Ghana Social Placement - Centre for Rural Enterprise Development

  Ghana

• Accra: 
Accra

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Year Round, Monthly Departures

Description: Volunteers will be given the opportunity to design and implement workshops for entrepreneurs and community based organizations. These workshops will focus on items such as how to write proposals, create budgets, create business plans and how to become self-sufficient.

Other potential jobs: helping to set up locally based projects with individuals who want to make a difference. Volunteers will also have the ability to train others and evaluate project development.

8 Staff Members, 2 females and 6 males. Age range between 25 and 50.

Highlights: Ajumako is in the district capital of the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District. It is has four beautiful rivers that supply good drinking water to the residents of the area. Crops such as maize, bananas, mangoes and coco grow abundantly in this area.

Ajumako is located about a half hour away from Mankessim, a very active market centre with a wide variety of fruit. The closest city center is Cape Coast which is only a one hour drive from Ajumako.

This placement needs volunteers to strengthen the organization's capacity to support their programmes.

Qualifications: * Volunteers who have some background knowledge on how to facilitate a workshop would be an asset to this project. Any back ground in the field of development of business would also be extremely beneficial.
* Being willing to conduct research and create reports on various topics would also be beneficial.
* Minumum Education: Undergraduate

Cost in US$: $2250 USD for 8 weeks duration, $135 each additional week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries.

Age Range: 18 +

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

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of custom

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement: We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded: 1998