Community School in Larabanga, Ghana

  Ghana

Rural Areas

Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Year round

Description: Volunteers are needed to help in a variety of ways from playing with the children, organizing fun recreational activities, leading skills workshops, feeding them, teaching basic oral and written English, math, and drawing, and any other daily duties. Most importantly, volunteers are asked to provide care, encouragement, and support to each student as a positive mentor.

This community school was established in 2000 with only 15 children who were very poor and needy with the hopes of providing these children a place to learn instead of begging for food and money on the streets from tourists passing by. Now the school has over 300 children ages 1-13 years old. They do not require uniforms and all children are fed each day. One of the toughest issues the school faces is that of space. As they continue to serve more children, they are confronted with the need to build more spaces eliminating the make-shift classrooms that have sprouted up outside under trees.

Highlights: Greenheart Travel always provides you with a thorough network of support before departure and during your time abroad. You will be provided with pre-departure orientation materials that will walk you through every step of your program. Your local coordinator, host family, and volunteer site supervisor are more than happy to address questions or difficulties that you may have at anytime during your program.

Qualifications: Experience or education in counseling, teaching and/or childcare is helpful, but not required.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Greenheart Travel volunteers are all ages and come from diverse backgrounds. All are caring, flexible individuals who are interested in an authentic cultural experience rather than a typical tourist experience.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Greenheart Travel's Mission Statement: Greenheart Travel is a division of the Center for Cultural Interchange. Founded in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding, academic development and world peace. Greenheart is CCI's way of promoting the health and welfare of the earth and its people through cultural exchange, ethical travel, responsible consumerism, and community service.

Year Founded: 1985