Volunteers, SEDARVP GHANA, Tamale, Ghana

 Description

Who Can Volunteer?
We are looking for people with good hearts, with or without previous 
experience and qualifications...including teachers, students, social workers, 
nurses, doctors, medical students, childcare workers and caring people of any 
age. This could be the start of the most amazing life-long adventure you could 
ever imagine!
 
According to your abilities and desires we can place you as a volunteer for 
working with orphans, street children, women's empowerment groups and also 
assisting local midwives. We also have a program for sports volunteering 
with the local football team! We try to be flexible and place you where your 
interest lies, so even if you can't see it mentioned here, just ask!

You will receive a certificate of appreciation after your time as a 
volunteer, which you can later use to verify that you have undergone training and 
experience within this organisation, which not only provides professional 
in-service training but also some preliminary language training and cultural 
participation (drumming and dancing).
 
SEDARVP Ghana provides their volunteers with accommodation with host 
families (including meals) and also makes available some cultural understanding 
and orientation prior to commencement. We can also provide trained tour guides 
for visits to many wonderful places of interest in Ghana.
 
The cost is a lot less than many other volunteer training organisations for 
the simple reason that this work is so urgent and vital. Some African 
doctors will not treat the poorest women and children and many people die on 
their way to hospital, including pregnant women and street children.
 
Many small children live and sleep on the streets, or work there making 
their small trades (eg selling water) to pay for their schooling. There they 
are subject to the dangers of traffic as well as human cruelty, like rapes and 
beatings. Sedarvp staff try to help all of these voiceless ones.
 
Why not find out now how you can use your compassion and your professional 
skills to benefit humanity and help put an end to extreme poverty?

 Requirements 

Who Can Volunteer?
We are looking for people with good hearts, with or without previous 
experience and qualifications...including teachers, students, social workers, 
nurses, doctors, medical students, childcare workers and caring people of any 
age. This could be the start of the most amazing life-long adventure you could 
ever imagine!
 
According to your abilities and desires we can place you as a volunteer for 
working with orphans, street children, women's empowerment groups and also 
assisting local midwives. We also have a program for sports volunteering 
with the local football team! We try to be flexible and place you where your 
interest lies, so even if you can't see it mentioned here, just ask!

You will receive a certificate of appreciation after your time as a 
volunteer, which you can later use to verify that you have undergone training and 
experience within this organisation, which not only provides professional 
in-service training but also some preliminary language training and cultural 
participation (drumming and dancing).
 
SEDARVP Ghana provides their volunteers with accommodation with host 
families (including meals) and also makes available some cultural understanding 
and orientation prior to commencement. We can also provide trained tour guides 
for visits to many wonderful places of interest in Ghana.
 
The cost is a lot less than many other volunteer training organisations for 
the simple reason that this work is so urgent and vital. Some African 
doctors will not treat the poorest women and children and many people die on 
their way to hospital, including pregnant women and street children.
 
Many small children live and sleep on the streets, or work there making 
their small trades (eg selling water) to pay for their schooling. There they 
are subject to the dangers of traffic as well as human cruelty, like rapes and 
beatings. Sedarvp staff try to help all of these voiceless ones.
 
Why not find out now how you can use your compassion and your professional 
skills to benefit humanity and help put an end to extreme poverty?

References from people who have done Short Term Missions with this 
organization before are available upon request. Submit "I Want to Volunteer!" to 
receive more information.

 Additional Detail


WHEN?
Our Programs start on the 1st and 15th of every month.
WHERE?
You choose! We have urban and rural placements available all over Ghana but 
most of our work is in the Tamale region, Northern Ghana
HOW MUCH?

Registration Fee is 400 Euro
Program fees range from 400 Euro (1 -3 months) to 650 Euro (4 to 6 Months)

WHAT DO MY FEES PAY FOR?
Registration Fee (Refundable if you choose not to go) –

24/7 support from SEDARVP GHANA staff, program marketing costs, information 
pack, administration costs, travel costs to inspect programs and 
communication costs with volunteers.

Program Fee – Airport pick up, orientation, program supervision, 
accommodation with a host family and meals during volunteer placement period, 
In-country 24/7 support and In-country administration costs.

WHAT ADDITIONAL COSTS WILL I HAVE?
Visa, flights, travel insurance (recommended), vaccinations, souvenirs, 
trips or tours you do while in the country, transfer back to the airport from 
program, spending money (volunteers in Ghana generally find US$40 to be 
sufficient for basic weekly expenses).

OUR RECOMMENDATION

We suggest fundraising for your Volunteer Trip. If you raise $2,000US, you 
keep half ($1,000US) to cover part of your travel expenses and the other 
half ($1,000US) comes to SEDARVP to cover your Registration & Program Fees, and 
this includes free cultural activities during your stay (classes in African 
dancing or drumming) and tour guide to show you places of interest.

For further info, please do contact any of our international coordinators 
or contact me, Shaibu Abukari Niendow, the Founder and Director of SEDARVP 
GHANA: mailto:sedarvpgha@yahoo.com