VOLUNTEER WORK AT AN ORPHANAGE IN GHANA
VOLUNTEER IN GHANA ORPHANAGE PROGRAM DETAIL
Volunteering in Ghana on our Orphanage support program is the best travel experience you can have since you would be making a difference in an unfortunate child’s life in the orphanage.Orphanage volunteer programs in Ghana consist of kids from needy home, street children as well as kids with one or both parents dead.Unfortunately, Most of these orphanages have poor resources,under staffed, and are facing lots of problems to run their programs. Help is needed in everything from cooking and serving food to the children, to assisting with their basic education with sports and English lessons.Your placement can help the house mothers who simply don’t have enough time in the day. The children get the guidance they need to brighten their futures and you as a volunteer receive an unforgettable experience by truly making a difference in a child’s life.
VOLUNTEERS TYPICAL ACTIVITIES AT THE HOME
The volunteer’s activities at the orphanages in Ghana depends both on the needs of the individual orphanage home as well as the skills and interests of the volunteers themselves. Volunteers will assist in the day-to-day co-ordination of the Home, teaching, counseling, exchanging cultural views, teach them about health and hygiene,School trips and weekend visits,Putting the children down for their naps, providing mental and physiological support, playing, cooking and feeding the children as well as other recreational activities. Volunteers can also assist in the office of the orphanage if you think you can contribute to make them more organized to run in an efficient manner
PROJECT LOCATIONS
The volunteers work could be at any of the orphanage homes that we support in the following towns: Kpandu,Sogakofe,Tsito-Awudome,Sokode and Hohoe
PROJECT START DATES
Available though the year(Open)
PROJECT DURATION
MIN: 2 weeks MAX: 6 months
ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS
Typically volunteers are accommodated at the orphanage home but depending on the orphanage and its resources the volunteer could be with a host family.Basically,there are three meals a day which are mostly breakfast,lunch and dinner but in some exceptions you could be provided with just two meals a day depending on your project locations so please we advice prospective volunteers make provision for the exceptions
WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO SUPPORT
Children clothing’s, shoes, books, pens, crayons, pencils, erasers, story books, toys, playing materials(footballs, handballs, volleyballs) etc.
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