Veterinary (Animal Support ) Placement

  Ghana

• Accra: 
Accra

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter 
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 7-12 months

Description: Are you an animal lover, do you love working around animals tending and caring for them or do you just love to save the lives of animals in peril! Then this is the perfect opportunity to show your true worth. Working with veterinarians in private practice or in a clinic, or venturing out with vets who specialize in farm animals may just be the best opportunity and experience of a life time. You will have opportunities to work with the treatment of many diseases associated with the tropics. This may just be an eye opener giving you practical knowledge and experience. Whether you love to work with house animals, domestic farm animals or wildlife, this is just the right placement for you.

Highlights: Are you an animal lover, do you love working around animals tending and caring for them or do you just love to save the lives of animals in peril! Then this is the perfect opportunity to show your true worth. Working with veterinarians in private practice or in a clinic, or venturing out with vets who specialize in farm animals may just be the best opportunity and experience of a life time. You will have opportunities to work with the treatment of many diseases associated with the tropics. This may just be an eye opener giving you practical knowledge and experience. Whether you love to work with house animals, domestic farm animals or wildlife, this is just the right placement for you.

Qualifications: Are you an animal lover, do you love working around animals tending and caring for them or do you just love to save the lives of animals in peril! Then this is the perfect opportunity to show your true worth. Working with veterinarians in private practice or in a clinic, or venturing out with vets who specialize in farm animals may just be the best opportunity and experience of a life time. You will have opportunities to work with the treatment of many diseases associated with the tropics. This may just be an eye opener giving you practical knowledge and experience. Whether you love to work with house animals, domestic farm animals or wildlife, this is just the right placement for you.

Cost in US$: 500

* 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

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

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2-5

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