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Ghana - Urban Football Placement
- Challenge:
- Football
- Destination:
- *Ghana
- Departure Dates From:
- 31/07/2010
Overview
Home to some of Africa's friendliest people, Ghana is the place where MAD began back in 1998 and we've been here ever since! Formerly known as the Gold Coast, Ghana has stunning beaches and scenery but it's the warmth of the people and the vibrancy of their culture that will take your breath away. Our placements are based in Ho in the Volta Region, around 3 hours from Accra and the coast.
Trip Details
Project: Coaching Placement
Accommodation: Living in the Madventurer house in Ho
Age: Minimum of 18 years old to 35 years old
Airport: arrival Accra airport
Full Trip Notes: Included on the link below
Urban Placement
You will be coaching at various schools in and around the Ho area. You will be helping out with the schools P.E. lessons and after school football clubs.
Volunteers Role
Your role as a Madventurer coach will be to pass on your knowledge and enthusiasm for your particular sport to the kids you teach. There will be approx 1-2 coaching sessions per day with the possibility to train with a local team in the evenings depending on level of play, experience andclubs and school time tables.
School Term
The schools shut from the last week in April until the second week in May, then again at the end of July until the second week in September. There will however be coaching clinic organised instead for the holiday weeks. You can also get involved in the orphanage placement during this time for no extra fee.
Mad HQ - Please note our Urban Placements in Ghana will run from Jan-Nov in 2010. You can opt to do min of 2 weeks up to as many as you wish depending on availability. All departures are guaranteed and the placements will run irrespective of numbers
Pre-departure Links
The following links will take you to our pre-departure information for the Ghana sports placements where you can access the "Full Project Trip Notes for 2010" departures. The trip notes will give you all the info you need to get organised including itinerary, what to pack, arrivals & departures, accommodation, visas, safety, security, cultural sensitivity plus lots more.
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Volunteer Feedback
Overall Experience -"The best experience, I would recommend it to everyone. Ho is amazing, you feel like part of the community. As I'm going to be a teacher I found going to the school very interesting. It was lovely that you were able to do what you wanted, they were very flexible and welcoming"
Overall Experience - "The best part of the project were the people and being able to share all these fantastic experiences with other volunteers! (Although the sports bar crawl organised by the crew comes rather close!) It was an outstanding experience! Truly the trip of a lifetime! Thank you so much for all the information and handy info. I've returned a different person and made strong friendships with the other volunteers, definately helped sharing a house with them. I think this worked so well due to the nice group size - not too big or too small."