Volunteer health workers
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About the project
Volunteer health workers
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Empowering people, communities and businesses through the creation of the right platform and bridging the gap between the demand and supply of knowledge, finance, skills and networks. OSDA is committed to conducting these activities in a manner that ensures long‐term sustainability for the benefit of all stakeholders it serves. For OSDA, sustainability is a continuous journey and requires a multi‐disciplinary approach.
The participation fee is 150 euro per month: It includes, accommodation and bills, administration cost, pick up and drop off, two weeks orientation and mentoring throughout the entire program. It also includes meals for two weeks orientations. Most of the volunteers always stay in Accra over the weekend to familiarize themselves with the city, the beaches, museums etc and the stay in OSDA house without any extra cost.
Volunteers are expected to spend around 100 euro for their up keep. We mostly provide cooking utensils to volunteers who wish to be cooking themselves however, a cook can be arranged for those who desires to be cooked for.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteer health work in Ghana would not only help in developing a career, but also increases prospective healthcare worker’s sense of compassion, self-worth and skills. Volunteers work under the mentorship of experienced health workers by providing support services to the local staff with minor procedures and also provide valuable educative information such as safe motherhood, healthy eating and nutrition or consult with individuals and groups. Assist in coordinating community meetings, training in the target communities and work with trained nurses to give additional support as needed in the target communities.
Requirement
A volunteer doesn't need to be a health expect to be engaged in this role. The minimum education required is High School Certificate.
During the week days,the volunteers go to work at 8 am and close at 4:00pm. The volunteer plan their own weekend and sometimes visit their friends, tour or join some social groups that have activities over the weekend.
🏠 Accommodation on site
We provide rented house/rooms to the volunteers and mostly pair them in house but in separate rooms.
🍲 Food
We only feed volunteers during the two week orientation after which we provide cooking utensils to them to start cooking themselves. The volunteers don't stay with us in the OSDA house in Accra after the orientation, but rather go to the placement. We provide them with food whenever they are in Accra for holidays or weekends.
Depending on their desires, we can contract cooks at the placement to be cooking for them. We tried it in the past, but the volunteers prefer to be cooking themselves. It can be still be arranged if some of them wish to have a cook.
📍 About the location
The Afadzato District Assembly, with Ve- Golokuati as its capital, is one of the 46 administrative districts created in 2012. The District capital is Ve-Golokuati about 58 Kilometers away from Ho, the Regional capital and 200km from Accra, the National Capital. The District was carved out of Hohoe Municipality as a result of the creation of more districts and raising some Districts to Municipal status. It was established under Legislative Instrument 2079.
The population of Afadzato South District is projected to about 79,683 based on 2010 Population and Housing Census. About 39,115 are males constituting 49.1% while females count 40,568 which represent 50.9% of the total population.
The economic activities of the Afadzato South District are predominantly agriculture, which provides employment to over 70% of the inhabitants. The major food crops are cassava, maize, rice and yam and Commercial crops are cocoa, coffee, cotton, sugar-cane, citrus fruits and pineapple.
The district is one of the most endowed region in Ghana in tourist sites. The people are hospitable, our cuisine is unique and the climate superb. The District has several sites of historical and Some of such sites are; The highest peak in Ghana Mt. “Afadza” (Afadjato) located at Liati-Wote, Tagbo falls at Liati-Wote, Tizo waterfall at Liati-Soba, sacred and rare species of Mona Monkeys at Tafi-Atome, Stalactite and Stalagmite caves at Logba-Tota, Akpom Waterfalls at Logba-Tota, Aflabo Waterfalls at Leklebi-Agbesia, Snake village at Liati-Soba, Cave and tunnel at Goviefe-Todzi, e “Kente” village at Tafi-Abuife and many more.
🎒 Leisure activities
We mostly organise tours to a lot of tourist sites within the area namely: Wli waterfall , the tallest waterfall in West Africa, measuring about 143 metres from the upper fall to the plunge pool below it. Aflabo waterfall, Mt. “Afadza” (Afadjato), Tagbo falls at Liati-Wote, Tizo waterfall at Liati-Soba, sacred and rare species of Mona Monkeys at Tafi-Atome, Stalactite and Stalagmite caves at Logba-Tota, Akpom Waterfalls at Logba-Tota, Aflabo Waterfalls at Leklebi-Agbesia, Snake village at Liati-Soba, Cave and tunnel at Goviefe-Todzi, e “Kente” village at Tafi-Abuife and many more.
The volunteers also make time to visit other sites such Cape Coast Slave Castle, beaches(there numerous beaches in Ghana), national parks etc.
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers who want to stay beyond 3-6 months are expected to obtain permanent resident and work permit which costs 300 dollars per year and non Ghanaian citizen card which also costs 100 dollars per year. The following documents are expected to be provided by the volunteer for the acquisition of the permanent resident and work permit:
CV (resume) in English
Police Report (in English)
Medical report (in English)
2 x passport photos with a white background
A copy of the bio-data page of passport
Travel Insurance
Copy of flight ticket
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Volunteer health workers
01/09/2017 → 30/08/2018
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
150.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Afadzato South, 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: 22:08 (12/11/2026)
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