Waste Water Mgmt & Water Education Volunteer Internships in Ghana

  Ghana

• Other Cities in Ghana: 
Rural Areas

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Winter 
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Dates: Throughout the year (6 weeks to 52 weeks)

Description: This specific opportunity calls for individuals with experience and education in water resource management and water sanitation. The ideal candidate is someone who has the education and skills to:
Assess needs and design a project based on a village environmental assessment for the capacity to treat and use existing and appropriate water sources.
Conduct training and education sessions for water sanitization methods in a village of Okurase, just outside of the capital city of Accra, Ghana.
The intern will aid in teaching and training others, surveying local needs, planning projects as well as gaining valuable hands on experience all in the realm of water resource management and water-use education. This internship will be one step in the realization of Project Okurase's goals to develop a model community based on sustainable design. The purpose of Project Okurase is to help vulnerable and orphaned children impacted by HIV/AIDS in their family and village. This is done by meeting basic needs in safety, security, shelter, love, proper nutrition, health care, formal education, marketable job-skills training and job placement.

Highlights:
Why Isla? Isla offers...

* Individual short term volunteer and internship placements unique to your skill set facilitated and supervised through a local host organization.

* Opportunities to work with community initiated projects focused on sustainable development.

* Sustainable development training from Village Earth, one of the leading community based development training organizations in the U.S., prior to departure to destination.

* Flexible programs from 2-9 week volunteer opportunities to 9-52 week internships as well as 2-3 week alternative break service learning trips.

* In-country cross-cultural orientation and mid-term reflection and training sessions led by Isla group leaders.

* An ideal opportunity to gain experience in your field of study and authentic international work experience beneficial in a competitive economy...

Isla programs are designed to assist communities with their worthy endeavors, provide volunteers with practical education in sustainable community development, and promote cross-cultural understanding.

Qualifications: Isla intern applicants should be 18 or older and possess a desire to learn about and live in another culture. Some experience or education in water resource management or water/health education is preferred. Candidates should be at college, graduate or professional levels, though we do have some "gap-year" candidates. Qualities required are: dependability for your service-learning assignment, adaptability, strong people-skills and a desire to have fun by serving and learning from new communities through cross-cultural exchange.

Application Process
-Online Application
-Statement of Purpose
-Resume/CV
-Non-refundable application fee of USD85
-2 References

***Application deadlines vary depending on service start date. Applications for summer 2009 program are due April 15st.

Cost in US$: From USD 3195 for 6 weeks with each additional week

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Ghana Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Scholarships are Available.  A large amount of interns and volunteers in service-learning fund the majority of their program through scholarships and fundraising. Isla provides an easy-to-use fundraising resource kit and will help to provide you with scholarship opportunities that can apply to your internship program.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Isla - International Service Learning Alliance 's Mission Statement: Isla- International Service Learning Alliance - offers unique volunteer and internship opportunities for individuals to work side by side with local community members who are trying to solve global problems at the local level. These partnerships provide a framework for people from different cultures and life experiences to learn from one another, discover their commonality and create a synergy that catalyzes progress. For the participant, Isla programs provide a rich cultural, service learning experience that combine cross-cultural and sustainable development training with a high impact hands-on service project. Isla programs assist communities with their worthy endeavors, provide volunteers with practical education in sustainable community development, and promote cross-cultural understanding.