Short Term Community Development Internship In Ghana

A typical day on this internship will include working with local community schools with early years students, supporting in the class room, designing extra-curricular activities, or conducting vocational training workshops covering topics like healthcare, gender equality, or professional skills development. From Monday to Friday you will work on the internship projects and weekends are yours to explore the surrounding area or simply relax at base with your fellow interns.

Projects are varied and will be decided by assessing the needs on the ground at the time. Typical project activities might include designing and delivering arts and crafts sessions with kindergarten and junior school students, coordinating computing skills workshops with women from the local community, and delivering presentations on professional skills, healthcare, gender equality or international development to community members and GVI partners. All GVI internships are geared at developing your leadership skills and allowing you to develop a variety of key soft and hard skills that will put you a step ahead of the pack.

Highlights

• Contribute towards meaningful and sustainable community development initiatives in West Africa.
• Gain hands-on experience in community education, gender studies or international development to boost your resume.
• Meet participants from across the world, developing your cross cultural skills.
• Explore all that Ghana has to offer, and be immersed in the Ghanaian culture.