Help build a non-profit yoga and meditation centre for community development in Mampong, Ghana

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  • Última actividad: 21 abr 2024

DISPONIBILIDAD

  2024 

 Estancia mínima:  Al menos 2 semanas

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Hi, I’m Meg, the founder of a non-profit yoga & meditation centre in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. I moved here from Canada in 2021 to start this project. Mabel is my sweet doggo who adores everyone who comes by.

    My vision is to offer by-donation classes, workshops, and retreats, to generate funding for different community development projects in the area.

    Work will be flexible and depend on the projects we’ve got going on at the time. I hope that Volunteers can get an idea of my vision and help to determine the work best suited to them. I like to start work by 8am (the earlier the better) to beat the afternoon heat.

    What I am looking for:

    -- Handy People
    First and foremost, I really need help with renovating the building and giving it some life! I’ve rented an 8-bedroom house, which desperately needs a more rustic and earthy feel to it. In particular, I’m looking for creative and innovative woodworkers who can help build some furniture, doors, and decor items, as well as plasterers/masons (ideally with some experience using lime and/or other types of natural building materials). I also have a small tiling project that needs attention.

    I have a certain amount of tools on hand, but resource availability is wildly different here in West Africa than it is in North America or Europe, so if you’re interested in coming for this, we’ll be sure to have a chat first about what to expect! Previous experience building in WA will be a huge plus.

    I could also use some help with sewing, painting, decorating, and cleaning in general. If you are a self-starter, independent, and have a strong attention to detail and organization, let's talk about this option.

    -- Yoga Teacher or Retreat Coordinator
    Next, in the coming months I should be ready and able to begin planning yoga and meditation workshops, but I would then love for someone to be behind the scenes - or vice versa. Someone who can manage the kitchen, timetable, cleaning, etc. OR a yoga and meditation teacher who wants to lead the classes, while I manage the rest. Anyone with other types of healing offerings (massage, reiki, acupuncture, etc) who would like to coordinate a retreat together, I’d love to talk!

    -- Community Development Project Coordinator
    Finally, if you have some ideas of community development mini-projects, I’m all ears! I’m not in the position to start anything on my own at the moment, but it would be great to start engaging with the community. So if you have something you’d like to run, send me your idea and we’ll see if we can make it happen together.

    -- Other Skills
    As a growing centre, I’m open to any suggestions or offers! I will eventually need to design a bookkeeping system and manage my online presence, so if you have skills in either of those departments, that would be great. Anything else, just send a message and let me know what you want to bring!

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Ayuda doméstica
    Hostelería/turismo
    Mantenimiento general
  • Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de las NU
    Fin de la pobreza
    Hambre cero
    Salud y bienestar
    Educación de calidad
    Igualdad de género
    Agua limpia y saneamiento
    Energía asequible y no contaminante
    Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
    Industria, innovación e infraestructura
    Reducción de las desigualdades
    Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
    Producción y consumo responsables
    Acción por el clima
    Vida submarina
    Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
    Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
    Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    - You’ll get the chance to explore Mampong, including the Wednesday market, and practice your twi in town.
    - Opportunity to take weekend trips:
    - Kumasi, to visit the cultural centre and kejetia market
    - Banko Guesthouse, maybe take their nature tour, or check out the pool nearby
    - Lake Bosumtwe and see the meteor-crater lake and go horse-back riding
    - Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary
    - Evenings can be spent playing board and card games, sharing a beer, talking about life in Ghana and other travels.
    - You can climb the nearby “prayer mountain” with a great view.
    - Yoga and meditation practice can be offered if guests are interested during work periods, and guests are can discuss about joining for organized workshops and retreats when they are happening.
    - I spend a lot of time in the kitchen so guests can learn about vegan cooking and baking, including bread. I’ll show you how to make seitan and we’ll prepare our own chilli oil. I can also show you how to make vegan versions of a few local dishes. Volunteers should be clear about their interest in this and coordinate with me to take part.
    - If you’re a non-native English speaker, you can get lots of practice. We can practice speaking French as well, and twi lessons can be arranged.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    - Carpentry
    - Plastering/Masonry/Building with Natural materials
    - Painting/Plastering with clay paints/roman clay
    - Tiling

    - Yoga teacher or retreat coordinator

    - Community development programming
    - Other: if someone also can create some bookkeeping/accounting systems for an NGO, or wants to do some social media content creation, those would also be greatly appreciated

    4-5 hours per day, 4-5 days per week. 2-4 weeks stay would be best. Longer is possible depending on the scope of the work and if it’s a good fit.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Inglés: Fluido
    Francés: Intermedio
    Italiano: Principiante

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    I'd love to practice French or Italian! I'm a certified ESL teacher so if you want to improve your English, I'll be a great help.

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    For now, each volunteer will stay in the house and will have their own bedroom with a ceiling fan. Until we build the beds, the mattress will be on the floor though! No A/C and no TV, but there is wifi and we can watch stuff on my laptop. I love popcorn, so I’m always down for a movie night.

    The house is well-connected to town, on a paved road, with tons of “Okadas” (tuk-tuks) passing by to take you into the town centre. There’s a popular bar just five minutes’ walk away, if you like to listen to outrageously loud afrobeats!

    Ideally, we operate as roommates and find a routine where we share the cooking and cleaning and make vegan meals together, but otherwise, basic staples are available for you to prepare your own food. You’re also welcome to buy food outside and bring it back to eat.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    Reaching Mampong is quite easy. From Accra, you can find a VIP bus from Circle directly here in the mornings, or you can take any bus heading to Kumasi, get down at Ejisu, and find a shared taxi to Mampong. From Kumasi town centre, you can take a trotro from Kejetia, or trotro to Ejisu and a shared taxi to Mampong (my preferred route).

    You can get shared taxis from here to Techiman if you are heading further north.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    There is wifi at the centre. It can be subject to occasional power outages, but is typically fairly reliable. You may also buy a personal hotspot, or stream from your device. We can help with getting you a SIM card if you need.

  • Podría aceptar mascotas

    Podría aceptar mascotas

    We can accommodate 1-2 pets, so long as they will get along with my female dog, who can be hit-or-miss with other dogs.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

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    Horas esperadas

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 298196415755

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