Location
  • Ghana
    • Accra
Length
1 to 24 weeks

Program Details

Language
English
Age Min.
18
Timeframe
Short Term Spring Break Summer Winter Year Round
Housing
Guesthouse
Travel Type
Budget Family Older Travelers Solo Women

Pricing

Starting Price
295
Price Details
Fully hosted experience from $295 for 1 week - this includes accommodation, meals, airport pick-up, orientation and 24/7 in-country support.
What's Included
Accommodation Airport Transfers Meals Wifi
What's Not Included
Airfare Travel Insurance Visa
May 01, 2024
Jun 09, 2024
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About Program

Trusted by 136,000+ volunteers, IVHQ offers the world's #1 rated volunteer programs in Ghana and 50+ destinations worldwide.

For the past 6 years, we've won the "Top Volunteer Abroad Provider Award" from GoOverseas, so you can trust that you're in the safest hands with IVHQ in Ghana.

Our affordable projects start from $22/day for your accommodation, meals, airport pick-up, project placement and local support. Projects run year-round, with durations from 1-24 weeks. Choose from 7 meaningful projects, ranging from Childcare, Construction and Renovation, Medical and more in Ghana, one of the friendliest countries in the world. Plus, you’ll stay in a volunteer house with other like-minded, impact-focused travelers from around the world (private room options available).

With IVHQ’s superior pre-departure support services, you’ll gain exclusive access to your own Volunteer Travel Specialist, comprehensive preparation tools and volunteer training before you leave home.

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Program Highlights

  • Cheapest volunteer programs from $22/day for your accommodation, meals, airport pick-up, project placement & local support.
  • Volunteer for 1-24 weeks, year round start dates most Mondays
  • 15+ years experience & only B Corp certified volunteer travel organization
  • Get free changes up to 14 days before you start with our flexible booking policy
  • Affordable way to earn college credit - gain 5 credits for only US$500!

Popular Programs

Volunteer in Ghana with IVHQ

Childcare volunteers in Ghana work in both rural and urban communities, providing education, care and attention to children from low-income families. This program is well suited to volunteers with a warm and caring nature, who love working with children and are passionate about supporting early childhood development. Tasks include helping children with morning and evening routines, assisting with food preparation and providing care and entertainment.

Agriculture Volunteering in Ghana

Are you passionate about sustainability and looking for some hands-on volunteer work? As an Agriculture Volunteer in Ghana, you’ll be based on a local farm 2-3 hours from Accra. Tasks involve clearing and developing land for crops, fertilizing, planting, nurturing, teaching farming techniques to locals, fencing, and assisting with purchasing, moving and caring for stock.

Construction & Renovation in Ghana

Based in rural Ghana, this Construction & Renovation project offers volunteers the special opportunity to work alongside local people to help improve infrastructure in small rural communities. Projects focus on clinics, community centers, toilets facilities and schools. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to meet chiefs and community elders, and learn about the local culture through music and dance.

Volunteer in Medicine in Ghana

As a Medical Volunteer in Ghana, you’ll help support small clinics in under-resourced, rural areas for two days per week, and then mobile wound care outreach for the remaining three days. You’ll play a pivotal role in providing basic healthcare services to communities who often don’t have access to these resources. This project is open to qualified medical or nursing professionals as well as volunteers who have completed at least two years of medical or nursing training.

Sports Volunteering in Ghana with IVHQ

Are you an energetic, enthusiastic individual? Ready to give back to a local community in need of extra support and resources? As a Sports Teaching Volunteer, you’ll put structure around local sporting programs that help children develop their physical capabilities outside of school. This program is well suited to individuals with a love of sport and real enthusiasm for supporting youth development and working with young people.

Teach English in Ghana with IVHQ

As a volunteer on this English Teaching project, you’ll work in rural communities across Ghana teaching English directly to local students and assisting teachers. If you’re an aspiring teacher or you're interested in education, this is a great opportunity to get some practical experience while making a difference to those in under-resourced communities. You'll play a pivotal role in helping children develop their verbal and written skills.

