- Qualifications required:There are no specific qualifications needed to join this project.
- 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:
We offer placement for interns who are interested to work with community base micro-finance agencies aimed at helping the finances of local traders/ community small scale businesses to grow and to reduce community poverty.
This community micro-finance uses mobile-bankers to reach out to customers daily.
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.
As an Intern at the Micro-Finance you would be expected to work alongside experts to Conduct research and analysing the growth patterns of beneficiaries businesses
Interns will be involved in :
- Provide business advice to beneficiaries through translation by the programs Ghanaian staffs.
- Discuss programme ideas and implementation with Micro-Finance Director
- Write about the project and research case studies for publication in the media
- Research different funding and grant opportunities that the organization could apply to in order to help the beneficiaries in different forms and not only in giving them loans.
- Draft grant applications based on research and give these for review by Micro-Finance Director before submitting Research potential strategic partners for the programme
How long can I go on a Micro-Finance Program for ?
RVO runs volunteer programs year-round but Teaching Volunteer program starts from 1 week to 24 weeks 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 Micro-Finance 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.
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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