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Teach street children in Ghana

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Organization:
Location: Local Volunteering (in person)
Address:
p.o.box os 408,Accra Ghana.
Accra, 23321
Ghana

Great For: Great for Families, Great for Groups, Great for Seniors
Service Area(s): Arts and Humanities, Babysitting / Childcare / Nursery, Children and Youth Ministry, Computers / Technology, Directly Serving People, Early Education, Education, Homelessness and Housing, K-12 Christian/Catholic Schools, Science / Tech / Engineering / Math, Social Services, Social Work, Teaching, Worship/Music/Choir
Skills: Social Worker, Teacher / Trainer, Youth Worker / Childcare
Commitment is per:
Day
Number of Volunteers in this
Position in the Past Year:
125
One-time / Ongoing Position:

Description

Many children in Ghana along the coastal belt and discovered villages cannot afford to go to school. This means that these areas suffer greatly from illiteracy and its associated problems. Prime Care Network has therefore established a school in these areas to provide free basic education for these children.
You would be working alongside local volunteer teachers with children from kindergarten to junior secondary school. One of the school in Osu township currently has approximately 150 children and they are taught in basic subjects such as Maths,English,Science,Social skills, Technical skills, Music/songs, Story telling, paper cuttings, Art/drawing etc., with more children arriving for classes every day. The schools are in constant needs of volunteers to teach, help control the class and for organize recreational activities. Arrangement of excursions with the children to some of the site seeing places (Traditional tour and Eco-touring) organized for all volunteers during the weekends
( Saturdays and Sundays) or Taking a seven to eight itinerary for touring after volunteering for about a month or more.
It is also likely that during the daytime you will teach a few children privately, these are likely to be slightly older children but those who have not received any education so do not posses the basic skills of reading and writing.

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

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.

Do you require that volunteers for this position be Christian?

No

Organizational Statement of Faith:

No

Language


English

Group Minimum and Maximum


2 - 0