Experience Ghana!

  Ghana

• Accra: 
Accra

Term: Throughout the year 
Length of Position: 2 weeks to 1 year
Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Flexible

Description: Health care, community volunteer placements, internships in a wide variety of fields, teaching, homestay/cultural immersion programs, international volunteer work camps.

Community Volunteer Placements
It is possible to provide volunteers with work placements in community projects, small-scale industries, public institutions and Non-governmental Organizations (NGO's) in Ghana. This program provides students with hands-on experience and helps them to see and understand Ghanaian life. There are opportunities in both rural and urban areas. Most often these participants are placed with a family who has some affiliation with the work placement. We have partnership arrangements with institutions in Ghana in a wide range of fields including: education, agriculture, construction, environment and disaster relief, water and sanitation, data collection/statistics, health and population, small-scaleenterprise development, eco-tourism, health and environment, childcare, women in development, rehabilitation for physically and mentally handicapped, AIDS projects, office/computer, rural technology, food and nutrition, legal aid, banking and wildlife management.

Internship Programs
Internship programs provide opportunities for both students and employees to further the students' career by volunteering their services and learning new methods while expanding their knowledge. We place participants with both private and public institutions and Non-governmental Organizations.

Teach in Ghana Program
Our Teach in Ghana Program offers a specified number of suitably qualified applicants the opportunity to spend an academic year (September - August) teaching 12 - 18 year olds in Secondary Schools or 18 - 30 year olds in Vocational Schools in Ghana. The program was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The emphasis of Teach in Ghana is on teaching and becoming part of the community, in which participants live and work. The program is suitable only for those who can commit themselves one hundred percent to the challenge of living and working in a developing country for an entire year.

Teaching Internship
Our Teaching Internship is designed to give university students the opportunity to develop their teaching skills in a structured setting. The student-teacher will have a teacher mentor and supervisor at the school where they are working. Student-teachers are also given an extra five day orientation specific to teaching in the Ghanaian school system.

Homestay and Cultural Immersion Program
The Homestay and Cultural Immersion program is intended to promote language studies and intercultural exchange aimed at developing long term international relations and understanding. We organize homestays for groups and individuals who wish to learn a local language like Twi, Ga, and Ewe or learn and English while being totally immersed in the related culture. This program can be incorporated into other programs or university study programs as well.

All programs include an entire week of orientation in Accra: Sightseeing, history classes, cooking classes, even Ghanaian drumming!

Highlights: This program provides volunteers with hands-on experience and helps them to see and understand Ghanaian life. There are opportunities in both rural and urban areas. A series of visits and discussions for 6 days allows students to begin adjusting to life in Ghana. The orientation covers among others, culture, language, immigration/visa, health, money, transportation and food matters. Participants are then transferred to their final accommodation.

Qualifications: Variable

Cost in US$: Costs vary. Please contact us for details

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: There is no typical ELI volunteer. We work with people from all over the world and a variety of backgrounds. ELI has placed volunteers ranging in age from 18-81. Successful volunteers are flexible, upbeat, energetic, and inquisitive.

Age Range: 18-70

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

ELI-Experiential Learning International's Mission Statement: ELI's full name, Experiential Learning International, reflects our philosophy. We believe that the most compelling life lessons come through experience, and that international experiences are among the most profound influences on our sense of self and our view of the world. ELI facilitates flexible international learning programs for independent travelers by partnering with local organizations to give participants the opportunity to experience and contribute to sustainable ongoing local projects throughout the world.

Year Founded: 2001