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Help us to teach Spanish or German, coding and robotics in Tema, Ghana

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Last activity : 8 Feb 2025

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A newly establishment located in Ghana, Tema.
We are looking for GENERAL VOLUNTEERS and language Tutor volunteers(SPANISH AND GERMAN) and also IT(coding&robotics)
After a year if the volunteer is interested to permanently work with us we can discuss it and make a decision!
Accommodation is available!
We will be happy to work with you and you explore our beautiful country Ghana!
We are family newly established school which intend in the near future to bridge the gap between modern technology, rural and the city schooling system.
With the location in Tema, one have access to any part of the regions in the country without hustle, sporting activities, beaches(Tema and Accra has numerous beaches where one can relax), 30minutes drive is to the river Volta, 45minutes to an hour drive to the eastern region rain forest and mountain, Kakum national park in Cape Coast, the dungeons, and 2hrs drive to visit more beautiful beaches at KETA(The sand city).
Its just fascinating to wake up in the morning seeing the sunrise, the daily activities of the local people and the interactions!
Alas......you can sometimes plug coconuts and mangoes yourself...... or in the eastern region cocoa!!!

We currently have 32 teaching and non teaching staffs, salaries ranges between 800-3000ghc(100-300$) depending on the current exchange rate.
Some of the staffs are Kindergarten workers, teachers, cleaners, handworkers, cooks etc
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Since one of our missions is to bridge the gap between cultures through language, we have decided to teach some of the international languages in our school, apart from our local languages, this means in the long run the volunteer will also lern part of our culture, through the interaction with the students, other staffs and non staffs and including the local people..... The culture is in the LANGUAGE!
More interesting places, beaches, tasty foods and lovely people waits you in Ghana!!!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need general volunteers, language teacher volunteers(Spanish and German) for our newly establishment
1.General volunteers will help in day to day activities of the school, in a form of teaching assistance, sports, maintenances, library, some other activities with the children etc etc.
2. The language volunteers, specifically for teaching these two languages,Spanish and German

3. IT(coding & robotics)
Volunteers with this skill will help in our ICT(coding & robotics) lab and also in our community robotics lab in the Volta region.
Also, the school provides internet for teaching purposes!
Languages
Languages spoken
Ewe: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Twi: Intermediate
This host offers a language exchange
Spanish, German
Accommodation
We have rooms with single bed and bunk beds, food will be provided as well!
What else ...
During the free time, one can travel to other regions and cities, visit the beaches and other tourist attractions, visit the villages or just stay in the capital when wishes....
A lot to discover in Ghana...
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We do have internet connectivity in the school, however its mostly available during the school hours!
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two

Host ref number: 793699948989

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5 Jun 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)

Amy was a great volunteer with great ideas.
She was friendly, supportive and interacted a lot with with the children,
The school even wanted to employed her!

Amy, we missed you and cant wait ti have you back

(Excellent )

4 Jun 2024

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host

My time at the School was short but sweet, spending one month there in total. Having spent just under a year in Ghana already, I enjoyed further exploring a Ghanaian academic environment with interesting conversations with friendly teachers daily and from what I learnt from my observation in classes. My time alone in classes consisted of an open… read more

(Excellent )

1 Mar 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Enikő)

Enci was very active volunteer also, the children liked her a lot, maybe because she is a psychologist.
the 3 of them (Enci', Alberttine, and Andrea) who were there matches very well, they coordinated affairs among themselves and make things work perfectly.

Ghana welcomes YOU all the the time.......YOU do have a family here....from Cape Coast to… read more

(Excellent )

9 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Enikő) for host

This was my very first workaway experience and also my first time in Africa and I couldn’t have asked for anything better! I spent 2 and a half months there, but I would go back anytime in a heartbeat. Levi was really helpful from the moment I texted him until the day I left Ghana, he’s usually not at the school but always ready to help out with… read more

(Excellent )

