Volunteering with children in an orphanage is the most rewarding experience for volunteers. Volunteers work alongside the existing staff to care for the children in orphanages. The work in a children’s home involves feeding, dressing and keeping the children active within the homes. Other tasks are to clean and tidy the homes as well as cooking. If you choose to do volunteer work in orphanages, you need to be adaptable, flexible and prepared to face and hear heartbreaking stories of the children's backgrounds. Volunteers will also be assisting local staff and caretakers in daily work to help them run the orphanage in a better way. You can also assist in the office of the orphanage if you think you can contribute to make them more organized and run in a more efficient manner. Volunteers normally teach the kids, play with them, prepare their daily records, Get involved in preparing their dishes, help in washing their cloth and some administrative work also. They also at time attends meeting on behalf of the orphanage.
Volunteer’s life on the field
| Volunteering in Ghana is a great experience as the people are one of the friendliest in Africa. Once you get over the initial culture shock of coming and working in Ghana, you will realize that helping the orphans will give you immense satisfaction and you will view life with a different perspective. A typical volunteer helping in an orphanage would help the children with their day to day activities such as: doing homework, making notes, playing with children, helping staff organize the orphanage, providing mental and physiological support, exchanging cultural views, teach them about health and hygiene. |
Quick Project Facts |
| Duration |
2 weeks to 24 weeks |
| Location |
Accra, Volta & Cape Coast |
| Start Dates |
All year round, you can choose your own dates |
| Working hours |
5-6 hours a day |
| Food |
3 meals a day |
| Accommodation |
Host family or residential within project |
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Educational Requirement
There is no educational requirement for these projects (except medical program); anyone with a heart to help is welcome on this project! However proficiency in English is required.
What we provide
Airport Receive/ Transfer: Our representative will greet you at the airport and will transfer you to your hotel/placement/home stay.
Orientation: A half day orientation will be provided by our staff. We cover areas like, culture, greetings, locations, transportation etc. Each participant will be provided with a local Map of the city.
Lodging: Almost all placements have residential accommodation arrangements, however if that is not available volunteers will be staying with a local welcoming and educated family.
Food:3 local Ghanaian meals will be provided in this project.
Insurance: All participants are covered for full comprehensive travel and medical insurance for their time of stay in our project. Please find details here.
In – Country travel assistance: If participants like to travel around, we provide with full support for bookings & arrangements to travel within Ghana.
In-country support: 24 hours support provided by our local staff.
Pre-departure information: After we receive full and final payment all participants are provided by a pre-departure information booklet by e-mail which will have all vital information about your program.
Cost and Start Dates: We have programs running throughout the year for your convenience. Please check start dates by mailing us at
info@volunteeringsolutions.com
| Duration in Weeks | Application Fee * | 2 weeks only | 3 weeks only | 4 weeks only | 5 weeks only | 6 weeks only | 7 weeks only | 8 weeks only** | | Cost (USD$)*** | $200 | $650 |
$725 |
$850 |
$975 |
$1100 |
$1225 |
$1350 |
| Cost (GBP£)*** | £104 |
£320 |
£358 |
£419 |
£481 |
£542 |
£604 |
£666 |
*A non-refundable application fee is charged above this fee for all projects, which includes – advertising, staff salary, communication , administration, application processing and overhead charges) The program fee covers – insurance, food and accommodation, transportation, orientation, in-country support etc.
**Please add $125 / £62 for additional week ***All payments will be processed in INRs (Indian Rupees) with weekly applicable currency rates. Please check for applicable rates on
www.xe.com
As programs have limited availability we advise volunteers to apply are far in advance as possible to reserve a confirm placements for them.
What we do not provide
Return airfare to Ghana
Personal expenses
Visa charges
Local city transportation (except placement drop)
Anything else that is not listed above
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