While most children in Ghana do attend school, the standard of education can be fairly low, and schools are often under-resourced and overcrowded. Through this program, volunteers will contribute towards developing these schools in a sustainable way by assisting in the classroom, planning and delivering extra-curricular classes, and by working in resource and staff development. Key focus areas for this program include planning preventative health workshops, teaching English language, music arts and crafts, and delivering creative and structured play activities for Creche, Preschool and young students. You may also have the opportunity to assist in the classroom with curriculum subjects such as Maths, Science or Literature, for primary and high school-aged children.
From Monday to Friday, you’ll be planning,
designing and delivering educational classroom sessions and extra-curricular
activities for students from under-resourced local schools. In doing so, you’ll
be helping to provide local schools with the capacity they need to ensure all
students benefit from both creative and core-curriculum based lessons and you
will be involved in activities that promote the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (UN SDGs) including Goal 4: Quality Education.
From helping to improve the school environment, assisting in the training of
local teachers, to organizing classes, educational games and activities with
the students, there is always plenty of valuable work to be done across OGVO’s
many local partner schools. So as a participant you’ll work with OGVO’s skilled
field team to identify areas where you can be particularly effective and where
your help is needed the most at that time by the local community.
Location
Ghana is a peaceful and welcoming country; Ghana satisfies one's appetite for both modern and traditional life. Its wide valleys, low-lying coastal plains, and thick rainforests resound with the beat of traditional rituals, while her cities glow and vibrate with all the bustle of the modern world. The Ghanaians are the friendliest people in West Africa: warm, proud yet humble with a contagious and calming sense of funniness.
Ghana is hot. It is always hot. What’s more, it's always humid. Humidity
usually lingers between 95 and 100 percent. The rainy season lasts from
mid-June to mid-November - sometimes. The rain provides a little respite from
the intense heat, but temperatures will still be in the mid-80s Fahrenheit. The
south of the country experiences the heaviest rainfall during September.
Wake up in your host family’s house every morning, get dressed, and have breakfast in the kitchen area. Eat a plate of breads and spreads before grabbing your packed lunch and heading out the door. Jump into a tro-tro or shared taxi and make your way to the school. On your first day, OGVO staff will accompany you to show you the way.
A typical day starts at 8am and finishes between 2-4pm, with a half hour break around 10am and an hour lunch break at 12pm. You’ll work Monday to Friday and have the weekends free to explore and relax.
Your day will be varied with regards to the subjects you teach. One day you may start with English and French classes, and others you will be teaching IT and Mathematics. You’ll assist the teachers with extracurricular lessons in the afternoons. Every lessons is between 30 minutes to an hour long, with some lessons being double periods.
When you’re not teaching, you’ll have free time to prepare lessons for the next day. The teachers will be happy to help you plan lessons, although your own new ideas will be welcomed.
Once you are done for the day, head home or grab a traditional Ghanaian meal from a restaurant or food stall with the other volunteers. You also have plenty of free time on the weekends, so organize a trip with other volunteers, or just relax and explore on your own.
During weekends Volunteers/Interns have the opportunity to visit all that Ghana has to offer. Weekend trips available include visits to Mole National Park in the Northern Region of Ghana. This National Park offers a great Safari-like experience and is one of the biggest Elephant Sanctuaries in Africa with the chance to spot Lions, Leopards & Antelopes in their natural habitat.
Volunteers can also take a trip to Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana to relax in the beautiful beaches and see the famous Cape Coast castle, the Kakum Canopy walkway and Elmina castle, where slave trade begun.
NOTE: We do provide tours, therefore you can add a tour before or after your volunteer program for an additional cost. We can perform quality tours and can offer discounts to volunteers.
Airport pick-up and transportation from Accra to your project sites - Three times daily local dishes - Introduction to host family and program - Accommodation - Placement and supervision in program - Medical Assistance - 24/7 Hotline for support - Recommendation Letter / Certificate - In country introduction/orientation - Regular Culture/Recreational Activities (Personal spending not included)
You will be met upon arrival and you will be transfer to your project site, it's about 4 -5 hours drive from the airport, Accra.
All accommodation with a Ghana home-stay family is included. Rooms are private (you can share with other volunteers but the price will remain the same) and have all the basic furnishings you could expect, including running water, electricity & clean bathrooms. The home-stay families have been specially chosen by OGVO and have hosted many volunteers over the course of several years. Our home-stay families form some of the most memorable parts of Volunteer Programs and provide amazing insight…..
Three meals a day are provided by the home-stay families and consist mainly of traditional Ghanaian meals with some flexibility for home comforts when available. If you have special eating needs, you can indicate that while applying. Even though special eating needs are not something we can guarantee, we will do our best to meet your needs.
This program is available all year round, so volunteers or interns can arrive any day of the week or any month of the year with advance notice!
Be a Teaching Assistant / Childcare Volunteer
Gain experience in the classroom as a teaching assistant volunteer, assisting students and local schools in the Ghanaian community to meet their educational objectives.
$154/week
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