Volunteering Opportunities in Ghana

St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation is a registered local nonprofit/charity and volunteer organization based in Ghana. The projects of the foundation are Teaching, Childcare, Healthcare, Farming, Social Work, Sports and Community Development Projects of children. The work of the foundation is carried out by a dedicated local hardworking staff and incredibly supported continuously by both local and international volunteers/interns from all over the world.

We have made enormous impact in rural communities in Ghana where we work since our inception. Our Community development projects rely on the support of volunteers from around the world. Our work supports the principles of the UN Global Compact and aims to fulfill the 2030 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Overview of Each Project:

1. Childcare

Being a volunteer for the Kindergarten or Preschool Program in Ghana, you'll work with the little ones attending nursery school and support them with basic education. However, many of the underprivileged education centers in Ghana suffer from lack of resources, poor facilities and staff shortages. As a volunteer, you'll get to play an important role in the lives of the little ones attending kindergarten school, where the stepping stones of a good future are laid.

Since the kindergartens/ preschools are not financially stable, the staff barely gets a scope to provide attention to each kid. Hence, volunteers are needed so that every child gets adequate attention and his/her growth is fully taken care of. Apart from providing basic education, you can also support them with important life skills.

Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities

As a volunteer for the Kindergarten/ Preschool Program in Ghana, your main tasks would be:

• Assist the local staff in the classroom, manage children and focus on them.
• Teach the children how to write their name, numbers, as well as nursery rhymes and songs.
• Focus on the development of fine motor skills as well as social skills.
• Play around with them, and keep them physically active.

Volunteers mainly work from Mondays to Fridays. It starts around 7 - 8am and ends by early afternoon. Sometimes, you might have to work at the daycare, till 3 PM. Breakfast is served before 8am, after which you’ll get started with your work.

Construction & Renovation Project

Volunteers working in the Construction & Renovation Project work will be placed in the Senya Beraku rural community. Volunteers will be working with the local people in our schools as well as construction activities over the last few years and have made a valuable contribution. By working along with the local people, our volunteers engage meaningfully with their host community, understand their needs and do the volunteer work accordingly.

Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities

Under the community development volunteer project in Ghana, volunteers will have the opportunity to work on several construction projects. A day to day work for the volunteers under this program would include;

Volunteers who are willing to do some physical work can assist in the construction project either school building, libraries, toilet, drainage systems, community centers, ICT lab etc.

• Volunteers work along with local people with tasks includes paintings, brick laying, block shaping, carpentry, steel bending, plastering, mortar mixing, fetching of water, electrical works, digging drenches and bricks molding etc.

Working Hours: Volunteers mainly work from Mondays to Fridays. It starts around 8am and ends by early afternoon or late afternoon depending on the progress of the work.

1. Sports/Football Coaching Project

Ghanaians are extremely passionate about football and their love for the game is evident everywhere. You can see people wearing the Ghana Team jerseys and the cars on the road having the team stickers and flags.