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LEAPNOW: Transforming Education

http://www.leapnow.org

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11640 Hwy. 128 Calistoga, CA 94515 United States

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Phone: 707-431-7265

Fax: 707-431-8479

Service Work to Empower the Rural People of Ghana

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Location
Ghana: Accra, Rural Areas

Term
Academic Year, Fall, Spring

Program Duration
3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)

Typical Duration of Program
3-6 months

  • Description

    Opportunities to volunteer with an organization that focuses on solving rural problems in Ghana. Volunteers teach adult literacy classes and school children, work to empower women in rural communities, stimulate small business activities, initiate environmental awareness programs, provide support for abused women and children integrate the disabled into the community and provide occupational therapy.

  • Highlights

    This opportunity is part of LEAPNOW's Supported Internship program.

  • Intern Types

    • Admin (Health Services)
    • Agricultural Sciences
    • Anthropology
    • Botany
    • Culinary Arts / Cooking
    • Counseling
    • Creative Writing
    • Criminal Justice
    • Development
    • Ecology
    • Economics
    • Education
    • English as a Second Language
    • Environmental Management
    • Environmental Studies
    • Family and Home Studies
    • Field-Study
    • Finance
    • Food Science and Nutrition
    • Forestry
    • Fourth World Studies
    • Health Sciences
    • Horticulture
    • Human Resources
    • Human Rights
    • Humanities
    • Medicine
    • Music
    • Occupational, Envir. Health
    • Social Sciences
    • Social Work
    • Sociology
    • Sustainable Development
    • Tourism
    • Web Design
    • Women's Studies
  • Languages

    • English

  • Cost in US$:

    1,400

  • Cost Includes:

    • In-country orientation/Training
    • In-country staff support
    • Pre-departure orientation/Training
    • Written materials pre-departure

  • Credit Available

    yes

  • Experience Required

    no

  • Volunteer Types

    • Adult Education
    • Aids
    • Anthropology
    • Arts
    • Building Maintenance
    • Building/construction Projects
    • Childcare/children
    • Clerical And Office Work
    • Community Centers
    • Community Development
    • Community Health
    • Community Organizing
    • Cooking
    • Counseling
    • Culture
    • Disability Issues
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Elderly
    • Energy
    • English Teaching
    • Environment
    • Family Planning
    • Fixing Fences
    • Food
    • Gardening
    • Gender Issues
    • Global Warming
    • Grassroots Organization
    • Handicapped
    • Health
    • Health Care
    • Health Education
    • Home Visit
    • Homelessness
    • Hospital
    • Housing
    • Human Rights
    • Income-generation
    • Indigenous Issues
    • Medicine
    • Micro-enterprise
    • Microcredit
    • Minority Groups
    • Music
    • Office Work
    • Parks
    • Planting
    • Playgrounds
    • Popular Education
    • Primary Education
    • Public Education
    • Recreation
    • Reforestation
    • Sanitation
    • Self Help
    • Seniors
    • Small Business Development
    • Social Services, Social Work
    • Teaching
    • Tutor
    • Volunteering
    • Water
    • Women
    • Youth
    • Youth Development
  • This Program is open to

    Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

  • Typical Living Arrangements

    • Group living
    • Home-stays

  • Participants Travel

    Independently

  • Typically Participants Work

    Independently

  • Application Process Involves

    • Phone/Video Interview
    • Resume
    • Written Application
  • Typically The Application Process Time is

    1 week

  • Post Services Include

    • Exit Debriefing Abroad
    • Job and Internship Network
    • Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
  • LEAPNOW: Transforming Education's Mission Statement

    Leapnow's primary purpose is nothing less than transformation and positive change on the planet. We aspire to keep our work on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education- which ideally is all about transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students. Cultural immersion, study and work abroad are our main vehicles for learning about one's self and the world.

  • Year Founded

    1993

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