Culture and Community Work in Ghana with Projects Abroad (2-Week Winter Special)

  Ghana

Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks and 2-4 weeks
Dates: Sunday December 28 2008 - Saturday January 10 2009

Description: You can make a real difference in people's lives by getting involved in our community project based in the Akuapem Hills, North of Accra in Ghana. You will live alongside a few of your fellow volunteers with a local host family, which gives you a real chance to immerse yourself in the great community atmosphere in the Akuapem Hills. You will work on a housing project, helping build a new classroom for the village school and housing poor families. You will be making mud cement, pressing bricks and leaving them to dry before building with them.

There's also a need for landscaping the surroundings and painting completed buildings. During the weekend, we'll take you to Cape Coast to visit Kakum Rainforest Reserve where you can hike through the jungle and experience the canopy walkway high in the trees. You'll also have the chance to visit Cape Coast's slave castle and stop off at one of Ghana's palm fringed beaches for some well deserved rest and relaxation.

Highlights: Ghana is an exciting and popular place to spend some time on a volunteer project or internship. Ghana is an intensely colorful land on the West coast of Africa. Once the British colony known as the 'Gold Coast', it is renowned for the friendliness and warmth of its people. Ghana has great beaches, wild savannah and dense rainforests. This English-speaking country provides volunteers with a wonderful introduction to Africa; it is politically-stable, safe, affordable and rewarding to visit.

All accommodation is organized, paid for and monitored by Projects Abroad. All project placements are regularly visited and checked. We require high standards of supervision and accommodation, which are verified before you arrive in Ghana.

This project offers the opportunity to become fully immersed in the culture in a manner which even the most hardened of backpackers could never hope to do.

Cost in US$: US$2,195

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 10-20

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Projects Abroad's Mission Statement: As part of the global economy, Projects Abroad helps create local employment wherever we send volunteers. Employing local staff overseas and using their talents and knowledge is important to us. This local knowledge and support enables the organization to channel the skills of the volunteers from more affluent countries to regions around the world where they are needed. Volunteers also learn from their placements and the people they meet, and they gain experience in a chosen field. In the 21st century, we believe this mutual respect is what cultural exchange is all about.

Year Founded: 1992