Volunteer at Osu Children's Home in Ghana
Make a difference in
the lives of the orphanage. Help empower the local community and school children and help
them increase their capacity to do what they have determine is
important to their future - education.
Positive changes are
popping up in the lives of people everywhere! You and I may
never know the full impact of your volunteer work until we
know the statistics of the many lives that has been changed as
a result of our Volunteer effort.
Osu Children's Home is a community for orphaned,
abandoned and needy children from ages zero to
eighteen years. It was started in 1949 by an NGO known as
Child Care Society. It was then located in the premises of the
present Cripples Home at Kaneshie, a suburb in Accra, the
capital of Ghana. In March 1960 the government took over and
moved it to its present location. It was put under the
management of the Department of Social Welfare and has been as
such up to date.
Volunteers are
accepted from all over the world through organisations such as
ours, Cultural & Academic Travel Organisation
(www.catointl.org). Since 1998 Social Education students from
Universities in Denmark have been doing their bi annual
practical in the home. Supervision for volunteers is provided
by the home. Volunteers are expected to assist in areas of:
 Teaching |
| Taking children out
for walks and places of interest |
| Helping with home
work |
| Sports |
| Creativity |
| Mending of clothes,
furniture, etc., painting |
| Washing, playing and
feeding of babies |
| Providing love and
attention |
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| Click here to learn more
about Osu Children's
Home |
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| ACCOMMODATION |
| Accommodation is
usually with a host family and are included in the cost
of the programme. |
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| QUALIFICATION
/SKILLS |
| Volunteers must
have at least a high school certificate. Teacher
certification helpful but not required. |
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| ORIENTATION |
| Each programme
begins with an orientation. Talks will be on African
topics, CATO or host family staff explains culture; currency and local
students describe the social scene. Language training
begins. Orientation includes talks about African
values. |
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| CITY
TOURS |
All programme participants
will have the opportunity to embark on an OPTIONAL full
day tour of one of the most beautiful cities in Africa, Accra. Accra reflects
its transition from a 19th-century suburb of
Victoriasburg to today's bustling modern metropolis.
Participants will visit the W.E.B. Dubois memorial
centre for Pan African culture, Independence Square, the
state ceremonial grounds, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, the
National Museum with its splendid display of the
exhibits that reflect the heritage of Ghana from
prehistoric to modern times, the Arts Centre.
Participants will have the
opportunity to buy African handicraft and clothes at the
National Arts Centre. The cost of these city tour are
NOT included in the programme cost. |
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| Prerequisites: |
Minimum age of 16 Years |
| Dates: |
All Year |
| Work
Hours: |
25-35 hours per week |
| Accommodation: |
Host family and food 3 times
daily |
| Minimum Duration: |
1 Week |
| Fees: |
4 Weeks = US$600 Now $550  |
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6 Weeks = US$700 |
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2 Months = US$800 |
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3 Months = US$1050 |
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4 Months = US$1,300 |
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5 Months = US$1,600 |
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6 Months = US$1,850 |
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Fee Chart >> |
| Duration: |
1 Week to 1 Year |
| Arrival
airport: |
Kotoka International airport,
Accra |
| Programme Materials: |
Download |
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| Programme Details: |
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| Programme
Fees, Historical Tours, Application Process,
Visas. |
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