High School Study Abroad in Cape Coast, Ghana

Our 2-week Care & Community Projects in Ghana are based in either Cape Coast or the Akuapem Hills. In both locations, you will be hosted by a local family, which allows you to become fully immersed in the Ghanaian way of life. Volunteers based in Cape Coast will spend two weeks working in an orphanage or a local school. By putting in a new floor or painting a mural on a neglected wall, you will be making a valuable and lasting contribution to the children's daily lives. Volunteers in the Akuapem Hills will become part of a small friendly community. In the mornings you will be working on a community project, helping paint and renovate a local school. In the afternoons you will work at one of the care projects in the Hills, playing games and arranging activities for the children.

Our Generation Voluntary Organisation offers a unique four-week internship for graduating high school sophomores and juniors who wish to pursue a career in medicine. The organization accepts candidates recommended by the teacher or counselor. Interns will work alongside experienced local healthcare professionals. Under their mentoring, interns will learn to identify challenges in the local community's public health. They will also learn to develop the capacity to think systemically and become successful in their future pre-med degree. The interns' learning ability and skills will be further honed by completing a project that focuses on a specific health challenge. Interns will conduct in-depth research and then provide a final presentation. This will be a form of recommendation for ways the organization can engage local staff and future volunteers to assist with the resolution of such challenges.