VOLU - Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana: Voluntary Workcamp

Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana (VOLU) workcamps offer volunteer opportunities in a variety of sectors, with projects that include building a school, organizing an AIDS awareness campaign or helping replenish a rainforest. Projects are usually either focused on conservation, construction or health awareness. The aims of the workcamps are - To encourage voluntary service to the community - To bring together literate and non-literate, townspeople and villagers, Africans and non-Africans in common respect for each other and for manual work - To help poor communities to work which they would otherwise be unable to do for themselves - To further national and international understanding by inviting people from abroad to attend camps in Ghana and by sponsoring Ghanaians to attend camps abroad.

Organization Name

VOLU - Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana

www.volu.org

Organization Mandate

VOLU's strives to bring together people interested in voluntary work camps to foster a spirit of common understanding among all classes and to give young people the opportunity to use their leisure time in the service of the community. Although they focus primarily on work camps, VOLU offers three types of programmes: annual work, social service and leadership training.

Address

P.O. Box GP 1540, Accra, , , Ghana

Telephone

(233) 21-663486 244-202294

Non-profit organization?

Yes

Countries

Ghana

Regions

Western Africa

Duration

2 weeks - 1 month

Age (min)

Age (max)

Price range

under $1000

Price incluces

Accommodation, Airport pick-up, Meals

Application process and requirements

To apply, download the online application, complete and submit it to VOLU.

Language

Student status required?

Type of student status required