Program Reviews

4.95 Rating
based on 136 reviews
  • 5 rating 97.06%
  • 4 rating 2.21%
  • 3 rating 0%
  • 2 rating 0%
  • 1 rating 0.74%
  • Impact 4.75
  • Support 4.9
  • Fun 4.85
  • Value 4.75
  • Safety 4.9
Showing 1 - 8 of 136 reviews
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Marvel Sarah
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Childcare Volunteer in Ghana

It was a wonderful experience working with IVHQ. I am so excited to take up this opportunity as a volunteer for Childcare in Ghana. One of the most significant aspects of my life that will continue to mold me into the person I am becoming is my volunteer experience in Ghana. I can give back to the world that provides me with so much by volunteering. Since everyone has a different definition of volunteer service, there is no universally accepted definition. Is it the sound of the adorable kids having fun, learning, and participating in their activities? Perhaps it's the happiness on the faces of the kids that I see, or the amazing care we received from the local team from pickup, nice meals etc, and the way the community accepted us that volunteering are all of these things. I have developed numerous skills through volunteer work. I am grateful for all that volunteering has done for me through IVHQ.

What was your funniest moment?
My fun moment was playing with children and learning different cultures and traditions, games from the children.
Pros
  • Positive Impact in career
  • It is fun
  • It is a great experience
Cons
  • None
2 people found this review helpful.
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Max
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

IVHQ Ghana construction volunteering

From start to finish this experience was amazing. I would firstly start by mentioning how accomodating and welcoming the local team are and their continuous efforts to satisfy every volunteers needs to feel comfortable during the experiences is amazing. The Volunteering program itself is so rewarding and with a great team of volunteers the experience is even better. Overall my time at IVHQ Ghana was amazing and i would definitely volunteer through IVHQ again and for anyone who is debating on volunteering through IVHQ i would 100% recommend

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
If you are hesitant on travelling alone the volunteering program is extremely welcoming and accomodating so there is nothing to worry about
Pros
  • Create life long friends
  • Learn new cultures and traditions
  • Plenty of activities in spare time
Cons
  • Food could be better
  • Electricity isnt guaranteed due to power trips
  • No air conditioning
14 people found this review helpful.
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Sierra
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Ghana Medical Volunteer Experience

I completed a nursing field school in Ghana with IVHQ and my school. The local coordinators were extremely accommodating and were always trying their best to meet our needs. This experience was the adventure of a lifetime. I learned so much about my area of interest in nursing and so much about the culture in Ghana. The local coordinators ensured that you were always having the best experience possible, they were also very open to feedback. Not only did I complete lots of volunteer work but we also had the opportunity to go on several excursions. I highly recommend the programs in Ghana.

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
It was amazing how children are everywhere in the village at all times. They come by to say hi after school and play sports until the end of each day. All without their parents supervision which is not like how it is at home.
Pros
  • Completely different culture
  • Welcoming people
  • tasty food
Cons
  • the heat can be tiring
  • the days can be very long so you need to make time for self care
18 people found this review helpful.
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Elizabeth
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Fantastic Experience!

We were able to explore the local tourist areas, beaches, etc. while being hosted by our local team members. They were helpful in suggesting ideas and providing fantastic experiences while feeling safe in a foreign environment. We were offered and took advantage of additional medical mission experiences which allowed us to travel into more remote villages to tend to wounds. We went as a group and were able to complete over 600 malaria tests at local schools, mostly on children. We felt safe and appreciated. This was an amazing experience!

