Working as a volunteer is a great way to put your shoulder to the wheel and to be busy in a meaningful way together with and for other people. Furthermore it gives you the opportunity to widen your horizon and learn a lot. We hope that you, as a volunteer, will contribute to the project, but will also learn something of this experience yourself. Nevertheless a lot is expected from you. We require that you take your job seriously and will mean something for the project you are working at. Of course you have brains. In addition to this you need to have relevant working experience or an adequate educational degree and will minimally be 20 years of age. At this moment various volunteers are working in Ghana for CHREP .
CHREP has a lot of experience with voluntary work and has good knowledge of Ghana. For this reason we are able to make sure motivated and capable people fit on the right location to work as a volunteer. We also assure an optimal coaching. We will serve our volunteers with relevant assistance and support during their preparations and stay. In order to guarantee this, we generally place no more than four volunteers each month. For admission to the program a compensation fee will be paid to CHREP.
This compensation covers the costs the organisation incurs for your placing and includes board and lodging. Additionally, a part of the compensation is reserved for supporting three sponsor projects (with a minimum of $100 each volunteer). What do we offer you, in short: · A working place · A host family · Introduction, coaching and assistance during your stay Working place The kind of work you are going to do depends on your experience, motivation and educational background. CHREP co-operates with several projects where enthusiastic and suitable volunteers are welcome and needed. Host family CHREP not only attempts to find an appropriate and suitable working place, but also arranges your accommodation in a host family. You are given the opportunity to make acquaintance of the rich Ghanaian culture and its habits and experience Ghanaian life and cuisine. Breakfast and supper are included in your program fee.
Through living with a typical Ghanaian family you have the great chance to taste all aspects of Ghanaian life, but also will have a new temporal ‘home’. Introduction and coaching A good preparation and coaching are very important. Realize you are going to a developing country and the circumstances will be completely different compared to the Netherlands (or Western Europe). At our website you can find a lot of information which is necessary for a good preparation. Besides this, the tea
APPLICATION FORM
PRINT FILL
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
Postal ZIP-code and city:
Telephone number:
E-mail address (IMPORTANT):
Sex:
female male
Date of Birth:
Occupation / kind of study / finished education:
Marital status:
married unmarried
Religious:
no yes
Passport number (date of expire):
\
Work Project
Taking into account your educational background and working experiences, please indicate
what kind of disciplines you would prefer?
First choice:
Teaching Care taking Medical Development work Educating / informing (in Dutch: voorlichting) Children Home/ Orphanage Children 1-4 years Children 4-7 years Research works Adults Disabled (physical) other
Experiences (IMPORTANT!)
Please write a brief comprehensive composition concerning your incentive to do voluntary work,
the type of person you are, your relevant experiences and the expectations about your proposed
stay in Tamale. Use subjects like: your home situation, your travel experience, your job or study, expectations concerning the country, its people, the environment, the work you are to do, the
culture, working with different people, etc, etc.). The composition ought to be in English and
should contain a minimum of 500 words!
Stay in Ghana
Aimed month to start work (always in the beginning of the month):
Aimed day of arrival (preferably the last Wednesday of a month):
How long do you intend to stay in Tamale, before you start the volunteer work?:
Days /months
Do you have problems with staying in a host-family with a different religion?:
no yes
Do you have any strict diets or handicaps that we need to know of?:
no yes
Finally
How did you find us?
search engine on the internet surfing on the internet forum on the internet seen one of our posters through one of our (former) volunteers on a active holidays meeting other
Would you mind if we give your e-mail address to other volunteers leaving to Ghana to get in contact, share information and ask questions?:
no yes
Our conditions
· Until affirmation of decisive permission to the program by CHREP, through e-mail, the applicant can not lay claim on participation to the program
· After affirmation of decisive permission to the program by CHREP,through e-mail, the volunteer is obligated to pay the accessory program fee of US $950 at the day of arrival.
· The applicant needs to be at least 19 years of age at the moment of departure to Ghana.
tickets);
· Each new program starts at the last in the first week of each month. Arrival at this date assures that a member of CHREP ,will pick you up from the airport in Accra . Other arrival dates are negotiable, but you will have to arrange your own transfer from the airport and might miss the introduction (see below)
· The introduction always starts the day after the fixed arrival date;
· The Application Form needs to be sent to be field and attached to a mail for submission through CHREP email, at least two to three weeks (1-2) before the aimed date of arrival;
· The program fee needs to be in the possession of the volunteer and payment after volunteers day arrival.
· The volunteer’s flight details have to be sent to CHREP,through e-mail, at least 2 weeks before arrival. The volunteer should inform CHREP, about changes of schedule as soon as possible;
· In case of changes in costs in Ghana (due to inflation for example), CHREP ,has the right to change the program fee. If a volunteer leaves after declaration of this change in price, he/she is obligated to obey the change and pay a possible increase. CHREP,is required to always inform the volunteers about the reason(s) of change completely;
· In case of superior forces, when CHREP,can no longer guarantee the volunteer’s interests, CHREP, will always do its best to make sure the journey can carry through. Possibly in an adjusted form. This will always be done in full communication with the volunteer;
· Total cancellation of the program by CHREP will result in full restitution of the paid program fees
I agree to the conditions above.
Thanks a lot in advance,
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
m of CHREP s is always ready for you with tips and advice via chrep77@yahoo.com .
After your arrival in Ghana you will get a three-day introduction, before really starting your job. If you arrive on the settled day of the month you will be met on the airport by a CHREP -member, who would takes you to the guesthouse. The introduction starts the very day after the arrival date, there your registration fess, feeding and accommodation fees would be paid to the CHREP member, this is an amount of ($950). Introduction will be partly done in Accra and partly in Tamale, our hometown in the North of Ghana. During your introduction you will have time to calmly get used to the new environment and you will be given information about culture, health, food, changing money, et cetera.
