The Global Volunteer Network currently has opportunities to help develop communities through our partner organization in Ghana.

Volunteers will help our partner strengthen the organizational skills of local groups who are making efforts to reduce poverty in their region. For example, you could assist a small group of Ghanaian seamstresses and tailors in setting up a sewing training program for local youth.

The local youth would then provide the labor for an Orphan Fund project that sews new school uniforms for orphans in the region. By helping the group of seamstresses and tailors be more effective, you are actually helping all the youth they come in contact with and giving them the skills to build other projects in the future.

In this way you are volunteering for a short time with a long-term effect. The ultimate goal is to help local groups get to the point where they can approach and collaborate with the international development community as solid partners. In order to do that, we need volunteers with a wide range of skills and a strong belief in the value of sustainability.


Program Location

Our partner's regional office is in the town of Ho, the capital of the Volta Region. Volunteers typically work and live in the same community, not more than 15 miles from Ho. You will be accommodated in a homestay situation, usually living with your assigned Ghanaian Counterpart and his/her family.

Program Schedule

You can volunteer at any time throughout the year.

Volunteers can stay from a period of one month to six months. Your stay can be extended beyond six months on a case by case basis.

.: Program Requirements
Volunteers for the Ghana Community program must:
* be between 18 and 60 years of age
* be able to walk long distances (up to 1 hour continuously) and be able to tolerate heat
* be available for a minimum of four weeks
* be able to speak English fluently

For more details on the costs of this program visit http://www.volunteer.org.nz/ghana/community

If you have a question then send it to: info@volunteer.org.nz

* The Global Volunteer Network offers opportunities in Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, South Dakota, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam.

Your application process is free and seamless and if you are successful we will provide you with a choice of application fee payment options that include a secure online service.

We also are one of the few organizations that offer a full money back guarantee on your application fee if you are unable to volunteer.

You only pay your application fee once and then you can access any of GVN's volunteer programs over the next 5 years.

To apply for this program please visit http://www.volunteer.org.nz/ghana/community