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
We spotted a baboon running down the road as we were driving.
Pros
  • The children
  • The staff
  • The food
Cons
  • The heat
  • The travel time
  • The bumpy roads
24 people found this review helpful.
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Tommy
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

IVHQ WAS AMAZING

IVHQ has been amazing! I volunteered on the childcare programme in Ghana for 4 weeks and it was the most eye opening experience ever! The children were so amazing and taught me so much about myself, new values and morals, how to be humble, how to stay grateful, how to just be happy! However, I cannot write a good review without mentioning IVHQ or the local team! The programme manager who works for IVHQ was nothing but helpful and supportive before I went to Ghana, providing me with all information with my visa, my vaccination information, what to pack and what to expect! I’m very much a need to know person and this manager would call me and answer my calls privately just to explain things in more detail so I felt very much supported! The local team were amazing, I am thinking of going back next year to do the same thing with IVHQ and that’s only too see the local team as they are now real life friends to me! Unfortunately when I was in Ghana I got ill with a throat infection, just one of them things, the local team done everything in their power to ensure I was looked after well! They took me to the clinic, hospital, waited for periods of time for me in the hospital, up to 6 hours, they provided me with easier meals to swallow to the rest of the volunteers and done nothing but make me laugh and care for me! The local team provide you with trips at the weekend, down to the coast, slave castles, waterfalls and more, all which are accompanied with someone from the local team, your always in safe hands! Thank you to everyone involved with this company, thank you to my new friends in the local team! I will be back!

What was your funniest moment?
On our second to last week we visited a waterfall for the day at the weekend! There were 5 volunteers all together who went however due to our time nearly being up we felt like it would be nice to invite our local team, so we did! We paid for the local teams taxi ride plus entry fee and at dinner we surprised them and told them, not knowing that some of these ladies were 25 and have never been before, they were so thankful! The funniest moment of the whole trip for me was when we arrived and we all got in the water, 5 volunteers plus 5 of the local team, 10 of us had a huge water fight, pushing eachother under, laughing, having fun, talking, taking our minds of reality for a day! You can tell how much everyone loved it!
Pros
  • The support you receive from weeks before you fly to weeks after you land, I have been bavk for two weeks and I’m still receiving emails from IVHQ making sure I’m ok!
  • The opportunitys your provided with out there
  • The lifelong friends you meet
Cons
  • Be prepared to be tired, it’s worth it, but you will be tired!
34 people found this review helpful.
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Albin
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

The trip of my lifetime

Frankadua - Ghana is a village I will remember forever.
The people there is so happy and grateful for everything.
I got the opportunity to teach a new sport, floorball, in the village and see all the kids develop their skills.
So grateful for all the help from the local staff and the help before, under and after from IVHQ.
To get to know all the other volunteers was something I didn’t think to much about before, but it was such a big part of why the trip was so much fun.
The people in Frankadua continue to play floorball and to be the one to teach them really means so much for me. But it wouldn’t be possible without the crew from IVHQ.

38 people found this review helpful.
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kate
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great Experience

The headquarters and local team were so supportive. I felt like I had someone to talk to if I had issues or questions. The meals and accommodation were great and the people were so friendly and kind. I was very happy with my volunteer placement and the people I met will stay in my heart forever. I worked with wonderful volunteers. The IVHQ team was very responsive and helpful for all my needs and questions. It was my favorite volunteer trip so far. My only fear is I'm not sure how my next trip could top this one.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
Go with an open mind and be prepared for a few days of adjustment.
Pros
  • The people were very kind
  • The local team very much wants you to be happy
46 people found this review helpful.
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Charles
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

The most incredible trip of a life time!

If you want to go on a trip that will transform your life for the better, enhance your understanding of the world, help people in need and make unbreakable connections, then IVHQ Ghana is the trip for you!
The team there treat you like family. They cook with love, tell you about the best sites to see, share aspects of their culture to you with detail, help you get the best price for whatever you need and so much more. Also the team prior to departure provide you with all the support you need. I needed to arrive early due to flight scheduling and they made that happen in such a stress free way. My recent trip with IVHQ was my second! I can’t wait for third trip and the many more after that!

If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
I did do it again and I wouldn’t change a single thing. When you go there, you’ll live more in the time spent in Ghana than at any other time in your life
Pros
  • The food is so unique and nutritious
  • Everyone greets you with a smile
  • You bare witness to the positive impact you make in the community
Cons
  • The only con is that sometimes the power goes out. But this is the perfect time to go out and play with the kids if it’s during the day. At night it doesn’t matter, because you’ll be asleep.
54 people found this review helpful.

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