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Volunteer Teaching in Ghana!
Do you have a passion for travelling to explore and experience new culture while teaching children living in impoverished communities?Are you looking to change the lives of disadvantaged children and give them life skills for better future?
Well, Global Crossroad offers the best volunteer teaching English in Ghana opportunity that will fulfill both passions.
Ghana is a country best known for its historical slave trade, rich culture including
natural resources like gold, beaches and rich deep forests. Gorgeous sceneries and rich culture awaits you in Ghana.
As with any other developing country in the world, the demand for English skills is growing rapidly in Ghana. English fluency is often a gateway to good quality and high paying jobs. Sadly, because of dreadful poverty illiteracy is widespread in Ghana, and despite English being a national language a large part of the population can neither speak nor write it. In Ghana many schools are understaffed, and underfunded schools especially in the rural areas.
By joining our teaching English volunteer program in Ghana, you will help children who have been deprived of quality education by teaching them vital English skills to span over generations. Your work will not only benefit you but also the children. You will gain valuable work experience of teaching in a foreign country that can come handy in your future career as well as academic prospects.
Become a volunteer teacher, for a lifetime and rewarding experience. If you want to change lives and leave positive impact in lives of children, contact us for an opportunity to follow your passion today.
Volunteer Responsibilities & Impacts
As a volunteer in Ghana teaching English program, you will teach English, math, science, or any other subject that might be of interest and help to the students. You can also aid local schoolteachers by encouraging them to use English to interact, thus helping to develop and improve their conversational skills.
- Teach conversational English
- Teach math and science
- Help improve reading comprehension skills
- Help improve pronunciation
- Provide theoretical and practical assistance
- Aid the teachers
Volunteering teaching English in Ghana is a very meaningful project. Your support will provide much needed help to improve the quality of education in Ghana and ensure the children do not miss out on life opportunities. Additionally you will bridge the gap by giving extra manpower to the existing staff so they are able to teach more children.
Skills and Qualifications
No specific qualification are needed to join this volunteer teaching English program in beyond a fluency in English. No previous teaching experience is required. But you will be required to have a love for teaching in order to be part of this volunteer trip. You should also be enthusiastic, reliable, flexible, patient, and be positive role models for the students.
Participating as a volunteer teacher in Ghana, your days will be fun and exciting full of new experiences. You’ll have great opportunities everyday to share your love, skills and passion with children to impact positive change in the society.
In Ghana we work with different schools and orphanages each one has its own needs, tasks and program, there is no fixed schedule for each day, but be prepared to help at all time in a wide range of exciting tasks and activities.
First Day: On your first day of volunteering English teaching program in Ghana, you will be taken to school by a local coordinator and introduced to the teaching staff you will be working with. You will have the rest of the day to familiarize yourself with the country, safety and rules and regulations of the project.
- Weekdays: This is what you will typically expect your day to look like in Ghana
- 7.00 to 7.30 AM: The day will start positively with a delicious traditional Ghanaian breakfast shared with your host family
- 7.45 AM: After breakfast its time to leave for a new day full of experiences ranging from teaching to administrative duties and extra curriculum activities.
- 12.00 PM: At noon lunch is usually served. You can enjoy the meal with the children or colleagues at the school
- 3.00 PM: Work usually ends at this time. You can now spend your free time exploring exotic surroundings of the community and market place.
- 6.45 PM: After a long day its time to settle down and eat dinner, It will also be your opportunity to learn more about Ghana and its rich traditions and culture
Volunteer Teaching in Ghana: Dates and Fees
Dates
All volunteer programs in Ghana start every Monday of each month. However, if there is travel constrains, you can start any project on any day.
Fees:
Global Crossroad is committed to offering the most affordable and highest quality Ghana volunteer trips. We strive to keep our costs low. The humanitarian side of the business is our passion.
Global Crossroad's volunteer program in Ghana application and registration fee cost US $299. The application fee covers the cost of advertising, program promotion, and office expenses (rent, utilities, and staff salaries in USA office).
In addition to the application fee, you are required to pay a weekly program fee. You will pay your weekly fee directly to the country coordinator, who in turn will allocate it to your host family, project and other in-country support we offer to our volunteers. This way, the fees that you pay will benefit those who rightfully deserve them, and not for company profit.
| Duration | Teaching |
|---|---|
| 1 Week | $200 |
| 2 Weeks | $320 |
| 3 Weeks | $440 |
| 4 Weeks | $560 |
| 5 Weeks | $680 |
| 6 Weeks | $800 |
| 7 Weeks | $920 |
| 8 Weeks | $1,040 |
| 9 Weeks | $1,160 |
| 10 Weeks | $1,280 |
| 11 Weeks | $1,400 |
| 12 Weeks | $1,520 |
Mandatory comprehensive travel insurance $3.49 a day »
How your fee is allocated?
Airport pick up & transfer $50
Medical/HIV/AIDS volunteer will pay 25 dollars/week suppliment
Language and Culture program fee $250
Summer volunteer and adventure (4 weeks include Travel) $1899
Program fees cover:
- Accommodation (volunteer house or host family)
- Food (local food 3 times a day)
- Program Orientation
- In-country support
- Personalized project
- Pre-departure information
- Certificate of completion
- Fundraising ideas and letters
- Discount for returning volunteers
Program fees exclude:
- Visas
- Airfare
- Personal expenses on soft drinks and foo
- Daily transportation
- Airport return transfer
The volunteer trip in Ghana program fees will cover expenses that will begin on the first day of the program (usually the first or third Monday of the month) to the last day of the program. If you arrive before the first day of the program or you decide you stay beyond your program’s last day, you will be responsible for the additional expenses, which would typically be around $30 a day for room and meals at a hostel.
