Construction and Maintance Assistant

location
2 - 50 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Outstanding 4.9  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Excellent response rate

Highlights

  • Gain English Fluency and learn the culture by leaving and working with the locals in the communities
  • Become more passionate about your major and propel your career with international experience
  • Become more open and adapt to working with a team.
  • learn about community work, its possitives and negatives and help in making meaningful inputs.
  • Make memories and life time forgetable experience with the people yor meet during your stay.


Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups

About the program

This project is to provide and encourage maintenance culture in already existing facilities.

About The Placement. 
Our construction project is to provide and encourage maintenance culture in already existing facilities. In the past years we have invested in acquiring a land for a proposed building of training center and shelter. This building is to provide the kids we work with skills in ...

About the program

About The Placement. 
Our construction project is to provide and encourage maintenance culture in already existing facilities. In the past years we have invested in acquiring a land for a proposed building of training center and shelter. This building is to provide the kids we work with skills in dress making, baobab processing and basket weaving. The center is to be able to cater for children who prefer vocational training and also provide vocational training in various fields, such as entrepreneurship equipping the children and youth with valuable skills and knowledge to live and lead transformative change. 
 
Working to improve the local infrastructure, educational facilities and Helping build our proposed training center and shelter. As a member of the construction project. Focusing on improving existing facilities and building on our land. From painting classrooms and creating board displays and plastering. 
This project focuses on the construction, renovation of partner schools and libraries.  Volunteers work closely with the local people and f4a staff on tasks. If you're a keen outdoors person with a good level of fitness, this will be a perfect project for you. The Construction and Renovation project offers volunteers the special opportunity to work alongside local people to help improve the infrastructure in the communities we work with. 

 

Typical day

Typical day 
 
Construction usually start in the morning, you will be working with a group of other volunteers and people from the community. Helping mix concrete, painting, brick laying, plastering, digging, block shaping, carpentry, steel bending, mortar mixing, etc. You will work from 9am to 2pm ...

Typical day

Typical day 
 
Construction usually start in the morning, you will be working with a group of other volunteers and people from the community. Helping mix concrete, painting, brick laying, plastering, digging, block shaping, carpentry, steel bending, mortar mixing, etc. You will work from 9am to 2pm in the afternoon. You use the rest of the day to explore the community or help out in some of our other evening projects. 

Free-time activities

Volunteering for Future For Africa is flexible. This provides you with great chances to get out and see as much of Ghana as you can. Weekends provide a good time to get into the cites and the countryside  and see the sights or even take an overnight bus to an attraction further afield and you can ...

Free-time activities

Volunteering for Future For Africa is flexible. This provides you with great chances to get out and see as much of Ghana as you can. Weekends provide a good time to get into the cites and the countryside  and see the sights or even take an overnight bus to an attraction further afield and you can take a few extra days on to weekend trips to make them worthwhile. Places to visit includes Mole National Park, Kakum National Park ,Paga Crocodile Pond ,Tongo Hills , Green House Eco Village Karimenga and the Cape Coast Castle.

Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level)

Education Requirements

Building and Construction , Architecture , Arts at University , High School level

Criminal Background Check

required

Required Documents

CV, Certificate and Proof of Education

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Other Skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 08:00 - 17:00

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Future4Africa

The little participants pay is divided into three parts, where 70% goes to the program-participants costs during the stay. Another 20% goes directly into our development projects. The final 10% will be spent on administrative costs.

Airport Pickup at Kotoka International Airport

You will arrive at kotoka International Airport or tamale airport and a staff of future4Africa will pick you up from the airport.
Volunteers can join this program anytime throughout the year.

Accommodation

Future4Africa has a volunteer house located at the Yikene.
The house has almost all the basic facilities you need and there is an opportunity to interact with other participants from all over the world and the wider community.


Food & Beverages

3 (three) meals a day with water 

Internet Access

Limited access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Kotoka International Airport (ACC) in Accra. We assist you to find cheap flights to Ghana. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Ghana provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Ghana you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Ghana. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

Our project is avaliable throughout the year. You will arrive at kotoka International Airport or tamale airport and a staff of future4Africa will pick you up from the airport. A timetable will be drawn for your project schedule.

Availability
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Program fees

2 weeks (min. stay) 400€
3 weeks 469€
4 weeks 500€
5 weeks 600€
9 weeks 940€
17 weeks 1,455€
50 weeks (max. stay) 4,042€
Average fees 140€/week

Program fees

140€ per week 2 - 50 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

Visa Master Card Maestro American Express PayPal

NO CREDIT CARD FEES


Duration

2 - 50 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.


Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with Future4Africa during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


Meet your organization

Future4Africa

Outstanding 4.9 rating (67 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 2014

Verified by Volunteer World

  Excellent response rate

Coordinated by

Mansur

Spoken languages: English

About the project

F4A works for a fair world where all children have equal access to social amenities, resources and influence through strong partnerships, and inspires the youth.

Meet your organization

FUTURE FOR AFRICA ORGANIZATION (F4AO)
About F4A Organization
Future for Africa (F4A) is a Ghanaian voluntary, non-profit and Non-Governmental Organization working at local levels to create a future of hope for children in economically poor areas of northern Ghana.
Established in February 2014 but legally registered in 2016, F4AO operations covers the entire three regions of Northern Ghana namely; Northern, Upper East and Upper West with the headquarters in Bolgatanga, the regional capital of Upper East.
F4AO approach is working through strong partnerships with civil societies,institutions and using volunteers, to reach out to the deprived and vulnerable children and families in its operational areas. (The organization also seeks to promote intercultural awareness, tolerance and communication of our Youth.)
Vision
F4A works for a fair world where all children have equal access to social amenities, resources and influence through strong partnerships, and inspires the younger generation’s to aspire to the future with good health, respect and equal rights.
Mission
We seek to engage and empower children especially, the vulnerable in society and to provide meaningful interventions in areas of education, health, Water and sanitation, and Livelihoods. This will be done through partnership and with volunteers. F4AO will endeavour to influence policies and actions at all levels of society towards inspiring hope in the younger generations of society and also to promote intercultural awareness, tolerance among the youth.
Core Values
Compassion: we are committed to act with compassion in all situations to engage and protect the welfare of the poor in society
Listen with respect to our volunteers, stakeholders and the people of the community we work with.
Integrity: to adhere to moral and ethical principles of non-discrimination-regardless of their color, race, religion, language or locality and ensure transparency in our operations.
Empowerment: building the human resource capacity of partners on both social and economic livelihoods.
Excellence: Consistently create better ways of doing our work; efficiency and effectiveness.
Respect: adhere to individual difference, promote tolerance and cross cultural learning.
Safety: We are committed to the highest safety standards and environmental practices.
Strategies
Accessibility: Improve NGOs accessibility and presence at all levels in Africa
(Education: Education / Capacity Development)
Advocating: Advocate on the Principles and Goals that NGOs share
Goal: Improve the lives of children and their families now and for the future
Objectives
To achieve reliable child access to basic amenities water, toilets, health, and education.
Inspire community participation in solving local problems.
Promoting demand for accountability by community

67 reviews · rating4.9

Giovanni Casonato rating4.8

2023 at Construction and Maintance Assistant

It was a great experience and I was able to make a direct impact on those communities that needed. The activities were well planned and we had many options for free-time activities. For the living conditions we had a few times without running water or electricity but the problem was solved within a ...
Gaëtan VANLERBERGHE rating4.8

2022 at Construction and Maintance Assistant

My experience in Ghana went extremely well. I carried out several missions related to education, water supply and the construction of sustainable, economical houses adapted to the hot environment. The members of the association have put in place a lot of means so that the integration goes well, ...
NEUS LLABRÉS TORRES rating4.6

2022 at Construction and Maintance Assistant

The experience was very good in general. We learned to work with other resources, to value the little things that we have in our day to day. The staff that welcomed us were very friendly, always attentive to ...
Maurice Azinim rating4.6

2021 at Construction and Maintance Assistant

Future for Africa provides an avenue for the practical use of knowledge I have gained academically and an opportunity to be exposed to people of diverse backgrounds and culture. ..
Dominic Peter rating5

2023 at Shelter ChildCare Assistant

My time in Bolga was truly wonderful. Firstly, the people there are incredibly welcoming and dedicated to making your stay as comfortable as possible. Interacting with the locals provides a unique opportunity to learn about their cultures, lives, and the challenges they face. The passionate ...
ÉMILIE CHACON rating5

2023 at Community Health Outreach Assistant

J'ai vécu ce dernier mois la plus belle expérience de ma vie. Nous avons été entourées de personnes bienveillantes dans chacune de nos missions, qui nous ont accompagnées de façon à vivre notre expérience de la façon la plus impactante et bénéfique possible. Les missions proposées ...

Location

Africa > Western Africa > Ghana > Bolgatanga

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