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Quick Look
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Location:
Accra, Akuapem Hills, Kumasi, Cape Coast, & Ho - Ghana
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Language of Instruction: English
Overview
 Bordering the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Ghana is the former British colony of the Gold Coast. Ghanaian children grow up mainly exposed to their local tribal languages, such as Ga, Twi and Ewe, but English remains the country's official uniting language, and is needed to communicate with fellow Ghanaians in education and business. As an English teaching volunteer you can therefore have a huge impact, helping local children in their speaking and conversational skills.
Ghanaian schools are often understaffed and poorly resourced, but you can help to improve this situation by volunteering. You can gain work experience teaching at primary or secondary schools overseas and no TEFL or other formal teaching qualification is required. Whether you want to volunteer abroad by teaching during your gap year, career break or vacation you will have a role to play and your efforts will be greatly appreciated.
The impact you have on the lives of your students will be obvious and long lasting, but you will also be part of a much wider international volunteer network, which is making a really positive contribution to the communities in which we work.
Volunteer Opportunities Teaching English in Schools with Projects Abroad
With placements based mainly in the semi-rural Akuapem Hills but also available in Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi, Ho and sometimes in more remote rural areas, English teaching opportunities in Ghana are extremely varied.
Most of our projects are in Primary Schools in and around the traditional Akuapem Hills area, about an hour north of Accra. You'll generally be asked to take the scheduled English classes for a range of ages. Your encouragement, praise and some creative lessons are often all that are needed to spark an interest in the language and a desire to learn more. Your friendly Ghanaian teaching colleagues act as supervisors and ensure that you feel happy with your classes. They will generally have a good command of the English language themselves which will make your life that much easier!
Rural placements are available if you wish to do your volunteer program somewhere a bit more remote. All we request is that you are prepared for slightly more basic facilities in your host family's accommodation. We are very eager for our volunteers to gain experience of this sort, living in a smaller community and helping out at schools that would otherwise miss out from the benefits a volunteer teacher brings.
Volunteer Overseas on a Teaching Project in Ghana
We also work with several primary and junior secondary schools, which rely almost completely on our volunteers for English teaching. These schools allow our volunteers to also teach a range of other subjects to younger children including basic literacy, math, art, drama and music.
In fact, French, geography, music, sports - particularly soccer - drama, art, and many other extra-curricular subjects are always welcome additions to the curriculum in most of our placements. Provided you can offer the basic provision of conversational English lessons, our partner schools are eager to let you develop the children's interests in other areas as well.
The Ghanaian people, in general, are the friendliest you will meet. They pride themselves as being the friendliest in Africa, sometimes in the world! In order to appreciate the sincere friendliness of them please make every effort to instigate conversations with your host family and workmates. Only by doing this will you really learn and therefore appreciate the Ghanaian culture.
For your accommodation, you'll live with a host-family. All the families involved are extremely supportive of Projects Abroad and are eager to experience an inter-cultural exchange so they can learn more about the lives of volunteers.
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.
Eligibility
Minimum age = 16
Housing/Accommodation
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Homestay / Host Family
Program Costs
$ 2,345 for 2 weeks, $ 2,895 for 1 month, $ 3,495 for 2 months, $ 3,895 for 3 months, and $ 1,145 for each additional month.
Costs
Include: Food, Accommodation, Health & Travel insurance, placement, 24 hour in country staff support, and airport transfers.
Dates
Dates are flexible, for any length of time over 2 weeks. Please apply at least 2 months before you'd like to start.
Contact
Projects Abroad
347 W 36th Street
Suite 903
New York NY 10018
USA
Tel:
1 888 839 3535 or +1 212 244 7234
Fax:
212 244 7236
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