Ghana Social - Mother Care Orphanage
Ghana
Durations of Program: 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Year round; monthly departures
Description:
Mother Care Orphanage works to ensure that all children are provided with a safe home with a loving environment. This organization tries to find children whose parents have passed away or have been abandoned, to try and alleviate the number of children who grow up with out a home. Currently there are 40 children who live at Mother Care Orphanage. They range between 6 months and 16 years. There are only three people who work at the center and as a result they are severely short staffed.
Highlights:
Volunteers may participate in many tasks, including, but not limited to:
1. Bathing children
2. Dressing children
3. Preparing food, and feeding children.
4. Teaching at the school at the orphanage
5. Preparing lessons plans and organizing educational games for the children.
6. Creating a curriculum for the school.
7. Writing proposals for funding.
8. Creating an accounting system for the director.
9. Maintaining the website.
Qualifications:
Volunteers should enjoy working with children and able to take initative. Experience working with children is an asset. Individuals who would like to work in a very structured atmosphere may have a difficult time at this placement.
Cost in US$: USD2,255 for 8 weeks; USD135 for each additional week
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Cost Includes :
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- Emergency evacuation services
- Food
- Housing
- In-country orientation/Training
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- In-country staff support
- Language instruction
- Medical insurance
- Pre-departure orientation/Training
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- Registration fees
- Written materials abroad
- Written materials pre-departure
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Cost Include Description:
Upon arrival in country our staff will pick you up at the airport and return you to our Orientation Center for a safety briefing and general country orientation. For this program you are required to complete one week of language training and orientation which is included in the cost of the program. A the end of that week, you will transfer to your placement to begin volunteering. Our staff are available to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week should you require help of any kind.
Experience Required: yes
Experience working with children is an asset.
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Volunteer Types :
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- academic reinforcement
- adult education
- banking
- childcare/children
- clerical and office work
- cooking
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- curriculum planning
- education
- literacy
- office work
- orphans
- primary education
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- social services, social work
- teaching
- volunteering
- youth
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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
Families, Couples and Individuals
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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Participants Travel to Ghana
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
or
in Groups
Application Process Involves:
- Letters of Reference
- Resume
- Written Application
Basecamp International Centers'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
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