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• Qualifications required:There are no specific qualifications needed to join our HIV/AIDS Volunteer in Ghana, but your understanding of Ghanaian culture and language can help improve the experience for you and those with whom you interact. Consider enrolling in our one-week Language & Cultural Immersion program.Volunteers should be willing to share love, time and compassion with people, all the while maintaining great patience and high flexibility
• Placement settings:Rural and Urban communities
• Locations :Accra, Kumasi , Ho, Tamale, Cape Coast, Sunyani, Nkwakwa, Koforidua, Winneba
• Program duration:Starting from 1 week to 50 weeks, programs start on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month
• Language required: English :level ,basic ,intermediary and fluency
• Age: 15yrs to 50yrs    Nationalities: Open to all nationalities
• Accommodation:Volunteers live in a separate room with any of our well trained host families near the Project.
• Program fees:Starting $275 USD First Week and $100 USD other weeks. This includes airport pick-up, Program orientation and supervision, accommodation, utility bills, Local SIM card, Official RVO T-Shirt ,Transportation to Kumasi or to project and host family first day, Last day airport drop off, breakfast and dinner daily (Lunch out because volunteers are mostly at work during lunch hours) and 24/7 in-country support
• What Fees doesn’t include:Airfare from your home to Ghana, Entrance fee to tourist centers, Travelling Insurance, daily transportation to project site.

 

DESCRIPTION:

In Africa, Hiv Aids and Malaria are the leading killer, killing most people as well as rendering most people orphans.

It is in this regard that RVO  has establish link with local organizations in Ghana, which are actively involved in the HIV AIDS Education and involve with community outreach programs such as educational programs through drama, presentations and demonstrations etc. This .project aims to prevent the transmission of HIV AIDS and to offer support to those affected by the disease. Volunteers in this project are mostly involved in taking care of people affected by the disease notably children and outreach education. Our HIV/AIDS Volunteer in Ghana project is attempting to prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS as well as offer care and support to those infected. Armed with accurate information, this project spreads awareness and education, reaching as far as possible into urban and rural communities.

Our partner organizations work to advance adolescent reproductive health and disease prevention. Project workers focus on promoting behavioral changes by facilitating related discussions in community groups, including youth in and out-of-school, antenatal clinic patients and general community meetings. The project provides educational materials on issues relating to the causes, effects and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other STDs as well.

. With your airport pick-up, orientation, accommodation, meals and 24/7 in-country support all included in your program fee, you can leave home feeling confident that you’ll be well supported in your new home away from home. Plus, you’ll be in the company of like-minded international volunteers young as your age who shares your passion for volunteering.

 

How long can I go on HIV AIDS Outreach Program for ?

RVO runs volunteer programs year-round so volunteers are to choose their own total duration of stay in the program. Programs start on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month

 

How do I apply for a HIV AIDS Outreach program in Ghana ?

• Complete the free online application form with the details of your chosen program and dates, as well as details of your qualifications, skills and experience. You will then receive an email from RVO that we have received your application. Within 24 hours (1 working day), you will receive an email from our Programs Manager acknowledging your application and confirming, project and dates of your volunteer program. In this email, you will receive instructions on how to pay the deposit payment of the registration/program Fee in order to confirm your booking with the RVO
• As soon as your deposit payment of registration/program Fee has been received by RVO, you will be provided with all the information and support you need to prepare for your upcoming volunteer program. Your RVO Program Manager will be your point of contact throughout your preparations up until you finish your volunteer program.

Contact our office if you are looking to volunteer abroad as a group, so we can customize a special program arrangement for you.

 

SUGGESTED ITINERARY: 

Day 1: Travel to Ghana Kotoka International Airport in Accra, transfer to hotel and meeting to coordinate the day-to-day scheduling for the week.

A typical day of a volunteer in the Project

Orientation and training for the first week by local experts. In the following weeks, volunteers and local

experts will be involved in:

• Community education
• Churches education
• Schools education
• Hairdresser’s education
• Shoemakers education
• Markets/ Shopping centers education
• Lorry parks demonstration activities to increase the awareness campaign in the Ghanaian communities.
• Sometimes volunteers will engage in house-to-house education
• Volunteers will sometimes spend time with those affected by the disease, by helping them to take their medicines regularly as well as giving them care and comfort.
• Community education through drama.
• Volunteers shall reach out to commercial sex workers / prostitutes at red right areas with the message of abstinence and condom use.

Where volunteer can go for weekends and longer periods:

Ghana is a land of cultural diversity and contrast. It has many cultural and unique tourist attraction centers to offer volunteers. Cape Coast is a true cultural and historical town, most tourist love traveling to this town because of the Elmina castle where slave trade begun, the Kakum Canopy walkway, the cape coast castle and the ancient buildings. The fascinating beaches and markets

RVO offers a guided weekend tour which you can book and join.

 

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