Ghana Orphanage Projects

Most of our orphanage volunteers are working in the Elder Lords Children’s Home in Wawase-Twifo Aramakwamoano, which is about an hour away from our centre in Cape Coast.

The principal, Micheal Sikansuo, founded the orphanage in 2006 with four children. Since then the orphanage has grown and he, and his dedicated staff, are now responsible for 55 children.

The orphanage would like to take on more children, and there are many more children in need, but the orphanage is severely limited in the number of children it can look after by it’s lack of suitable accommodation. Currently the orphanage only has four rooms, two for the staff and two for the children.

There are only two teachers who look after the 55 children so you can appreciate why they need help. Most of the children are aged 1-5 years old so your daily tasks will mainly be to help bath, cloth and feed the children, putting them down for naps but most importantly spending time playing with the children and keeping them entertained. This is perhaps the most vital role as this is really something that the staff doesn't have time to do.

The building is in a bad state of disrepair and is desperate need of external funding. The facilities for the children are very basic and any donation of toys, puzzles, books crayons etc. will be appreciated.

Working hours will be from 8 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday.

Please note that not everyone works at the Elder Lords and some volunteers may be placed at other orphanages depending on the number of volunteers overseas and your interests.

Note all projects working with children require a background check. This is an extra cost of about £10 but we will make the necessary arrangements. Parking tickets, speeding fines, and some criminal convictions will not prevent you from joining us; we simply check if you have any prior convictions relating to harming children.

Ghana

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2008	£1,095	£1,095	£995	£995	£995	£1,095	£1,095	£1,095	£995	£895	£895	£795
2009	£1,095	£1,095	£995	£995	£995	£1,095	£1,095	£1,095	£995	£895	£895	£895
2010	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895	£895

All costs shown above are for one month. Additional months can be added for £495.

You choose your dates for teaching, orphanage, journalism and medical placements but spaces throughout the year are limited so reserve your space now.

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