Ghana Health Project

  Ghana

• Accra: 
Accra

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Not Applicable, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter 
Duration of Program: 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks

Description: If your interest is in health care, this is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in your field in a different culture where practices may differ considerably from what you're used to in your home country. There are a number of institutions who would appreciate your help. You could work in a hospital, clinic or teaching hospital, in any one of a number of departments. You can work in a variety of medical departments, where you can assist the staff. The type of work you will be allocated will depend to an extent on your own abilities and capabilities, which is understandable given that you will be dealing with patient health and safety.

You can help out in simple but practical ways, vastly increasing your own knowledge and understanding of medical practice, whiles on the other hand you will get a good general feel of the Centre by working and/or observing in most departments and you will be exposed to hands-on nursing work.

If you plan on specializing in a particular field of medicine such as; Nursing, Optometry, Dentistry, or any related field which is available, we can arrange to place you in a relevant department, to ensure that you receive maximum experience in your chosen field.

* To do a medical work placement, you will need to be either planning to study medicine or a medical-related subject, currently studying medicine or related subject, or working in a medical field.

Cost in US$: 500

The Volunteer Program Fee covers the following items:
* Orientation Packet
* Lodging in Ghana
* In-country volunteer support
* Project-related expenses

To keep the overall cost down, volunteers are responsible for obtaining various items before departure. Dream Shelter Ghana will provide assistance as needed to help the volunteer in obtaining the following items:
* Travel medical insurance (including emergency evacuation coverage)
* Visa to Ghana
* Required vaccinations
* Airline ticket

In a cognizant effort to keep the volunteer program flexible enough to cover the needs and wants of all types of participants, volunteers are responsible for covering the cost of in-country ground transportation during their stay. Depending on one's level of required comfort, food and transport can be either pennies a day, or dollars a day. That is up to the volunteer to decide.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 17-65

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

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Dream Shelter Ghana's Mission Statement: Dream Shelter Ghana (Ghana) seeks to eradicate poverty and gender inequality, by initiating various community development programs aimed at alleviating poverty levels in selected underprivileged communities irrespective of sex and religion, but more into girl child education. Agricultural production is literally under threat, that is why at Dream Shelter Ghana, we seek improvement in the agricultural sector as one of its main strategy in empowering the rural folk aside from education. Also apart from agric projects dream shelter also provides volunteer opportunities in other areas of interest to the volunteer ranging from teaching to fashion and football coaching. It must however be noted that dream shelter volunteer program is also aimed at students abroad who would want to enrich their resume with overseas work experience.

Year Founded: 2007