28 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Georg Wilhelm) for host

Firstly the positive side: Levi, the contact person for the volunteer work, is a very good guy! Totally friendly, committed, accommodating, simply great. Unfortunately, his work is mostly remote from the school, he works full-time in a building materials store that is somehow related to the school. He gave me great tips for excursions, invited me… read more to visit his sisters in the Volta Delta and also to his home. Thanks to him, I got to know more about Ghana.
At the actual place of work things for me got more difficult. It is the 'Wrights International School', a private school 1st to 9th grade with a well-heeled clientele, two kilometres from Levi's building materials store. After all the almost euphoric reviews posted for this host, I had imagined it would be easier as it turned out to be. Almost 1000 € flight costs, plus 150 for the visa, plus 100 registration fee for the school are a lot of money - maybe I would have preferred to spend it differently if I had known beforehand what I know now.
Everyone is really nice and friendly there, and the amount of work expected is very manageable. I only had to teach for one or two hours each day and was otherwise offered to observe as much as I wanted. As there was no German teacher at the time of my visit, four weeks in February 24, there were no German lessons on the programme for me, but 'general assistance'. Now the lessons here are very teacher-centred, classic frontal teaching - I never really realised what my 'assistance' role was supposed to be. I felt welcome everywhere, but never really wanted or invited, and I mostly just sat there in silence. When I went into action, I was often afraid of being overbearing towards the teaching staff.
And for the lessons I had to give, for which I was completely free to choose my topic, I found many of them really difficult. I usually had to teach in seven different classes for 60 Minutes per week, and in all cases exept the first one I had to do it alone, without any assistance of regular teachers. I am a teacher myself with more than ten years of professional experience, so perhaps other volunteers are not offered this.
Discipline is very strongly enforced at the school. There are lots of rules and many punishments for breaking the rules, and there are often painful beatings with the school ruler. I had no stick and no possibility of punitive measures. And for me I found the discipline necassary for teaching in all classes to be almost subterranean. Shouting, running in class, having fights, very little concentration, very little listening, pupils mostly speaking with such a low voice I almost could not understand them! I think my lessons were good, interrupted with plays and music and picture viewing, and pupils seemed to like it, as they often asked me to come. But nevertheless I often left class drenched in sweat and was glad I had done it.
And so I suspect there is a connection between the high discipline that is literally imposed to pupils in normal lessons and the very low level of internal, self-guided discipline among the pupils when I was teaching.
And I didn't have the feeling that I could talk openly about these issues with any of the teaching staff. Nobody ever asked about my experiences. Only with the very friendly cook there was always an interesting exchange of ideas.
Apart from that: the accommodation for the volunteers is in a 18m²-room on the 2nd floor of the school. I was the only volunteer at the time, so I had the room to myself. When all three beds are occupied, it gets pretty cramped I think. And the food - some reviews were almost euphoric in their praise - is, well, OK. Mostly rice with a dollop of sauce, sometimes with a small piece of meat, or spaghetti with a few vegetables. But vegetables are very rare, and there was never any salad. So it's not going to be famous.
Nevertheless it was an interesting experience. I got to know a lot about myself, also about my shadow-sides. And I found enough time to read several interesting books, or listen to them, so I do not regret anything. More details on https://georgsreiseblog.com

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5 Jun 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Amy)

(Excellent)

4 Jun 2024

Left by Workawayer (Amy) for host

(Excellent)

1 Mar 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Enikő)

(Excellent)

9 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Enikő) for host

(Excellent)

28 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Georg Wilhelm) for host

(Good)

28 Feb 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Albertine)

Albertine was very friendly, smart volunteer, who takes initiave by herself,she taught the kids crafts such as crocheting etc.
she loves to sit outside with some of her colleagues to engage the kids during their break and outdoor activity times!
The school was excited to connect her with the family ,we will be glad to have her back some day!

(Excellent)

19 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Albertine) for host

I spent about two and a half months at the school as a General Volunteer. I got to help out in various areas - I assisted in classes, led classes myself, and helped out in the kitchen with serving lunch to the kids. But the activity I enjoyed the most with the kids was teaching them how to crochet. The children are so amazing, I miss sitting… read more

(Excellent)

27 Feb 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Andrea)

Andrea was a reserved but very active volunteer.
The school has enjoyed her company, she was very creative!
The children have really missed her, and we hope to host her once again!

(Excellent)

13 Dec 2023

Left by Workawayer (Andrea) for host

I spend around 5 weeks at the international school and felt from the very first day on welcomed and secure. The staff was so caring and always ready to help out. I shared a room with two other volunteers and a teacher. After only a few days the place felt like home and the people like family - it was indeed hard to say goodbye!
During the daytime… read more

(Excellent)

3 Oct 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Marlee)

The short period with Marlee was remarkable....
She even taught our students a poem, which was recited in a german langauge during thier graduation.
thank you Marlee, we will love to have you back one day!

(Excellent)

1 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Marlee) for host

I had a really good time at the school. I stayed for almost a month, right before the school ended the term. I was allowed to help to supervise the exams, go to classes from time to time and to take part in the graduation. Everyone made me feel at home (especially the kitchen staff) and made my stay memorable. I learned a lot about cooking,… read more

(Excellent)

1 Jun 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Benjamin)

Benjamin was very helpful in all the areas he worked.
We will love to have him back one! day
i really recommend him to any host!

(Excellent)

31 May 2023

Left by Workawayer (Benjamin) for host

This workaway experience was truly remarkable and beyond anything I had expected.

The projects we did at the school, were fun, meaningful and mind-expanding. In fact, the whole experience was like a beautiful movie where I could grow a lot with the help of the wonderful people around me.

The children were happy, the staff very helpful and… read more

(Excellent)

30 Apr 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Anne)

Super workaway.....Both Anne and the daughter was great .....we missed them

(Excellent)

28 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Anne) for host

The project in Ghana was a super nice experience. My daughter and me did 4 volunteer projects and this one was by far the best. Everything was super well organised from the beginning to the end! The children, the teachers and the staff were so incredible friendly and nice! I'm convinced that Ghanese people are the nicest in Africa. Levi, who… read more

(Excellent)

2 Feb 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Alba)

Alba was one of our best volunteers, she was loved by both teaching and non teaching staffs, and students!
Alba had always new ideas suggestion etc etc....
We have really missed her
Her way of approaching issues are very professional!!!

(Excellent)

2 Feb 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Albert)

Albert was a good volunteer, very quite and reserved!

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Help us to teach Spanish or German, coding and robotics in Tema, Ghana

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Can possibly accept pets

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