2-Week Winter Break Program

  Ghana

Rural Areas

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: inquire for more information

Description: Your volunteer work will involve a combination of humanitarian work and physical work with orphanages, schools, and other local organizations to improve communities in the Volta Region. Some of the projects involve spending time with children at orphanages playing games, arts & crafts, and sports, as well as planting trees, cleaning-up school grounds, and light construction work of schools and medical clinics.

Highlights: The 2-Week Winter Break in Ghana is based in the town of Kpando (the "K is silent) in the Volta Region. Kpando is located approximately two hours northeast of the capital city Accra. The Volta Region is a safe, quiet and peaceful area, away from the regular tourist circuits of Ghana.

Qualifications:
* Minimum Age: 16
* All Nationals are Eligible

Cost in US$: $1,395 (extra week $495). Get a Free Trip: Recruit 10 other volunteers and we will waive your Program Fee. Recruit 15 others asn we will also pay for your round-trip airfare!

Not Included:
Airfare
Visa Fee
Vaccinations
Internet
Phone Calls
Extra Sightseeing

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: College students and younger professionals taking time off to volunteer and/or intern, in order to gain real-world experience in a non-western culture.

Age Range: Ages 16+

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Year Founded: 2001