Staff Spotlight: Ebenezer Felix Bentum

I was the Volunteer Coordinator and now am the Program Manager. My career path is to bring more to the Busua community to work on various projects and make a positive impact in the community and the surroundings towns.

I really enjoy planning and organizing programs/projects especially placing of volunteers and checking on them to see how their project is going. Infact I really enjoy working with different people with different cultural background as well as meeting new people and making new friends.

Surf & Impact provides more than just the typical volunteer experience. Volunteering and working on development projects in Busua is only just the beginning. In addition, volunteers will have the opportunity to spend time surfing the waves at the local beach by participating in a surf camp with trained surf instructors.

This combination of a volunteer program and surf camp is a model that is currently being used in other parts of the world, but this will be the first of its kind in Ghana and West Africa.

Furthermore, volunteers will be participants in a cultural exchange alongside community members, whereby they will be immersed in the local community. Activities will also be provided to introduce volunteers to local customs and to visit nearby attractions.

Our goal is that volunteers not only leave feeling like they accomplished great things but also that the community acknowledges the hard work and dedication of each volunteer.

I have had numerous great experience with Surf & Impact Program but my favorite was when I placed a volunteer to set the Busua Plastic Recycling Center,though he had few challenges but the work was perfectly done.