Construction and Maintance Assistant

location
2 - 50 weken  ·  Leeftijd 18 - 50+

rating  Buitengewoon 4.9  · 
  Geverifieerd door Volunteer World
  Uitstekend Responsgraad

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.

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.


  • Vooral geschikt voor

    Leeftijd 18+
    Alleenstaanden
    Koppels
    Families
    Groepen

    Over het programma

    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 ...

    Over het programma

    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. 

     

    Dagelijkse activiteiten

    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 ...

    Dagelijkse activiteiten

    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. 

    Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

    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 ...

    Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

    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.

    Voorwaarden

    Voorwaarden

    Minimum leeftijd: 18 jaar

    Om deel te nemen aan het programma dien je tenminste 18 jaar oud te zijn op de startdatum van het programma. Er kunnen uitzonderingen gemaakt worden indien je een bewijs van toestemming kan aantonen van uw wettelijke voogd(en) of samen met je ouders deelneemt.

    Taalkennis

    Je dient over volgende taalkennis te beschikken Engels (basis niveau)

    Opleidingsvereisten

    Building and Construction , Architecture , Arts op University , High School niveau

    Bewijs van goed gedrag en zeden

    verplicht

    Vereiste documenten

    CV, Certificate and Proof of Education

    Nationaliteitsbeperkingen

    Geen beperkingen. Helpende handen van over de hele wereld zijn welkom.

    Andere vaardigheden

    TECHNICAL SKILLS

    Tijdsinzet

    Uw helpende hand wordt verwacht op maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag en zondag van 08:00 - 17:00

    Diensten ingesloten

    Diensten ingesloten

    Diensten door 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.

    Afhaal aan de luchthaven op 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.

    Accomodatie

    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.


    Eten & Drank

    3 (three) meals a day with water 

    Internet toegang

    Beperkte toegang op de project site

    Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

    Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

    Vlucht tickets

    De dichtste luchthaven is Kotoka International Airport (ACC) in Accra. We assisteren u met het vinden van goedkope vluchten naar Ghana. VIND GOEDKOPE VLUCHTEN

    Reisverzekering

    Naar het buitenland reizen is een avontuur en het is best om goed voorbereid te zijn. Plots ziek worden of gewond raken, annulaties of diefstal - een reisverzekering voor Ghana biedt zekerheid en is een meerwaarde. KRIJG EEN OFFERTE

    Vaccinaties

    Als je de intentie hebt om als vrijwilliger aan de slag te gaan in Ghana dien je eerst medisch advies in te winnen alvorens je eropuit trekt. Kijk de benodigde vaccinaties na voor Ghana. VACCINATIE CHECKER

    Gegevens over jouw aankomst

    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.

    Beschikbaarheid
    jan. feb. mrt. apr. mei. jun. jul. aug. sep. okt. nov. dec.

    Programmakosten

    2 weken (min. verblijf) 400€
    3 weken 469€
    4 weken 500€
    5 weken 600€
    9 weken 940€
    17 weken 1.455€
    50 weken (max. verblijf) 4.042€
    Gemiddelde kosten 140€/week

    Programmakosten

    140€ per week 2 - 50 weken Leeftijd 18 - 50+

    Betaalmethodes

    Visa Master Card Maestro American Express PayPal

    GEEN CREDITCARDKOSTEN


    Duurtijd

    2 - 50 weken

    Waarborg

    De waarborg dient om je plek als vrijwilliger te verzekeren. Betalingen worden door PayPal behandeld, onze betrouwbare betalingsprovider. Indien je niet over een PayPal account beschikt, kan je ook met een credit kaart betalen.


    Finale betaling

    Uw finale betaling zal worden goedgekeurd door Future4Africa gedurende de aanmeld procedure. Veel voorkomende oplossingen zijn een banktransfer of contante betaling op de projectsite.


    Ontmoet je organisatie

    Future4Africa

    Buitengewoon 4.9 rating (67 beoordelingen)

    NGO - opgericht in 2014

    Geverifieerd door Volunteer World

      Uitstekend Responsgraad

    Gepresenteerd door

    Mansur

    Gesproken talen: Engels

    Over de organisatie

    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.

    Ontmoet je organisatie

    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 beoordelingen · 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 ...

    Plaats

    Afrika > West-Afrika > Ghana > Bolgatanga

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