GVA Orphanage Placement Program

  Ghana

• Accra: 
Accra

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: on going

Description: Be with Orphans

Highlights: GVA's main focus currently is the support of children whose parents have died from HIV/AIDS and many other related accidents. In the Greater Accra Region, there are many children who have no one to look after them after the death of their parents.
These children are forced onto the streets, where they collect rotten food and beg to survive. On the streets, they no longer possess the right of being treated when they get sick, of obtaining an education, or of sleeping under a roof on a full stomach. GVA provides orphans and street children with these basic rights.

Volunteers have the choice to work in orphanages to support staff for the daily care of babies and children. Work would include teaching English, drawings and taking part in the community activities with brand new ideas!
The work is varied and so you must be flexible in tackling your work. The work could involve rehabilitating, educating and bringing them back to the main stream of life.

Qualifications: College/University

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 600

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Global Volunteers Africa's Mission Statement: Our main objective is promoting Global Understanding/Inter-cultural programs and to work for togetherness to make the World a better place for all through Youth Mobility. Global Volunteers Africa (GVA) acts as a support structure to assist rural and urban dwellers in the areas of education, health, empowerment of women, and to promote cultural diversity programmes. We work with all ages, genders, and all ethnic groups in Ghana, especially at the rural level. Global Volunteers Africa (GVA) does projects that are always in co-operation with the local community, and always in a section where the volunteers can make a real positive impact towards the local communities, by encouraging the work initiated by GVA and the volunteers.

Year Founded: 2006