Internships in Rural Areas, Ghana

Nursing internships abroad are the perfect opportunity for everyone who wants to boost their nursing career and enhance their possibilities. Explore the beauty of Asia, Africa and South America while taking part in a nursing internship and gaining valuable skills and training. College, nursing and pre-nursing students can get some insights into a medical career whilst helping aid projects to make a difference in the lives of the locals. Add this amazing volunteer experience to your CV and learn to work in different surroundings, it will really make you stand out from the crowd!

As Volunteer Coordinator, you will supervise and support Future for Africa volunteers and interns. You will welcome new arrivals, introduce the organisation’s structure, projects, and partners, and help plan their experience by outlining expectations, tasks, and responsibilities. Weekly, you will facilitate team meetings, monitor progress, review reports, and highlight accomplishments and challenges. You will also assist the Project Coordinator by ensuring clear communication between volunteers, interns, and their supervisors, and provide support to other departments and partners when needed. Tasks include: Facilitating weekly one-on-one meetings; organising departmental reports; managing program and partner databases; coordinating weekly activities; planning and leading team meetings; preparing agendas and summaries; updating guidelines; drafting weekly organisational reports; supporting operational and administrative tasks; ensuring communication between volunteers and partners; and planning weekly responsibilities with volunteers and interns. Competencies: Positive attitude, adaptability, administrative skills, ability to manage teams, proficiency in English.

If you're on a gap year, summer placement, or career break and want to get your hands dirty, our Community Building project in Ghana may be right for you. Volunteers are based in the Akuapem Hills, just over an hour north of Accra. You will join a team of Projects Abroad volunteers and local people constructing and renovating simple buildings in the local communities. In many areas of Ghana, thousands of families live in inadequate accommodation and children attend school in crumbling buildings. Our construction project allows them to move to new, better quality homes and for the children to receive an education in secure, new classrooms.