Accommodation and Meal
In Ghana, GCR will provide you with your home away from home. A loving, friendly and respectable family in the community will accommodate you. They will serve you with three delicious local meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) a day and make sure you are safe and comfortable in their home. You will experience great comfort as the home offers modern facilities including cozy bedrooms, running water and western-style toilets. Be ready to enjoy your new home and learn new culture and language.
Free Time and Weekend Exploration
While volunteering in teaching program in Ghana, you will have enough time to explore while working in our volunteering projects. You will work for 4-5 hours, from Monday to Friday, leaving plenty of time during the week to check local places around you and experience diverse culture and understand their history. Over the weekend you will be able to travel far across the country exploring the castles or basking on the beach.
Read more about your free time and weekend travel options in Ghana
Safety and In Country Support
Your safety is our priority. GCB ensures that you always feel safe and secure during your entire volunteer project. We will support you to take necessary vaccinations before travelling to Tanzania and while in the project you will have an in-country coordinator assigned to assist you any time should need any help. We also offer a comprehensive insurance and evacuation plan to ensure your safety.
Volunteer Teaching in Ghana: FAQs
Arrival and departure
To join volunteering teaching program in Ghana, You have to fly into Kotoka International Airport in Accra city. We advise our volunteers to come to Ghana one day earlier for preparations.
You must always maintain a direct level of contact with our local country coordinator and inform them about things such as flight delays and missed flights as soon as possible. Doing so will give us time to re-arrange the airport pick up time for our volunteers.
Global Crossroad provides airport pick-up services. But we do not offer any type of airport transfer services after the completion of our volunteer projects but your in-country coordinator or your host family will be more than happy to assist you get transportation.
Visa
You need to secure tourist visa to volunteer in our teaching program in Ghana. You can visit the nearby immigration office of Ghana for visa. Depending on your nationality, there is also visa on arrival available in Ghana. Please visit this link for complete information regarding Ghana visa procedures.
Vaccination
Rabies, varicella (chickenpox), Typhoid, Meningitis (Meningococcal disease), Malaria, Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), Hepatitis B, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, Yellow fever, Hepatitis A, and polio vaccine are the vaccinations recommended to those planning to volunteer in Ghana.
However, you must consult with your local doctor and ask them for proper advice before actually taking all of these vaccinations. You can learn more about vaccinations for Ghana here
What's the school I will be volunteering to teach English in Ghana at called?
Several schools are included in our volunteer teaching English in Ghana project. All details will be provided to you upon completion of the registration process.
How old are the students in the volunteer in Ghana teaching English project? How many pupils are there in a class? How many pupils does a school in Ghana have?
You will work with kids that range in age between 2 and 16 years old. The size of schools in Ghana differs. Depending on the specific region you might be appointed to, the school may range between 200-600 children.
Am I going to be the sole teacher or will there be others assisting me? Will I be assisting a teacher in Ghana?
Depending on your competence and commitment, both scenarios are possible when you commit to a volunteer in teaching English program in Ghana: assisting another teacher or being an independent teacher.
Do the schools in Ghana have a teaching curriculum? Will I be using my own teaching stuff? Will I be using the materials the school in Ghana provides?
Yes. Each school in Ghana has a teaching curriculum. Each school in Ghana has their own materials. It in encouraged that the volunteers bring their own auxiliary materials because the local ones might be deficient.
Why volunteer in teaching English project?
Work with the underprivileged children who attend government schools
Taking part in the project you will help young students learn and improve their English skills that will give them a chance at a brighter future. You will take English language classes and improve their written and verbal skills. This will help prepare the children for a brighter and more successful future.
Get real world experience of working in classroom
While working as a volunteer teacher in Ghana, you will have the opportunity to teach English abroad and get a real world experience of teaching a class in different environment with unfamiliar curriculums. You may encounter challenges, but the rewards will outweigh any difficulties.
Share your love of the English language and work alongside fellow educators
Volunteering in this project allows you to actively teach in rural schools Antigua, Ghana where you are completely free to share your love of the English language while collaborating with local educators.
Gain valuable work experience of teaching overseas
Volunteering in Ghana program benefits not only the children but the volunteers as well. It helps you gain valuable work experience of teaching in a foreign country which can come handy in your future career in the academic field.
Elevate the level of education in rural areas of Ghana
Majority of population in Ghana face a lot of hardships educating themselves and learning English language. So, by participating in Ghana Teaching Volunteer Project, you’ll be able to provide easy access to learn English and elevate the overall level of education.
Other Volunteer Opportunities Available In Ghana
No matter your passion or interests, we offer a variety of life-changing, volunteer programs in Ghana such as
Volunteering with orphaned children,
Medical work,
HIV/AIDS volunteer program and much more.
For more information on our exciting programs in Ghana, contact us today.
Teaching English Programs in Other Countries
Other than this teaching English in Ghana, we also offer great volunteer opportunities with orphans in many countries cross the world.
Check out some of our most popular teaching English programs below.