INFORMATION ON VOLUNTARY PROGRAM
Teachinhg Aid Ghana is a nonprofit making organization for Voluntary Work. It was established in 2005 to help provide teaching and a developmental service in the deprived communities of Ghana It was founded to help deprived children in schools and also provide developmental and educational support in the three northern regions of
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VOLUNTARY WORK:
Projects:
Volunteers are place on project which we believe they can make great impact but we also take in consideration This will the preference of what volunteers want to do. Below are the types of projects volunteers can choose to work with:
PROJECT ONE:
GUINEA WORM TREATMENT AND EDUCATION
PROJECT DEFINITION:
Guinea worm infection is the greatest tragedy to the people in these communities. It is a type of bacteria found in dams providing water to these villages. Any person who drinks such water becomes infested with the worm which is whitish in colour and slimy in nature. It takes a long time to emerge from the surface of the body and when doing so unleashes untold pain and suffering on its victims making them redundant for months some times for years.
These effects slow down economic activity, retard growth and debase human value. To make life better for the people living in these communities we resolved to make the ministry of health our first point of call for advice and training. Volunteers treat and educate people in 15 of the worst suffering villages by visiting them twice a week and liaising with the village volunteers as well as the guinea worm
Coordinators. The organization arranges transport to and from the 15 villages for updates, treatment supplies and filters. Logistical complications have however resulted in an inadequate medical coverage which has prevented the assigned volunteers from visiting all the villages on a bi-weekly basis. In addition to this, the previous months have seen us traveling to villages without adequate disinfectant or filters and as a result many individuals with guinea worm have not been treated. This has resulted in “hit and miss” bases of operation.
It has often been the case that we encounter new cases of guinea worm upon each visit. This is the nature of the guinea worm and not a reflection of the village volunteer’s capacity. Our mission is to eradicate guinea worm. However we do encounter extreme cases of diabetic foot sore and other physical afflictions from time to time. Whilst our mission focuses on eradicating the worm our scope is broad enough to alleviate the pain and suffering of villagers suffering from any physical affliction, we therefore do not hesitate to treat or provide medical attention to any one suffering from any thing besides guinea worm.
Some patients require hospital internment which turns out to be a difficult problem for the organization as it typically cost more than 100 US dollars for some one to be admitted in the hospital and this is merely the deposit. Depending on the type and degree of injury, total cost may exceed 200 US dollars. There is a significant degree of autonomy in the projects, where a volunteer notices a need he or she may speak up and request for a visit for treatment.
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
These have for years served as a major economic setback incapacitating farmers and preventing them from engaging in their profession and trade. Farming and trading is the major economic activity of this dwellers and their inability to farm due to the effects of the guinea worm infection has brought untold economic hardship to many families in these communities.
PROJECT TWO
PROJECT DIFINITION
Lack of access to formal education and training has been identified as a key barrier to women's employment and advancement in society. In
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VISION
It is the vision of MDCG that economic independence through the development of personal and practical skills, as well as the establishment of small one-man enterprises will (in the long run) substantially contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of young women in the rural areas in northern
It is therefore the mission of the MDCG to train deprived teenage girls in the Northern Region of Ghana in vocational and communication skills, as well as to support them in the establishment of their own enterprise upon graduation.
As such, the MDCG primarily aims to improve the quality of life of uneducated girls, ideally leading to their self-employment and hence economic independence. Consequently, the MCDG secondarily aims to give these young women the opportunity to play a meaningful role in their community, thereby effectively reducing rural-urban migration.
OBJECTIVES
In line with the above Vision and Mission Training Program:
-To provide the participating young women with vocational skill training in textiles and bakery-To make these women acquainted with the English language, as well as to teach them general communication skills and basic mathematics-To provide the women with practical experience through an attachment program, in line with their preceding vocational training-To additionally motivate the girls through the provision of a daily meal throughout the program.
PROJECT THREE
TEACHING PROJECT.
Under this project volunteers are posted to deprived schools to teach in their specialized fields, this is after management have interviewed
Prospective volunteers to identify the most suitable for the project.
