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Ghana hasn’t remained immune to the menace of HIV/AIDS. Each year, hundreds of families have become devastated as they lose their bread winner, while women have become widowed and children orphaned. There have been many local efforts through campaigns and long term strategies to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS. Some of the campaigns have been very successful and thousands of lives have been spared because of this.
RCDP has teamed up with these local initiatives to provide care to the victims and spread awareness. Volunteer now in our HIV/AIDS Education project now and be part of this team to educate people against HIV/AIDS.
You will work using the "Stepping Stones" approach and focus on promoting behavioral change through facilitating discussions of HIV prevention and sexual health with community groups, including youth in- and out-of-school, clients at antenatal clinics, and general community meetings. Volunteers will mostly be involved in Counseling and Education.
You must have passion and enthusiasm to volunteer in HIV/AIDS project. You should also remain open minded and flexible during the program as working condition and the mentality of the people in Ghana will be very different from what you’re used to back home.
Volunteers will be engaged in training and educational activities like creating awareness about the preventive measure against HIV /AIDS. During the program the volunteers will also look after HIV/AIDS victims, counsel and educate in major hospitals and communities.
RCDP will manage your entire accommodation, meal and supervision during your stay in HIV/AIDS project in Ghana. You will stay with a warm and welcoming host family. We have chosen our host family carefully and they will provide a safe and secure location for you to stay. They will have experience of hosting foreign volunteers before. You will have a room for yourself and at least one member of the host family will be able to communicate with you in English. You will also be served hygienically prepared Ghanaian meals like Fufu, Banku and Yam, three times a day. RCDP In-Country coordinator and staffs will keep in touch with you by either visiting you every week or will contact with via phone. You will be provided with all the contact details of our office in Ghana. If you have anything you want to discuss about, please feel free to contact our In-Country coordinator.
The mission of RCDP-Nepal is to encourage international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor. By developing the places and the communities, the volunteers are also developing themselves and learning new perspectives and ideas that will ultimately change their lives.
