Details and what is payable per volunteer
Volunteer are paying to basically cover their meals, accommodation and other related direct and indirect cost incurred on them. Details of support and services are listed here below and apply to all projects. Stipends are awarded to volunteers to help them care for their stay and visit places of interest whilst serving. The longer you choose to serve, the higher your stipend awarded is. Refer table below for cost payable by a volunteer per country and period. You also find out what is not included in the fees. There are no other hidden charges.- Worth noting that we are the only organization among our equals, offering stipends to volunteers and interns during your stay.
- WE CARE FOR YOU - Our fees, the lowest matching top quality services and projects possible, are primarily cut to cover your feeding, home-stay and other related cost incurred directly and indirectly on you including professional supervision and support for your work. It is also because we value your service contibution to the projects and the sacrifice of yor time and energy.
- Stipends awards are reviewed occasionally, considering needy project areas and durations required. You shall be informed of current details after your application, when we know your area of interest, period of stay and start date.
- Airport pickup upon arrival.
- Accommodation and meals in airprot city upon arrival, before transfer to project site.
- Transportation to project site.
- Three meals daily by host family served at home
- Own room, own bed.
- Utilities usage cost; water ,electricity.
- Accommodation and meals in airport city prior to departure.
- Drop-off at airport on departure day.
- Project supervisor's allowances
- Administration, may include communication devices, letter of recommendation and/or certificate of participation after completion of program, emergency evacuation, change of placement, special dietery requirements, special care support, etc.
Fees payeable. No other hidden cost. you pay nothing more than what is listed here for all services and expenses specified above.
The "NEW GHANA HEALTH" fee details is $1500USD for the minimum first four weeks and a further $150USD for each additional week for the next eight weeks, any other week beyond 12 weeks attracts a $100USD per week. But applicants for that program are curently paying a flat fees listed in the Ghana column of the table below until the "NEW GHANA HEALTH" column fees details are populated. This is for a very limited period.| Length of stay | NEW GHANA HEALTH | Ghana fees payable | Kenya fees payable | Uganda fees payable | ||||||||
| Weeks | ($)USD | (£)GBP | (€)Euro | ($)USD | (£)GBP | (€)Euro | ($)USD | (£)GBP | (€)Euro | ($)USD | (£)GBP | (€)Euro |
| 1wk | $?? | £?? | €?? | $550.00 | £355.00 | €405.00 | $700.00 | £455.00 | €520.00 | $550.00 | £355.00 | €405.00 |
| 2wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $700.00 | £455.00 | €520.00 | $850.00 | £555.00 | €635.00 | $700.00 | £455.00 | €520.00 |
| 3wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $850.00 | £555.00 | €635.00 | $1'000.00 | £655.00 | €750.00 | $850.00 | £555.00 | €635.00 |
| 4wks(1month) | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'000.00 | £655.00 | €750.00 | $1'150.00 | £755.00 | €865.00 | $1'000.00 | £655.00 | €750.00 |
| 5wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'150.00 | £755.00 | €865.00 | $1'300.00 | £855.00 | €980.00 | $1'150.00 | £755.00 | €865.00 |
| 6wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'300.00 | £855.00 | €980.00 | $1'350.00 | £900.00 | €1'020.00 | $1'300.00 | £855.00 | €980.00 |
| 7wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'450.00 | £955.00 | €1'100.00 | $1'450.00 | £955.00 | €1'100.00 | $1'450.00 | £955.00 | €1'100.00 |
| 8wks(2month) | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'600.00 | £1'050.00 | €1'210.00 | $1'600.00 | £1'050.00 | €1'210.00 | $1'600.00 | £1'050.00 | €1'210.00 |
| 9wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'700.00 | £1'115.00 | €1'285.00 | $1'700.00 | £1'115.00 | €1'285.00 | $1'700.00 | £1'115.00 | €1'285.00 |
| 10wks | $?? | £?? | €?? | $1'800.00 | £1'180.00 | €1'350.00 | $1'800.00 | £1'180.00 | €1'350.00 | $1'800.00 | £1'180.00 | €1'350.00 |
| Each additional week after the 10th week |
$?? | £?? | €?? | $100.00 | £65.00 | €75.00 | $100.00 | £65.00 | €75.00 | $100.00 | £65.00 | €75.00 |
- Transportation to and from your home airport
- Air travel cost to and from Ghana or Kenya
- Holiday to places and events of interest.
- Any expenses including transfer from one project to another
- Insurance cover (you need to purchase one. Most of our partners can offer you a cover)
- Expenses on meals and drinks from restaurants during outings
- Host family is not responsible for your feeding and accommodation cost if you travel outside home for whatever purpose. It is your own cost. If it has to do with work authorized by the local organization, the local organization shall be responsible for your feeding and accommodation.
- And others not stated in what program fees covers
The accommodation type we arrange for volunteers is the family stay type. This means that volunteers stay with a family as their host. Staying with a host family is very ideal and cost saving for both the volunteer and Elghana. The volunteer gets to experience the culture closely and better whilst Elghana also comfortably manages the security and safety of the volunteer and properties. In a room, each volunteer has to his/her own, a bed, pillow and bedspread. In the home of the host family, volunteers have access to toilet and bath, kitchen, lounge, television, radio, electricity, water, dinning table and table sets. We pick families with children in the house. There are some places of work and residence without electricity and running water so you may do without television, and the likes. However the volunteer's safe health is well guided. The cost of accommodation is part of the total program fee. In most cases, it's one volunteer to one room. Ooccasionally, there may be two volunteers to one room. Matching volunteers to host families and pairing volunteers in a room is done by picking needed information from the volunteers. The host families are consistently screened with their information updated on regular basis to make sure they meet our standards and also match to volunteers we send over to them.
About the food
Host families are responsible for providing the volunteer breakfast, lunch and dinner all days. In some instances, due to the distance between project site and home, volunteers go along with a lunch pack. The foods served are mainly continental dishes comprising rice, chicken, beef, tea, coffee, bread, eggs, soup, potato, oaths, fruits, fish, maize, etc. Local foods are served alongside and are made mainly from the above, tubers, beans and/or maize.
We have to mention that it is very common for a volunteer to find a familiar dish in a restaurant in the cities.
Drinking Water
Drinking water for our volunteers is an issue we take seriously and make sure that volunteers drink well treated water. Some companies are into the manufacture of such water that are well treated and hygienically bottled or baged.
Laundry
Generally, your host brother, sister or mother assist you with your laundry but it is not an obligation, learn to wash your clothings with your hands in several buckets, enjoy the sun drying your clothes and smell the African aroma in your clothes
General living
You might find yourself washing clothes with your hands, cooking with a firewood and discussing politics or religion behind candlelight. It is a unique opportunity to become deeply immersed in Ghanaian culture. Stay in hostels and dormitories are organized for volunteers who so desire but in groups of not less than six working on similar project(s).