can put it without spicy or at least reduce it.
The accommodation during the volunteer stay is in very basic houses.
You should know that in the community in Ghana where you will be volunteering, there is running water in the houses, bathrooms and also electricity. There are separate rooms for men and women.