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Help Teach Computing and IT in Primary and Junior High Schools

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The experience

St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation is dedicated to bridging the digital divide and empowering children and youth through education. In line with this mission, we have launched an initiative to teach Computing/IT in underserved basic schools in rural Ghana.
Our goal is to provide students with essential digital skills, enabling them to thrive in the digital age and unlock opportunities for their future and to enable them be computer literate

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

Teaching Sports: Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 25 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

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation is dedicated to bridging the digital divide and empowering children and youth through education. In line with this mission, we have launched an initiative to teach Computing/IT in underserved basic schools in rural Ghana.

Our goal is to provide students with essential digital skills, enabling them to thrive in the digital age and unlock opportunities for their future and to enable them be at a competitive level with their peers.

Mission Statement:
Empowering underserved communities by providing technological resources, training and support to address developmental needs.

Volunteers can help high school children in poor, rural communities in Ghana learn basic computer literacy and gain experience with programs like Microsoft Office. Volunteers are not required to have any official ICT credentials – as long as you have experience using computers and a desire to share your skills, you are more than qualified to join the project.

From basic skills to more advanced computer functions, sharing your knowledge with high school pupils in underprivileged areas gives them opportunities they may otherwise never receive.

Volunteers Role:

As an IT and computer education volunteer in Ghana, you’ll support high school children in their educational development. Teaching basic skills like computer functionality, typing and use of simple programs like Microsoft Office, you will help students realize their potential and become more employable.

Tasks may include:

Assisting ICT teachers in the computer lab
Showing students how to use simple software like Microsoft Office
Teaching students to use the Internet for research
Assisting with basic hardware setup etc.

Activities & Shift

Volunteer wake up and breakfast time is 7:00-7:30 am.
Work start by 8 am.
Lunch break is 12:00-12:30pm
Closing period is 2pm.
There are other options which volunteer decide to help the children with homework and learn extra co-curricular activities like local games etc.
Dinner is usually around 5:00 pm-5:30pm.
We work from Monday to Friday in the week.
Weekends are free and volunteers have opportunity to visit tourist attractions like highest waterfall, monkey sanctuary, canopy walk among others within the country.

Rules

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