Our activities are purely voluntary based and since we
deal with children in school, women and the youth as well as communities in general, services
are needed from voluntary teachers, social workers, voluntary health practitioners, and all
others who can work in the foundation and the school to help bring joy, hope, happiness and salvation to
the beneficiary children, youth, women and the general communities. We have various programmes
that will suit each individual.
When you decide to come as a volunteer to Ghana, there are different reasons for which you can
do so. You probably are interested in engaging yourself in a specific field of work. We therefore
offer you a broad variety of different placements within our NGO in order to meet your personal requirements.
You can teach in the foundation’s partner school and experience the differences between our school system
and others. To make sure that you are in good care, our staff will support you every day, talk with you
about the lessons and help you prepare lesson notes. On the other side you can help directly in the Young
and Lonely Foundation office works and social works. Here you can bring in your own ideas or support us
in our programmes. Alternatively if you are interested in medicine we can hook you up with our contacts at
the local hospital that will be more than grateful for you help and support. However if your focus is
on HIV/AIDs awareness you will be able to take part in lessons and awareness programmes, teaching the
villagers about the dangers and preventions of HIV/AIDS as well as interacting with the PLHIVs,
offering them support and counseling.
Alternatively if you are interested in medicine we can hook you up with our
contacts at the local hospital that will be more than grateful for your help and support.
However if your focus is on HIV/AIDs awareness creation, you will be able to take part in lessons
and awareness programmes, teaching the in the communties about the dangers and prevention of HIV/AIDS
as well as interacting with the PLHIVs, offering them support and counseling.
For more information on each programme please email us requesting a
‘Programme Outline Brochure’
Our number one priority is to make sure your experience is everything you hoped for.
Therefore we will customize your trip to suit your every need; whether you wish to stay in a
guest house or live with a Ghanaian family, we can offer packages for all situations.
The most influential factor hindering volunteers from coming to Ghana is the fear for diseases
such as malaria, HIV/AIDS etc. Whilst we are aware that the diseases are active in the country,
with precautions and common sense you are unlikely to contract it. As I am sure you
are aware, HIV/AIDS is most commonly contracted through sexual intercourse or blood contact;
as long as you are sensitive to the precautions of the disease, you are extremely unlikely
to contract it. On the other hand, Malaria is more common yet you are prepared to
experience life in Africa; using diet religiously, sleeping under a mosquito net, using mosquito aerosol sprayers,
malaria is less likely to affect you.
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