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Be the Change: Fight Plastic Pollution & Raise Awareness in Ghana

The experience

In Ghana you will get to see first-hand the consequences of our global waste problem and plastic pollution. The beaches, rivers but also soils are polluted almost everywhere. Yet there is very little awareness on how the consumption and behaviours of society are directly connected to the consequences. This is the narrative we want to change. With our climate change program we are raising our voices, spreading awareness and trying to empower the y

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Additional fee required

Amount: € 100 Per week

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project

Description: Majority of the fee goes into the accomondation which will be provided. The other smaller part goes as a donation into the project and into the services being provided like the airport pick-up and drop-off.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

As our climate activist volunteer your main tasks will be creating and holding workshops and project works centred around climate change and climate activism with the students of the Academy and our partner schools. This can be in preparation of our Maven Carnival (our Climate Action Event) or all-year-round as an extracurricular activity. Examples for that can be upcycling projects like making trash cans for schools out of old plastic bottles and smaller building projects with plastic bottles.
If you join us close to the Maven Heart Carnival your work will probably be more centred assisting and planning within the different school who are participating with their projects (for example building of trash bins from plastic bottles or making bags out recycles bags). Due to that you will support with the organizational work in assistance with the Maven Heart team. In the other half of the year you would do more of the workshops in the schools and depending on how you organize it can also have a high practical part. Once or twice a week team meetings of the local staff are taking place where all volunteers are coming together and both the team and the volunteers are being updated about the progress and state of their work.

Activities & Shift

Normally your work day starts by 9am and ends by 3pm. For 3 days in a week you will work in either our Maven Heart Academy or in our of our partner schools. The other 2 work days you can either work from the hostel/office or do remote work.