Childcare and Baby Weighing Volunteering
Location: Rural village in Eastern Ghana
Start dates: 2013 - Start dates throughout the year
Duration: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 weeks
Cost From £895
How will I make a difference?
Volunteers are needed to work with a charity helping young children and babies in rural Ghana in Western Africa. You will join the nursery team which provides day care for young children between 2 - 6 years old and also volunteer with local health staff with baby weighing at a local Health Clinic covering surrounding villages. At the nursery you can help the children learn the skills they will need for school, through fun games and activities.
This is a fantastic opportunity to live in the heart of a Ghanaian village and be part of the charity's life changing development work which aims to provide safe drinking water, improved education and increased sanitation to local communities.
Child care volunteering in Ghana: What will I be doing?
Volunteers normally work 5-6 days a week. You will be involved with the day to day running of the nursery and help with community baby weighing where you will work alongside local staff to use the baby weighing machine and update records. This allows the clinic and mothers to monitor their baby’s development to check they are getting stronger and are healthy.
Volunteers act as a positive role model for the children and the interaction with volunteers naturally improves the children’s confidence. You should come prepared with ideas for activities suitable for children of different ages – think of your favourite playground games, nursery rhymes, stories and arts & crafts sessions! In Ghana the national language is English so this allows volunteers to have great interaction with the children and local staff.
It's a relaxed team volunteering environment and there is flexibility to get involved with other volunteer roles within the village too such as teaching, sports coaching, building and photography. There are normally 6-12 volunteers at the project.
More about the project
The charity started their work in the community in Ghana in 2006 when they completed their first well which allowed a village of around 300 people to access safe drinking water. Since then they have expanded into helping other villages by building wells and school toilets through community partnership projects.
They actively promote health education through school and community seminars. The charity has built an information centre, health centre and library which helps to educate the community on health, hygiene, sanitation and family planning while working in partnership with local government staff. Although education is free in Ghana pupils are required to have shoes and a uniform in order to attend so the charity has provided over 700 school scholarships.
The charity has built a strong long term relationship with the villagers working alongside community working alongside local partners. Volunteers are welcomed into the village individually by the village Chief including a special drinking ceremony and after this you are under the protection of the Chief during your stay!
Location and free time
You will be based in a small friendly village nestled in a jungle in the Eastern Region of Ghana, with no electricity or running water. There are around 300 villagers who are very poor and are subsistence farmers.
You can explore the local area and travel on your days off or you can take a longer break mid-way (if doing 4 weeks) or at the end of your placement, giving you more time to visit the beaches and beautiful coastal regions of Cape Coast and Kakum National Park with its dramatic canopy walk. Volunteers can choose to visit a weekly colourful bead market in nearby town of Koforidua, Boti falls or umbrella rock at weekends.
Ghana is regarded as the one of the friendliest and safest African countries and in the evening it is an accepted practice to walk from campfire to campfire watching how the locals prepare food and chatting about the day’s events.
Volunteer accommodationThere are two different accommodations used for volunteers. Volunteers live in an 8 bed dormitory bunk house which is built on the school grounds or in a homestay living with a local family which can house up to 4 volunteers. The two accommodations are a short walking distance from each other. The accommodation is clean but very simple, with long drop toilets and no running water.
What's included and where your money goes
All volunteers are required to have a criminal records check, which we will arrange with you.
Price
2 weeks: £895
4 weeks: £995
Extra fortnight: £160
Start Dates 2013
26 Jan, 9 Feb, 23 Feb, 9 Mar, 23 Mar, 6 Apr, 20 Apr, 4 May, 18 May, 1 Jun, 15 Jun*, 29 Jun*, 27 Jul*, 10 Aug*, 24 Aug*, 21 Sep*, 5 Oct*, 19 Oct*, 2 Nov*, 16 Nov*, 30 Nov*
* on these dates it is not possible to do the maximum duration of 12 weeks. Specific start date maximum durations:
2 weeks: 29 Jun, 24 Aug, 30 Nov
4 weeks: 15 Jun, 10 Aug, 16 Nov
6 weeks: 27 Jul, 2 Nov
8 weeks: 19 Oct
10 weeks: 5 Oct
2014
11 Jan ,25 Jan, 8 Feb, 22 Feb, 8 Mar, 22 Mar, 5 Apr, 19 Apr, 3 May, 17 May, 31 May, 14 Jun, 28 Jun, 12 Jul, 26 Jul, 9 Aug, 23 Aug, 6 Sep, 20 Sep*, 4 Oct*, 18 Oct, 1 Nov*, 15 Nov*, 29 Nov*
* on these dates it is not possible to do the maximum duration of 12 weeks. Specific start date maximum durations:
2 weeks: 29 Nov
4 weeks: 15 Nov
6 weeks: 1 Nov
8 weeks: 18 Oct
10 weeks: 4 Oct
Start dates: 2013 - Start dates throughout the year
Duration: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 weeks
Cost From £895
How will I make a difference?
