Volunteers who choose to spend time at our partner orphanages are blown away. Spending every minute of your day living side-by-side with the amazing kids at Drifting Angels Orphanage is an experience you’ll never forget. Orphanage volunteers typically enjoy 2-3 week placements, so they have the opportunity to really get to know the kids and orphanage staff. Either myself or one of the other DIVOG staff members will spend the first day or two with you at the orphanage, but then we’ll get out the way and let you fully immerse yourself! Volunteers will spend some of the day helping with the daily chores, which frees up time for the children to read and study for school. You can also help teach in the classroom and/or aid the children in their after-school studies. Probably the most memorable aspects of orphanage volunteering will be the downtime you have with the kids, sharing with them your story and letting them tell you theirs. Our partner orphanages have made significant efforts towards self-sustainability (mostly by operating farms where the profits go towards food and other costs for the kids), but they still need our help. As an Orphanage Volunteer, part of your program fees will go towards supporting the food, water, and basic costs for these hard-working, amazing kids. As mentioned on our website, all of our programs are completely customizable, so we try to not offer blanket costs for programs that might not be exactly what you want. However, as a baseline, here’s a rough idea of the program fees for Orphanage Volunteering:

Length of Stay: open

Accommodations: Three meals a day, housing at the orphanage or neighboring home

Included: Airport pick-up/drop-off, transportation to/from orphanage, several day trips to local destinations (Wli Waterfalls, Kente Weavers, Monkey Sanctuary, et al), and Secret DIVOG Gift

We can adjust this program package however you would like, but hopefully this basic estimate helps!