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We
are a small and therefore flexible and personal organization. Our aim is
to help people who like to personally get in touch with a completely different
culture. By mutual agreement we decide where you want to live and work,
so that you know exactly what you are at before you subscribe to a project!
You can also determine how long you want to stay (from a few days until
a year). However, a condition for voluntary work is a minimum of two weeks
to a lot. We are not a big commercial company and therefore our rates are
relatively low. We pay a considerable amount of attention to the preparation
of the volunteers. For instance, before you leave for Ghana with us, you
will receive a lot of information about the culture, customs and way of
life of the local population, as well as practical information to simplify
your preparations for your journey. Volunteers will have a contact person
whom you can always consult, both before your departure and during your
stay in Africa. |
The
assistance we offer in Ghana is very personal and extensive. Thus you will
soon feel at ease and will always have the possibility to ask for information
or request help.Our contacts in Ghana are not only city people but also
people from the villages who have received little or no official schooling
or/and whose life is rather traditional. Therefore it is possible to get
in touch with traditional knowledge to which as western people, normally
do not have access. Also, the larger part of the money paid for board and
lodging will go to a poorer part of the population. It is possible to start
work in Tamale, but more and more we aim our efforts at the villages around
Tamale and Bolgatanga, because there are already quite a lot of white voluntary
workers in Tamale. In the villages there is more need of volunteers. Moreover,
you will integrate more easily when there are not too many other white people
in the neighborhoods (however, you are always at biking distance from a
number of other "Africa Orphanages Volunteers" volunteers). Our
starting point is that Western people can learn from African culture.Therefore
we do not send people to "help" the local population, but we send
them to get in touch with a very special culture.You can join in certain
activities and make yourself useful in that way.
Its main aim is to get into closer contact with the local population.
"Africa Orphanages Organisation" gives part of its income to the
"Africa Orphanages Organisation "sponsored fund, through which
projects
for a number of socially underprivileged groups are financed. |