Volunteers are needed to work with a charity helping young children and babies in rural Ghana in Western Africa. You will join the nursery team which provides day care for young children between 2 - 6 years old and also volunteer with local health staff with baby weighing at a local Health Clinic covering surrounding villages. At the nursery you can help the children learn the skills they will need for school, through fun games and activities.
This is a fantastic opportunity to live in the heart of a Ghanaian village and be part of the charity's life changing development work which aims to provide safe drinking water, improved education and increased sanitation to local communities.
Child care volunteering in Ghana: What will I be doing?
Volunteers normally work 5-6 days a week. You will be involved with the day to day running of the nursery and help with community baby weighing where you will work alongside local staff to use the baby weighing machine and update records. This allows the clinic and mothers to monitor their baby’s development to check they are getting stronger and are healthy.
Volunteers act as a positive role model for the children and the interaction with volunteers naturally improves the children’s confidence. You should come prepared with ideas for activities suitable for children of different ages – think of your favourite playground games, nursery rhymes, stories and arts & crafts sessions! In Ghana the national language is English so this allows volunteers to have great interaction with the children and local staff.
It's a relaxed team volunteering environment and there is flexibility to get involved with other volunteer roles within the village too such as teaching, sports coaching, building and photography. There are normally 6-12 volunteers at the project.
More about the project
The charity started their work in the community in Ghana in 2006 when they completed their first well which allowed a village of around 300 people to access safe drinking water. Since then they have expanded into helping other villages by building wells and school toilets through community partnership projects.
They actively promote health education through school and community seminars. The charity has built an information centre, health centre and library which helps to educate the community on health, hygiene, sanitation and family planning while working in partnership with local government staff. Although education is free in Ghana pupils are required to have shoes and a uniform in order to attend so the charity has provided over 700 school scholarships.
The charity has built a strong long term relationship with the villagers working alongside community working alongside local partners. Volunteers are welcomed into the village individually by the village Chief including a special drinking ceremony and after this you are under the protection of the Chief during your stay!
Location and free time
You will be based in a small friendly village nestled in a jungle in the Eastern Region of Ghana, with no electricity or running water. There are around 300 villagers who are very poor and are subsistence farmers.
You can explore the local area and travel on your days off or you can take a longer break mid-way (if doing 4 weeks) or at the end of your placement, giving you more time to visit the beaches and beautiful coastal regions of Cape Coast and Kakum National Park with its dramatic canopy walk. Volunteers can choose to visit a weekly colourful bead market in nearby town of Koforidua, Boti falls or umbrella rock at weekends.
Ghana is regarded as the one of the friendliest and safest African countries and in the evening it is an accepted practice to walk from campfire to campfire watching how the locals prepare food and chatting about the day’s events.
Volunteer accommodationThere are two different accommodations used for volunteers. Volunteers live in an 8 bed dormitory bunk house which is built on the school grounds or in a homestay living with a local family which can house up to 4 volunteers. The two accommodations are a short walking distance from each other. The accommodation is clean but very simple, with long drop toilets and no running water.
What's included and where your money goes
- A comprehensive information booklet
- Support from your dedicated volunteer manager within the PoD UK team
- Travel advice and assistance
- Pick up and drop off at Accra airport
- Transfer to the village
- Local introductions and tours
- Training, including health & safety and cultural introduction
- Local language lessons given by the Headmaster of the school
- Accommodation (shared with other volunteers)
- Three meals a day at the project
- Ongoing support, help and advice from our local team
All volunteers are required to have a criminal records check, which we will arrange with you.
Price
2 weeks: £895
4 weeks: £995
Extra fortnight: £160
Start Dates 2013
26 Jan, 9 Feb, 23 Feb, 9 Mar, 23 Mar, 6 Apr, 20 Apr, 4 May, 18 May, 1 Jun, 15 Jun*, 29 Jun*, 27 Jul*, 10 Aug*, 24 Aug*, 21 Sep*, 5 Oct*, 19 Oct*, 2 Nov*, 16 Nov*, 30 Nov*
* on these dates it is not possible to do the maximum duration of 12 weeks. Specific start date maximum durations:
2 weeks: 29 Jun, 24 Aug, 30 Nov
4 weeks: 15 Jun, 10 Aug, 16 Nov
6 weeks: 27 Jul, 2 Nov
8 weeks: 19 Oct
10 weeks: 5 Oct
2014
11 Jan ,25 Jan, 8 Feb, 22 Feb, 8 Mar, 22 Mar, 5 Apr, 19 Apr, 3 May, 17 May, 31 May, 14 Jun, 28 Jun, 12 Jul, 26 Jul, 9 Aug, 23 Aug, 6 Sep, 20 Sep*, 4 Oct*, 18 Oct, 1 Nov*, 15 Nov*, 29 Nov*
* on these dates it is not possible to do the maximum duration of 12 weeks. Specific start date maximum durations:
2 weeks: 29 Nov
4 weeks: 15 Nov
6 weeks: 1 Nov
8 weeks: 18 Oct
10 weeks: 4 Oct