Project Description
FOW works with women in Africa who are into business. Our mission is to help them expand and develop their businesses into the iternational market. This will help them increase thier income which will assist in empowering them and also taking better care of their families.
FOW needs volunteers to help design new style to be sewn by the women of FOW. these desings should be unique and marketable for the international market. Volunteers will work along side the participating women seamstresses of friends of women in creating unique and different styles as well as creating patterns . Volunteers will through this gain knowledge about the life and cultre of Ghanaian women and also get the chance to tour the amazing places Ghana has.
Volunteer commitment
With a volunteer commitment from 2 weeks to 4 months depending on your schedule you can help change the life of an Afrian woman.
Skills and Qualification
FOW will love to have volunteers with skills in fashion designing to help us to design clothes which will be sold to help the women in Africa financially to provide good education, food and clothes to thier children.
Program fee/ Expenses
The program fee helps covers
-Accommodation
-Food (breakfast)
-Transportation
-Utilities
-Air port pick ups/ drop offs
-24-hour staff supports
-Communications (internet)
-Volunteer Identity Card
-Volunteer Certificate
-Volunteer kit
Donation to the organization
-Administrative expenses
-Equipment
-Office rent
-Expansion
-Publicizing our programs
Friends of women will help you to acquire
-Visa to Ghana
-Vaccination
-Airline tickets
FOW has made it fees affordable to all to enable you! To come and volunteer in order to help women entrepreneurs. Volunteers devote their time efforts, skills into helping women develop their businesses in Ghana. To keep your expenses down you should be able to obtain other items needed before coming.
Volunteer kit
A volunteer kit will be provided to all volunteers which will provide orientation information to all volunteers.
Airport pick ups and drop offs
Volunteers will be picked up at the airport to the project destinations and also will sometimes will be transported from volunteer house to the office. Also volunteers will be dropped of at the airport upon completion of project. Volunteers are responsible for any personal rides in and out of the country.
Personal exigencies
Volunteers are responsible for thier personal needs the organization will only be responsible for the listed items.
PROGRAM FEES
1 weeks USD$300
2 weeks USD$600
3 weeks USD$850
4 weeks USD$1,000
5 weeks USD$1,150
6 weeks USD$1,250
7 weeks USD$1,400
8 weeks USD$1,600
9 weeks USD$1,700
10 weeks USD$1,850
11 weeks USD$2,000
12 weeks USD$2,200
All interested applicants should please visit
http://www.friendsofwomengh.org for more information and fill out the volunteer form.
Please contact Tess at
theresa@friendsofwomengh.org
