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Child Labor & Trafficking Volunteer Program

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The experience

Volunteers on this project will host educational talks at schools to raise awareness. The project also targets children’s rights, basic literacy, financial management, and community pride.
This project is suitable for international students, groups and volunteers who are looking to do research on the causes, dangers and effects of child labor and trafficking and to help provide the necessary interventions towards this phenomenon in Ghana.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 30 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Volunteers' fees cover accommodation, 3 meals daily, airport pickup, orientation, visa support letter, pre-departure information pack, donation to project, in-country supervision & support by project staff, utility bills, certificate upon project completion, reference letter upon request.

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.

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

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

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

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

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English

Between 18 and 70 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Volunteers on this project will host educational talks at schools to raise awareness. The project also targets children’s rights, basic literacy, financial management, and community pride.

This project is suitable for international students, groups and volunteers who are looking to do research on the causes, dangers and effects of child labor and trafficking and to help provide the necessary interventions towards this phenomenon.

The goal of the Child Labor & Trafficking Project is to combat the endemic problem of child labor and trafficking in the fishing communities of Ghana through education, rehabilitation, and community empowerment. We provide educational sponsorship to current child laborers and children who have returned from being trafficked.

Volunteer & Volunteer tasks include:

•Volunteers will involve working directly with children and their families, fishermen and schools to stop rampant child labor and trafficking practices in fishing communities in Ghana.
•Volunteers will conduct interviews with families, child labor and trafficking victims and the fishermen who hire them.
• Volunteers/interns will help with the entering and analyzing the data, attending meetings with community leaders to discuss findings, negotiating solutions to rescue children.
•Writing project reports and proposals for donors and assisting with daily office duties.
•Volunteers/Interns will also participate in the selection of children eligible for sponsorships to return to school.

Activities & Shift

Typical day

Volunteers are likely to work for 6 hours with flexibility. A typical day goes like this:
7:00am - 7:30am Breakfast
7:45am walk or ride to placement
8:00am Instructions on assignment for the day
8:30am Volunteer work begins
12:00Pm Lunch/Snack break/Rest
1:00pm Volunteer work resume
2:00pm Closing (Volunteers have the option to continue based on the need)
5:30pm - 6:00pm Dinner
Evenings Time to socialize with host family to know the culture, traditions etc.

Free Time activities

Volunteers have the weekend to explore the 16 regions of Ghana. Each region has its unique culture and tourists' sites. Volunteers are advice to read more about Ghana's tourist sites to help them a fair idea of where their interest will be.
We help volunteers to choose tourist sites and give advice on safety check, accommodation and recommend tour guide if the need be. There is forts and castles, monkey sanctuary, mole safari ride, waterfalls, open street market, museum etc. that volunteers can visit as well as local festivals like Bakatue, Akomase, Homowo, Aboakyere, Chalewote festival etc.

Rules

We expect all volunteers to respect our local culture, directions, be flexible and humble themselves during their stay at our place.