Community building project in Ghana

Description

If youÂ’re on a gap year, summer placement, or career break and want to get your hands dirty, our Community Building Project in Ghana may be right for you. Volunteers who join this project are based either in Eastern region or Central region of Ghana in small villages.
Located about an hour north of Accra and Cape Coast is three hours to the west. Whichever location you work in you will join a team of international volunteers and local people constructing simple buildings in the local communities.

In many areas of Ghana, thousands of families live in inadequate accommodation and children attend school in crumbling buildings. Our construction project allows them to move to new, better quality homes and for the children to receive an education in secure, new classrooms.
The buildings are usually made from mud bricks that are produced by using a press, some mud and water, and then left to harden in the sun. Volunteers help in this process and also with building walls, plastering, and painting. Each house takes an average of one month to construct.
In addition to the basic project, you may also help with landscaping the surrounding area, painting local schools, and renovating classrooms. In the past, volunteers even built a library for few village schools in the Eastern region.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in a rural project and become an integral part of the local community. Our full time regional coordinators live nearby and visit the placements regularly.
Building work takes place early in the morning and late in the afternoon to avoid the hot midday sun, so you'll have plenty of time to get involved in Ghanaian life. Many volunteers immerse themselves in the local community by helping around the kindergarten class or playing soccer with some of the school children once the building work has finished for the day.

Requirements:
No skills is required from any volunteer.What is required is motivation charisma and the ability to help the under-privileged to over come their challenges and struggles for dignity.

Requirements

Language

English