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GYC1475 - Volunteer Ghana Country: Ghana Cost: £390.00 Please note: £20 per week towards accomodation Flights, insurance & spending money Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, kit, pickup from airport and visas but does not include flight, insurance or food      Duration: 4 months Company Rep Nearby: All 0845 344 7527 or

 

	This placement would suit... an enthusiastic person looking to experience life in in a community in a developing country. Ghana is renowned for being perhaps the friendliest country in West Africa. If you want to experience the real Africa, Ghana is a great place to start. BUNACs Volunteer Ghana programme places participants in community based projects in rural and urban Ghana. Participants travel to Ghana on a group flights and spend five days on arrival in the capital Accra where they take part in an arrival orientation. Once the orientation period is over, participants then move on to their placements. Initial placements are for 3 months however these can then be extended. Placements can be in both rural communities and towns and are made according to the skills and interests of the participant. Placements include working in a rural community assisting with teaching at the local primary or secondary school, working on HIV/Aids education projects, working on family planning projects or working to help improve levels of sanitation within communities. Participants are placed in the same town or village as another volunteer however they may work at different placements. On weekends there are opportunities for volunteers to meet up to explore the country, and many people take time after the end of their project to travel with the new friends they have made. Fill in the enquiry form below and we'll get back to you with more information! 0845 344 7527 BUNAC offers a range of working holidays including a summer camp counselling programme in the USA, flexible paid work and travel programmes to Canada, Australia and New Zealand and volunteering placements. These are open to full-time or gap year students and other young people from both the UK and the USA. Programmes last from eight weeks to 18 months.