We are now accepting applications for G.H.E.I. Summer Serve and Learn 2012!
GHEI Serve
and Learn volunteer programs give short term volunteers an experience in a
different way of doing development work in Africa. Our work is grounded in the communities we
serve, and by volunteering with GHEI in Humjibre you will profoundly experience life in rural Ghana. Join us working on a better world in one
small corner.
Session 1: Girls' Empowerment (June 4 - 20, 2012) / Session 2: Read and Play (June 22 - July 8, 2012) / Session 3: Kickin' It in Ghana (July 10 - 26, 2012) / Session 4: Malaria Prevention (July 28 - August 13, 2012)
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We've blogged about our amazing summer programs quite a bit here. Check out last summer's programs and people:
Read and Play 2011 volunteers created a literacy outreach to local primary schools and wrote a catchy song about taking proper care of your books.
Girls' Empowerment 2011 volunteers spent two weeks learning and sharing with girls finishing junior high studies, culminating in a traditional Ghanaian feast that they prepared with the girls help.
Malaria Prevention 2011 volunteers assisted Community Health Workers to undertake a massive community survey on bednet usage and got to visit folks among the many unique neighborhoods in Humjibre.
Build Ghana 2011 session (now more appropriately titled "Kickin' It in Ghana") was about teamwork and the volunteers demonstrated this themselves while collaborating on a teambuilding camp, hosting a popular football tournament, and tutoring local staff on computer basics.
Of course, that's only some of what they did during the day. Life in Humjibre is so much more full and vibrant than that. Here is one person's reflection on what volunteering in Humjibre meant to her.
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My time here greatly changed my understanding of development work. As a matter of fact, I learned a lot more than I was anticipating. I am convinced that my time spent in Humjibre has helped shaped the beginning of my path in life.
- Oluwaseun Ososami, Build Ghana 2011
