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If you enjoy the predictable nature of the ‘package holiday’, then this experience is certainly not for you! Each day will bring a different challenge and experience. Successful participants will be adventurous, confident, highly motivated, adaptable, versatile and independent individuals who will probably have previously undertaken an unstructured overseas experience such as a volunteer or work/travel programme. They will appreciate that cultural and religious traditions are important to the people who observe them and that disrespect will cause offence. Even the seasoned traveller will find life in Ghana very different to that experienced elsewhere on their travels and it is here that the phrase ‘culture shock’ will really be understood.
So why consider becoming a participant? Participation will give you a greater understanding of the differences that exist in the world and an appreciation of the daily struggle for live that thousands of people have to endure. You will return with a vastly different outlook on life and the world in which we live and may use your experiences to enhance your local community or to engage others in similar venture. The experience may even change your life!
Living and working in Ghana will provide you with the opportunity of a lifetime. If you are honest in your application and reasons for participation, then the likelihood of having a successful experience is extremely high. Employers are increasingly looking for candidates who have not only proven that they can assimilate knowledge through examinations, but who have other interests and aspirations. A candidate who has taken time to undertake volunteer programmes impresses many employers.
The benefits of participation are:
Enhanced CV / Resume
International exposure
Opportunity to contribute to greater international understanding and world peace
Opportunity to make friends and contacts outside one's homeland
Build on existing skills and enhance competencies
Practical work experience
Opportunity to make a difference to deprived communities
GO-GHANA is recognised and supported by the relevant Ghanaian Government Departments.