Volunteers are usually picked up with the organisation Mini van to and from their project sites which are normally in the hinterlands. The organisation keeps records of both volunteers and students performance to ensure that its objective of reaching out to the deprived in the hinterland and making education an accessible and desirable activity is achieved. This is intended to complement the efforts of the government at creating an equal opportunity in education in
PROJECT FOUR
This project focuses on improving the educational infrastructure of deprived children living in deprived communities. It is the start of a much wider program to spread education and assist the many deprived villages within the northern region.
Education in the villages is at a very low level due to the bad conditions and small sizes of the school buildings which are mostly built with mud and water. Further to this the lack of teachers and the deficiency of basic school materials severely restrict academic activities. In order to asses the reason for the low level of education in the villages the organization arranged a meeting with the chiefs and of the village.
In this meeting it was revealed that lack of motivation on the part of parents to send their children to school is a major problem – the parents would rather have their children working in the fields than attending lessons, there was an added revelation that the lack of electricity contributes immensely to the low turn up. Given this revelations we moved in with the help of our volunteers to renovate broken down school structures, provide one where there are none and to facilitate the provision of electricity. In addition, parents where further discouraged from sending their children to school due to the poor facilities and the lack of teachers as well as the cost of further education.
Parents are now being educated by the organizations volunteers on the importance of education to society. As a result there is now an improvement in attendance at particular communities. A list of all the children who where not attending school was compiled to aid our evaluation and assessment of student attendance to facilitate the provision of facilities. The chiefs and elders have agreed to institute a local measure that ensures that every child of school going age attends school. This has resulted in an increase in the number of children turning up at school.
As a result of this massive increase in attendance figures, the organization, with the support of volunteers and philanthropist, is facilitating the improvement of the existing school building and the construction of new school building.
PROJECT FOUR
ZHESUNG RURAL WATER PROJECT
Essential to human existence is water. Physically, about 70 percent fluid content of the human body is water. Where water is available it is important that it is safe and accessible to every one including the very poor and vulnerable in society. The essential nature of water to life has traditionally placed it among the family of public goods that have been provided for by government at cost, for free or subsidized.
Current market ideology views water as an economic commodity and therefore subject to the forces of demand and supply. This perspective coupled with the difficulty of raising the necessary investment capital to revamp the old water system has propelled the government towards privatization as a solution to the water crisis. This has been met with opposition from civil society.
The organizations greatest interest in the water issue stems from its commitment to working with others to ensure that all people, irrespective of their social or economic status, have access to such a vital resource. We believe that all people have a right to basic social services including water. The main aim of this project is to provide the deprive people with Good clean basic drinking Water. Volunteers will educate and help us provide 15 villages with clean drinking water. Volunteers will always educate the deprive people that they need to drink the water we provide to them but not the middy water they drink.
PROJECT FIVE
ORPHANAGE WORK
Volunteers will work in orphanages to assist in taking care of the children. Volunteers will work in MAMPONG BABIES Orphanage in Mampong in the
The Ashanti Region is a land of ancient royalty and centuries-old traditions. The capital,
Named after the Garden City because of its tree-line streets and public flower gardens,
MAMPONG BABIES
The Home has existed since 1967 as the fourth Orphanage in the country for the following categories of Children:
- Babies whose mothers have died
- Abandoned Babies
- Handicapped Babies
These Babies are either admitted directly from the
TRADITION AND CULTURE
It is the intention of the organization to train and educate volunteers about the tradition and custom of the people of
If you are interested to volunteer with in TEACHING AID
Starting Date:
Volunteers have the choice to the date they want to start their voluntary work with us but we advise that volunteers choose date in first week of every month for example:
Start Dates:
- 6th February
- 6th March
- 3rd of April
- 1st of May
- 5th of June
- 3rd of July
- 7th of August
- 4th of September
- 2nd of October
- 6 of November
- 4th of December
Our program cost include:
1.Accommudation
2.food at your host family
3.Transportation
4.Pick Up from Airport and taken back to the airport.
5. Visit to selected tourist sites
For more information please e-mail
Thank You
Frederick Addai
Teaching Aid
www.teachingaidghana.net
