The Volunteer Service Corps
The Rural Women Development and Health Initiative (RUWDHI) welcome any individual, group or organization that desires to provide support for the rural communities and improve their living conditions. We are committed to producing an environment that will benefit the community and any volunteers working in it.
This volunteer program is designed to bring motivated people to Ghana to help develop the communities and villages in and around Cape Coast and assist them in realizing their full potential.
RUWDHI primarily works with rural communities in and around Cape Coast, but we also have strong roots in the community are capable of providing meaningful and important projects for interns of all backgrounds to work on while minimizing the cost to the intern. We know that any intern working with RUWDHI would have many unique and fulfilling experiences while providing very important aid to those who are in great need.
Where a Volunteer Can Work
The projects and goals of RUWDHI are very diverse and there is room for motivated and passionate interns of all backgrounds
There are opportunities for volunteers of all backgrounds with RUWDHI. We primarily place interns into the following types of internships, but we also have strong community contacts and are capable of combining the needs of the community and the experience areas and interest of the volunteer to put together a unique volunteer placement program.
* Health Care and Environmental sanitation
* Education
* ICT
* Community Development Project
HEALTH SEMINARS AND TRAINING OF COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEER (CHV)
The intern will be part of our ongoing program in selected villages and communities that lack health care facilities and will help to train Community Health Volunteers (CHV) who will give first aid care to people in the communities and villages before they are taken to the hospital or clinic. Topics addressed in this program include:
- First aid
- Cholera
- Diarrhea
- Malaria
This placement will help interns to learn and develop their medical skills and have gain a better understanding of health care in the developing world
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT VOLUNTEERS
Medical volunteers will be able to support our doctors and nurses in local hospitals and, based on the interests and academic background of the intern will be attached to a medical team. Some of the duties for an intern will be to record medical histories of patients, do consultations, observe and assist the medical team in ward rounds, OPD duties, assist with surgery in the operating theater, and public health outreach. Interns can also perform basic health care in the rural communities.
HIV/AIDS VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers will assist in raising awareness of HIV/AIDS through talks and seminars at local schools and community meetings. Issues to be discussed by volunteers include the history of HIV/AIDS, the nature of the disease, modes of transmission, statistics, ways to prevent its spread, and symptoms of the disease. This is an especially appealing project for health educators who may also use their education to help spread information about good hygiene and disease prevention. This knowledge will help strengthen communities throughout the Central Region of Ghana.
ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION VOLUNTEERS
Interns will help in providing training and workshops on sustainable management of environmental resources and sanitation in local schools, community gatherings, churches and market places
The intern will also be given opportunities to create and organize public educational campaigns, with the assistance of environmentalists from RUWDHI.
EDUCATION
Interns can teach Math, Science, English, Social Studies and/or Art in our adopted local schools. Interns can also teach in the kindergarten, primary, junior and senior high schools. A large number of children in rural schools lack quality education as a result of teachers refusing posting to rural schools due to inadequate facilities in these schools.
Interns will prepare their lessons and mark their students' work. Many volunteers choose to help out in other areas too, such as taking students for extra-curricular activities like sports, drama or music lessons. Other teachers are available to help in preparing your lesson notes and to help you adapt to the local learning environment. There will also be a Teaching Guide book to assist you in your daily work with the children. Mostly you will be paired in class with a local teacher but in some circumstances you will have a class to yourself.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Interns will have the chance to teach Information Communication Technology (ICT) in our adopted primary, junior and senior high schools.
The intern will provide training in any of the following areas: computer basics, Windows, Internet Orientation, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Power Point and more.
Sustainability of our programs is a priority and interns will also train the teachers so that they can continue teaching after the intern leaves.
Qualified personnel are available to train and assist the intern in this entire field before teaching begins.
VOLUNTEERING IN OUR ORPHANAGE HOME PROGRAM
Interns in this program will be making a great difference in the lives of the the deprived and less unfortunate children in the home.
The Orphanage Home consist of kids from all walks of lives some coming from a needy home, street children, children with deceased parents. Most of the orphanage homes have poor resources, are under staffed, and are facing numerous problems. Help is needed in everything from cooking to counseling.
Interns will also assist kids with basic education, including assignments from school, taking part in their sporting activities and helping them with their English lessons. Orphanage interns will be of great assistance to the house mothers, whom simply do not have enough time in the day. The children get the guidance they need to brighten their futures and you as a volunteer receive an unforgettable experience by truly making a difference in a child’s life.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers will be involve in doing unskilled work such as digging, mixing sand and cement, carrying rocks, sand and bricks, fetching water, and painting the school buildings. They will be led and work together with local skilled people who will be providing free labour for the improvement of their communities.
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