Ghana Peace Volunteer Program

Description

The Global Volunteer Network currently has opportunities to help in the areas of community peace education cells and community school projects in rural Ghana.

Community School and Peace Cells Program

Volunteers have the opportunity to work in the areas of community peace education cells, teaching, and grassroots organisation development. As the projects are not full-time volunteers take part in a flexible schedule which includes some or all activities offered.

Peace Cells Program

Peace education cells encourage non-violent conflict-resolution training, and facilitate dialogue and reconciliation between competing priorities within and between the family group, neighbourhoods and communities. Cell discussions are based on topics that villagers feel are affecting them, such as domestic violence, tolerance and intolerance, and women's empowerment. The conflict-resolution training includes anger management strategies, cause of and solution to tribal prejudice and hatred, practical pathways to forgiveness and reconciliation, basic mediation and negotiation strategies to use in relationships and neighbourhoods, and causes and solutions to domestic violence.

Volunteer opportunities include assisting in mobilising and organising villagers into cell groups, helping to facilitate community cell discussions, contributing to topics discussed, and helping to take notes and prepare reports from discussions to track the success of talks. This role is suitable for a mature, caring, motivated and self-directed person who is interested in conflict resolution, relationship counselling and/or related work and life experience.

Community School Program

Volunteers assist local teachers in preparing weekly lesson plans, teaching students and organizing sports activities for children three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Volunteer teaching opportunities include providing literacy, numeracy, peace education, and creative activities, such as drama, dance and art, to children aged 3 to 9 years. Volunteers may also assist in fundraising and planning for the construction of a new school, and in an agricultural project. There may also be opportunities to implement your own ideas and projects.

Requirements:
Program Requirements

Volunteers for the Ghana Peace Village program must:

* be between 18 and 65 years of age
* be able to walk long distances and be able to tolerate heat
* be a self-starter and able to work under your own direction
* be experienced in either mediation, counseling, grassroots development or conflict resolution
* be able to speak English fluently

Requirements

Language

English