Trip Highlights
- Spend your days in Ghana by working at a holistic therapy center and make a difference while gaining incredible work experience as an intern
- Work with professionals, and gain valuable intercultural competences
- An opportunity to understand the healthcare scenario in a developing African country
- Meet some like-minded travelers from different parts of the world and work for a common cause
Overview
Overview
Being an intern for the Physiotherapy Program in Ghana, you'll get an opportunity to learn more about the holistic approach followed by the Western-classical therapists and help the local people recover through this practice. You'll be working at one of the physiotherapy centers in Accra. Interns can also take up counseling sessions on stress management, as well as the Asian practices like Shiatsu or Tai Chi.
Physiotherapy is still not popular enough in Ghana, however, there's an immense potential where you can impart this knowledge, relieving people from their pain. You can also train the locals to be experts so that this practice becomes a sustainable one.
Program Requirements
Program Requirements
Interns must be 18 years or older at the time of joining the project. Participants should have an open mind and flexible attitude for working in a new and different environment. Medical and Physiotherapy interns must provide a clean criminal background check report, CV, Passport Copy as well as other documents and credentials pertaining to their qualifications prior to joining the program. Medical,Nursing or midwifery students, Pre medical students and students studying physiotherapy or occupational therapy can take part in the program.
Intern Roles & Responsibilities
Intern Roles & Responsibilities
As an intern for this program, your main tasks would be depending on your previous knowledge and the needs of the patient.
- Focus on muscle building and improving motor skills of the patients
- Training for remobilization after nerve damage
- Rehabilitation exercises after sports injuries
- Carrying out massages and relaxation exercises with children
Intern Work Schedule
Intern Work Schedule
Interns will be working from Monday to Friday, between 8 AM to 5 PM. You can freely schedule your working hours (up to eight hours a day) and have one Lunchtime from 1 AM to 2 PM.The schedule is flexible and depends on the workload and requirements of your placement.
Living
Living
Volunteering Solutions strives to provide best of the living and other arrangements to its volunteers. Like we keep saying, just pack your bags and arrive at your placement destination. From your airport pickup, stay, meals, weekend tours and other nitty gritties, VolSol manages everything for you.
Arrival & Orientation
You will meet our representative at Kotoka International Airport in Accra from where you'll be transferred to the Volunteer house. Later, you'll travel to the project site after the orientation program.
Your project site will always be close to your accommodation. Every project office has different working hours (5-6 days a week), which will be discussed with you right at the beginning of your program.
Accommodation
You'll get to live in the volunteer house along with your fellow mates while working at the program. The volunteer house is located in Teshie Nungua estate and is a short drive from the Junction Mall in Accra. There are a total of 4 bedrooms in the volunteer house along with toilets and showers and a fully-equipped communal kitchen. There is also a big living room with a satellite TV. There's a cook to take care of the meals. There's a spacious porch for the volunteers to chill during their free time. The house also has two balconies and a big garden. Utilities such as refrigerator with water dispenser, washing machine, kettle, gas burner as well as wardrobe/lockers are available for volunteer use.
Meals
Volunteers are provided with 2 meals (breakfast and dinner) at the accommodation. Ghanaian cuisine consists primarily of starches, soups, beans, meat, and fish. The Starches consist mainly of rice and doughy balls made from mashed cassava, plantain or yams. Famous Ghanaian dishes include Banku and Fufu. Participants are given a mix of local and western meals.
During your Free Time
There is also a lot to discover and explore in Accra. After work you can do a relaxed stroll in a shopping mall not far away and experience the vibrant Ghanaian Capital Accra in all its facets.
On the weekends you can do a variety of trips to places such as Cape Coast, Kumasi, Canopy Walk and many more options to choose from.
Dates
Dates
2024
January
07
14
21
28
February
04
11
18
25
March
03
10
17
24
31
April
07
14
21
28
May
05
12
19
26
June
02
09
16
23
30
July
07
14
21
28
August
04
11
18
25
September
01
08
15
22
29
October
06
13
20
27
November
03
10
17
24
December
01
08
15
22
29
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Costs
Costs
Please Note: -An application fee of £179 is charged over and above the program fee as an application payment.
What are you Paying for?
- Airport pick-up & Drop off at the airport
- Comprehensive Pre- Departure Information
- Support from long term experienced staff
- Welcome meeting and Orientation
- All necessary project training by experienced staff
- 24-hour in-country support
- Accommodations
- Donation to our ongoing work
- Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner
- Travel & Medical Insurance (Available at an extra cost)
- Certificate Of Completion (Upon Request)
What's NOT included?
- Flights
- Cost of the daily traveling to the project
- Public transport and extra transfers
- Private expenses on site
- Visa and vaccinations
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