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To all volunteers and
potential volunteers of Child Support-Ghana.
On behalf of all the Ghanaian volunteers, The Board of Child Support-Ghana, the Executive Team of Child Support-Ghana, the Board of Child Support in The Netherlands and all the people of the Upper West Region, I appreciate your interest for
volunteering work for Child Support-Ghana.
Child Support has a variety of activities in the Upper West Region, for which we can use your help!
Volunteers profile: (What we need)
Graduated teachers
Volunteers who are willing to help the teachers, like fresh graduated High School students.
Graduated nurses
Medical students
We prefer volunteers to stay with us for 6 months, however, medical students can stay 4 months.
Our projects: (What we have to offer)
Child Support Children’s Home (Wa Yiri)
Child Support Project for Street Girls Child Rescue (vocational training)
Child Support Project for (young) Street Girls “Sunjeri”
Child Support Hospice for People Living with AIDS (PLWA)
Child Support Shelter Home
Child Support Outreaching Health Care Programme (in remote and deprived villages)
Supporting the Medical Staff of the Wa Regional Hospital for volunteers with a (para) medical background and education
Activities: (What we do)
Child Support Children’s Home (Wa Yiri)
To support the children with their education. Extra classes and support with their home work, together with a Ghanaian teacher. All children are schooling at Primary School and/or Junior High School.
Child Support
Project for Street Girls “Child Rescue”
These girls are between 16 and 20 years and have a vocation training in our own shop. We teach them to become a seamstress or a hairdresser. Every morning they have classes, teaching them the basics of English, reading, writing and mathematics. Many of these girls are illiterates.
Child Support Project for (young) Street Girls “Sunjeri”
To support the children with their education. Extra classes and support with their home work, together with a Ghanaian teacher. All children are schooling at Primary School. These girls are between 8 and 13 years old.
Child Support Hospice for People Living with AIDS (PLWA)
In our Hospice we take care of People Living With AIDS (PLWA). Our Volunteer Health workers and trained housemothers are responsible for the well being of the patients
Child Support Shelter Home
In our Shelter home we take care of people that need shelter for a short time. In some cases we
accommodate them when they are sicklers.
Child Support Outreaching Health Care Programme (in remote and deprived villages)
Every week we visit some remote villages with our Health workers to bring free Health Care to the villagers.
Supporting the Wa Regional Hospital for volunteers with a (para) medical background and educationOur Health workers can join the medical staff of the Regional Hospital. However, due to the fact that our volunteers have no working permit, they are not able to “work”, only to orientate and assist. A document in English, stating the status of the
Health worker is required.
Accommodation for volunteers
Child Support volunteers will be accommodated at the Child Support Hostel. The Hostel is situated at the Child Support Residence. Two large bedrooms plus a living room is available. One bedroom has a bathroom and toilet. The rental price for a room is € 100,00 ( = approx. 200 cedi’s) per month, including water and electricity. Volunteers share the costs of living.
When relatives or friends want to visit the volunteers, a affordable guesthouse, close to the Residence is available, as well as a good hotel. We enjoy the service of Vliegwinkel.nl when booking our trips to Ghana and or Holland.
When planning your trip to Ghana the organization JoHo in Leiden, Holland can help you (Volunteer@joho.nl) to get support through the Xploreproject!
Visa for Ghana
To work as a volunteer with Child Support, you need a visa for Ghana. If you go to the Ghana Embassy in The Hague, you need to fill in two addresses in Ghana. If you stay 4 to 6 months or longer, please mention the following addresses:
Mr. Eric H. Coomans Child Support-Ghana
XR 287 P.O. Box 717
Wa U.W.R Wa, UWR.
Ghana Ghana.
Tel: 024-6154553 Tel: 020-8242018
This information should also be given when you need to fill out the Immigration forms in the airplane.
Arrival in Accra
Upon arrival in Accra, our representative Mr. Eric Addai will be at the airport to pick you. He carries a signboard reading CHILD SUPPORT! Dependable of the time of arrival, he can send you to the luxury night bus to Wa. Upon arrival in Wa, I
will be at the bus station to welcome you and send you to the hostel. When you arrive in Accra, please do not let anybody carry your luggage. Do not pay anybody for not rendered services! Mr. Eric Addai will guide you through the procedures and if you want, he can offer you all kind of travel services. The costs for his services are GH cedi 7,00. Please refund him
de costs for the taxi ride, phone card and the bus ticket. The trip to Wa will cost you 35,00 cedi’s, which equals to Î17,50.– .
Attention: There is only a night bus (departure 19.00 PM and 22.00 PM) from Accra to Wa. Arrival in
Wa at 10.00 AM the next morning)
It is also advisable to buy a Ghana telephone chip card (Vodafone, Tigo or MTN) so that you will have your Ghana telephone number. As soon as you are in the neighborhood of Wa (right after Sawla) please call me (020-8242018 or 02406154553) and I will welcome you at the Wa bus station. I will send you to the Child Support Hostel in Wa.
YOUR CONTACTADDRESS IN GHANA
Your address in Ghana will be: c/o Child Support-Ghana, P.O. Box 717, Wa,
UWR, Ghana, West Africa.
My telephone number in Ghana is: 00233-208242018 (cell phone) or 00233-246154553 (private cell phone). My email address in Ghana is: e.h.coomans@gmail.com Our website address: www.childsupport-ghana.org.
Money..
In Wa, it is not possible to pay with “plastics” or credit cards. At two banks we have ATM machines for Master Card and Visa Cards. Cash money and valuable documents can be stored in my safe. If you, your friends, your family and relatives or your school/work place want to donate money for the projects of Child Support, we will be very happy, because to finance the different projects, we still need money. Donations can be made at our bank account in The Netherlands: ING 2376453 in the name of Child Support-Ghana, Tilburg.
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us!
I hope you will have a great and unforgettable time in Ghana and I will do everything possible to make your stay here as pleasant as possible.
Eric Coomans,
Executive Director
Child Support-Ghana
Wa, Upper West Region
Meer informatie is te krijgen bij Mevr. Ineke Alderlieste, de contactpersoon voor vrijwilligers in Nederland: inekealderlieste@hotmail.com
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