Teaching/Care Taking (orphanage)
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About the project
Teaching/Care Taking (orphanage)
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Voluntary Work-camps Association of Ghana (VOLU) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) and was founded in 1956 which is the first NGO in West-Africa. VOLU was founded in Mfantsipim Senior High school by Gordon Green who was a teacher at that time. He realized that the students had Nothing to do during their holidays and that their time will be useful by engaging in voluntary (manual) work in work-camps projects.
VOLU has played a big role in the development of Ghana. The association engages in the following life changing projects:
1. School construction & renovation
2. Hospitals construction & renovation
3. Community centers
4. Teaching (Math’s, English, Art & Culture, Science)
5. Agro forestry (farming)
6. Animal husbandry etc.
7. Orphanage
8. Disadvantaged children
This project is organized in partnership with the staff of Tutu Trinity Home orphanage. The home was established 13 years ago at a time when the community observed a growing number of neglected children due to single parents who could not trace the fathers of the children and at the same time could not afford financially to cater for the children. The leader of the home Mrs. Sophia Alabi took the initiative and responsibility to open the home. She started with 5 children. Now the orphanage hosts 38 children with 18 boys and 20 girls. Their ages ranges from 8 – 16 years.
Note: We have had volunteers at this orphanage three years only for a short term of three weeks. The feedback from both the placement and the volunteers was satisfactory (successful). Based on the project report, we have agreed with the orphanage to run medium & long term programs.
The main goal of this project is to provide assistance for the children to have childhood like any other child. To achieve this is to have more personnel per child to have more time for every child. This will also enable personnel’s to identify their talents, and develop them to benefit both the children and the society at large.
💼 What the programme involves
Work starts normally from 7 AM and ends at 2 PM.
Throughout the day, volunteers may be of assistance in numerous activities:
- wake up the orphans and help with their sanitation: brushing of teeth, showering, ...
- prepare breakfast for the children to get ready for school
- volunteers will be engaged at the pre-school level and teach (Alphabets, numbers, English language,Math’s, Rhymes, Poems, Songs and Arts & Dance)
- after school, volunteers may also help with the children’s lunch then play (football, basketball and other creative games).
- in the afternoon volunteers will help with their homework (which is one of the main problems as there is less staff). Also help with HIV awareness/ sexual education, health and hygiene programs.
- in the evening volunteers will help the kitchen staff to prepare dinner for the orphans.
- late in the evenings volunteers are welcome to participate in the evening’s activities (cultural drumming & dancing, storytelling, open forum about children rights, study lessons on retrogressive cultural practices such as female genital practices etc.) before the kids go to bed.
- volunteers will help to arrange for the children excursions and are welcome to join the trips.
- after project submit project report to office.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted at the home. There is available student bed’s with mattress. Volunteers will share washroom, bath house with the other teachers and care takers at the home.
📍 About the location
The project will take place at Tutu Trinity Home, Tutu Akwapim, Eastern Region.
🎒 Leisure activities
Volunteers can take a walk to Tutu Township for a walk. Another possibility is to visit the Aburi Botanical Gardens which is just 10 KM from the home. The garden has trees from all over the world including cocoa trees of which its fruit beans are used to manufacture CHOCOLATE and also has trees that are about 150 years old. Another attraction is the Okomfo Anokye palace in Awukugua. This is a fetish priest who commanded the golden stool from the skies which is the symbol of unity of the people of Ashanti in Ghana. The orphanage home is located is on a hill with cold temperature that varies between 5 to 28 degrees Celsius, which is comfortable for foreign volunteers from the coldest part of the world.
⚠️ Requirements
Even if no special or particular competence/ skills is required, volunteers should be able to teach and take care of children. Artisans or those physically fit are encouraged to attend.
Volunteers should have the following:
- be motivated for the voluntary work.
- be motivated to understand and respect cultures for both host and volunteers
- to adapt and enjoy simple conditions and experience a different culture.
Key Regulations:
- Respect every child (orphan) including other volunteers, staff and management.
- abstain from smoking, taking alcohol, and any other drugs within the institution.
- decent dressing.
- follow established channels to report all matters
- treat all information related to the children confidential.
- no invitations to personal friends and strangers at the home without the knowledge and approval of the proprietress.
Volunteers should bring along the following: mosquito net - working shoes (boots) - medication - flash light - games - musical Instruments, social/casual dresses, sandals and shoes for their personal use. Toiletries.
🤝 Meeting point
Kotoka International airport in Accra is the port of arrival and the association will pick up the volunteer outside the arrival hall.
Volunteers would be driven to VOLU office where we have a hostel attached, and that will be where the volunteers will be accommodated ahead of their placement to the project.
Volunteers will participate in an orientation day after arrival.
ℹ️ Additional information
The fee for international volunteers is 250€. It covers pick up from the airport/ bus station upon arrival in Ghana. The fee also covers orientation, evaluation, monitoring, project set up, office running/administrative expenses, supporting small community projects, running of activities during the project, certificate of participation, feeding at camp and communication prior to, during and after the camp.
Volunteers who arrive 1 week before project starts will pay 10 Euro per day for VOLU hostel. Volunteers are allowed to stay in the VOLU office Hostel for two weeks free of charge after camp, but will pay 10 euros for each day after this period. This fee does not cover meals whilst staying at the hostel.
The 250€ fees does not cover: excursions on projects - internal travels to and from the project station - refreshment outside the project - air ticket, excursions, visa and insurance - local travel and personal effects - monthly Visa extension fee.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
CT-TCH-MLTV03/2018
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
250.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Eastern Region, Ghana
Ghana
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Ghanaian Cedi (GHS / GH¢)
Exchange rate
1 GHS = 0.076681 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Greenwich Mean Time
Local time: 21:41 (12/11/2026)
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