Ghana is well known for it's friendly atmosphere and it's rich history. As a community volunteer on a Ghana career break you can support the local communities of Ghana by helping in various career break volunteer projects.
The voluntary work in Ghana includes working with children on a career break teaching project, or caring for them in local orphanages, or working within the community on a health care project or a community development project.
Put your passion for football to good use and coach disadvantaged children – enthusiasm is more important than expertise. Give them vital English lessons, and show them much-needed care and attention.
Sample Ghana’s fascinating and largely undeveloped culture. Take part in projects that provide medical care and tackle the AIDS epidemic, improve education and leisure activities in orphanages and schools and build new facilities for the community.
Match your skills to one of several worthwhile projects. Get involved in teaching, orphan care, HIV projects and health care, construction, community development, ecotourism and more. Whatever you do will be much appreciated.
Give disadvantaged children in Accra the chance to develop their netball skills, and, in some cases, introduce them to the sport. Coach at different levels and unleash masses of young potential.
Help develop rugby in Ghana, a sport that is in its early stages of growth. Help to raise its profile as a genuine national sport by coaching at grass roots level. If you have experience and coaching qualifications, it is even possible for you to help coach the National sides.
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Gap Year for Grown Ups have many Career Break Voluntary Projects in Africa for grown up gappers. Because Gap Year for Grown Ups is the leading authority and only specialist source of ideas and options for grown up gap years, it has the widest range of volunteering programmes in Africa. These include animal/wildlife conservation, teaching English in Africa, community volunteering in Africa and Voluntary work with children in Africa.
