Dream Africa Child Support Centre, in Ho, Ghana is established to promote the welfare of the vulnerable in society especially women and children; and to encourage them to participate in processes that enhance their equality, self-reliance and long term sustainable development. We focus on child education and protection, women empowerment, computer literacy, rural healthcare and cultural exchange.
What type of host are you?
- Organization/NGO
What are you looking for help with?
- Administration
- Building
- Charity Work/Fundraising
- Computer/Web
- Teaching/Language Exchange
- General Help
- Health/Medical assistance
- Marketing
What’s the mission of your community?
Our Child Support Center seeks to promote child rights protection and education. Through this program, we aim to provide support to children in the area of healthcare and education. The centre is primarily for children from poor families, and teenage mothers who cannot take care of them due to hardship. The children are mostly made up of orphans and street children. The centre keeps the children safe and off the streets during the day, as well as giving the children a chance to develop early social skills. Also, the centre provides the child with meals and basic education during the day. We are looking for volunteers to teach English and caregiving at the centre.
You could use nursery rhymes, games or other activities to engage the children and keep them occupied and interested in learning. Volunteers will be required to feed the children during lunchtime in the afternoon and organize games or teach songs.
How many volunteers could you host?
Up to 20 volunteers
When would you need volunteers?
- All year round
How many hours of help per day?
4-5 hours of help per day
How many days of help per week?
5 days per week – 2 days off
Note about the volunteer work and other expectations
Volunteer Responsibilities include:
- 1. Teaching Songs and nursery rhymes
- 2. Teaching Alphabetical letters and helping them to read.
- 3. Art Work and Drawing including colouring
- 4. Playing and Organizing games
- 5. Feeding the children and washing children’s clothes
- 6. Cooking and serving food for the children and washing utensils
The children are very welcoming and you will enjoy great interaction with them. The children come from very poor backgrounds and have very limited options in life so this is a great way to use your time to have an impact on the future of these children.
On arrival at the childcare centre, the CAREGIVER will introduce you to the staff and the children. The children will introduce themselves to the volunteers and you also do the same. The Caregiver at the centre will discuss your daily responsibilities including the child protection policy of the centre. She will provide the needed learning materials to aid your project. The name of the caregiver is Madam Evelyn Amoah
Are accommodation and food included?
Yes, we offer food and accommodation. A small contribution is requested from the volunteers – see fees transparency
What type of accommodation can you provide?
- Dormitory/shared rooms
- Private room for a couple
Diet – nutrition information
We provide two local delicious and vegetarian meals. Our meals contain fruits, vegetables and treated water.
Fees transparency
We charge a small daily fee of 15 euros to cover food and accommodation.
The fee also supports our work as an organization in helping our children.
VISA – could you provide Visa support/info/invitation letters?
Yes, we can help with Visa/invitation letters
Volunteers’ benefits:
- Transportation from the airport to the project location.
- One-time free trip to a popular tourist site.
- Volunteer Certificate
- Free local Sim Card for calls and internet
- Free organization T-Shirt
- Departure/Transportation fee from project location to airport.
What to do in your free time
Volunteers can organize hiking, boat ride, play tennis, and football, visit tourist centres, beaches, swimming pools, shopping, basketball and many more.
Language
English
Geography
Ho, the city of the Volta region has a serene environment with less traffic. The weather is humid and very clean.
How to get to your site
Once a volunteer arrives at the Kotoka International airport. The volunteer can pick a hired taxi to Ho bus station at Madina or Accra. Join a public bus with its destination to Ho in the Volta region. At this point, kindly contact the staff of our organization at +233247070980 (Mr Clayman) or +233540540572 (Mr Aaron) to pick you up on arrival in Ho. It takes 3 hours to drive by public bus to Ho. A staff of the organization will pick you up upon arrival at Ho and bring you to the organization’s accommodation. You can also pick a taxi to Mount Zion House, Adjacent Tarso hotel at Ho.
Is there internet access?
Yes!
“Paying guests” Option. Could you accommodate “solidarity” tourists?
Yes, we can accommodate eco/responsible tourists & paying guests
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CONTACT DETAILS ๐๐ง
Website: http://www.dreamafricas.org
Facebook.com DreamAfricaVolunteerService
WhatsApp: +447760956902
Hostname: Prince Clayman
Host Email: clayman@dreamafricas.org ๐ง – info@dreamafricas.org ๐ง
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