Placements

Ikando enables people from around the world to share their skills and expertise, welcoming applications from all, regardless of age or experience. We facilitate placements for one or more people, for a minimum of two weeks and can secure the placement within two weeks of receiving your enquiry. We offer placements that will either utilise skills you hold already or give opportunity to learn new skills. We will match your skills and expectations with those of your host organisation to ensure your placement is a professionally, as well as a personally, rewarding experience. This is achieved through our rigorous application process, and in depth research into potential host organisations to assess what is needed and what the volunteer can expect.

To combine multiple placements, please email Ikando for more information.

 

All of our Volunteer Programs

Children's Village Orphanage Constructs LLC Development in Focus
Rural Orphanage Development in Focus

Orphan's Care Assistants
Teaching Assistants
Health Education Program Officer
Sports Teacher
Project Administrator
Library Assistant
Assistant Supervisor
Kitchen Assistants

Researchers
Web & Graphic Designers
Product Developers
Office Admin (stipend provided!)





Students
Child Rights Educator
Social Worker
Development Project Assistants
Community Sanitation Officer
Development Fundraiser



African Business Network West-African Mosque
Ghana Red Cross
African Business NGO National Museum Red Cross Society
Microfinance Business Advisor
Business Development Researcher
Youth Enterprises Officer
Women Enterprises Officer

Agribusiness Development Officer
Waste Management Officer

Assistant Curator
Cataloguer
Students

 

 

Project Assistant, Disaster Relief
First Aid Instructor
Project Assistant - School Links
Health Educator
Fundraising Officer
Admin & Accounts Officer

 

Healthcare in Society Street Academy Ikando Foundation
Women and Aids in Africa Street Academy Ikando

Healthcare Project Coordinators
IT Officer
Fundraise

 

 

 

 

Sports Coaches
Teachers
Teaching Assistants
Project coordinators
Fundraisers
Web Designers

 

 

Webdesigners (FREE!!)
Database Developers (FREE!!)
Photographers (FREE!!)
Fim Maker (FREE!!)
SEO Consultant (FREE!!)
Marketing Assistant (FREE!!)
Translators (FREE!!)
Business Development Officer (FREE!!)
DIY Volunteer (FREE!!)
Autism Awareness Centre Kwahu-Tafo Kwahu-Tafo
Community Development

Special Needs Teaching Assistants
Speech & Language Therapist
Playtime Coordinators
Clinical Psychologists
Occupational Psychologists
Students
Special Needs Teachers
Music Therapists
Art Therapists
Drama Therapists
Fundraisers

Performing Arts Volunteer
Agricultural Coordinator
Sanitation Officer
Conflict Resolution Officer
Music Club Coordinator
Micro-Finance Advisor
Community Healthcare

 



HIV/AIDS Project Officer
Research Assistant
Projects Support Officer
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer






Disabled Rehab Group Nubuke Foundation
Disabled Rehabilitation Art & Culture Organisation Community Development

Marketing & Business Development Officer
Sales & Fundraising Officer
Sewing Instructors
Carpentry Instructors
Shoe Making Instructors
Village Craft Instructors
ITC Instructors

Graphic Designer
Film editor
Editor / Writer
Curator / Cataloguer
Web Designer
Studio Artist
Fundraiser


Sports Coach
Counsellors
Health Care Assistants
Orphan Care Assistants
Teaching Assistants




LifeBridge Foundation Ghana Planetarium Project  
Literacy Program Planetarium Project  

Nursery Coordinator
Adult Literacy Instructor
Reading Club Coordinator
Child Care Assistant
Administrator
Fundraiser
Webdesigner


Planetarium Assistant
Project Coordinator







 

 

 

 

Placements

    How do I apply?

    To apply for one of our positions please complete our application form. Once we receive your application we will review it and send you additional information on the placement(s) of your choice together with an sign-up form.

Our Ghana Team

Our Ten-strong staff team will be available 24/7 to help you throughout your placement.

 

Resource Centre

Check out our extensive resource centre where you will find documentation on working with children, fundraising, volunteering with Ikando and much more.

Our Accommodation
Ikando Accra Accommodation

The Agoo hostel is in the center of Accra and has recently been refurbished refurbished.

How safe is Ghana?

Ghana is generally a very peaceful and stable country. In the Global Peace Index it is ranked above both the United Kingdom and the US. It is the perfect introduction for first time volunteers to Africa.


Explore Ghana


Ghana boasts beautiful white sandy beaches, dense tropical rainforests and wild savannahs. Volunteers usually spend their weekends together exploring the country

Airport pick-up
Quarshi Quarshi will most probably be the member of staff to meet you at the airport. Arrivals is located outside the building. Just keep an eye out for an Ikando sign with your name on it.

Ikando volunteer blogs


Want to know previous Ikando volunteer's experiences? Just check out their online blogs detailing their volunteer experience.


"The staff at Ikando are available 24/7 and are very helpful should you encounter any difficulties. In particular Quashi who is one of the house workers  is eager to interact and make everyone feel at home when they arrive. He is a good source of information and he loves to chat and teach volunteers how to cook local cuisine."

Anne Thoday - November 2008

Country Info

    The Republic of Ghana lies on the Gulf of Guinea, on the western coast of tropical Africa, bisected by the Greenwich Meridian. The country lies within GMT zone.It is bordered to the West by Cote d'Ivoire, to the North by Burkina Faso, to the East by Togo and to the South by the Atlantic Ocean. Ghana is equivalent in size to Great Britain or the state of Oregon in the USA. The population of Ghana is approximately 22 million.

    The capital of Ghana is Accra, situated on the Atlantic coast about 25km West of the Greenwich meridian. The current population of Accra is just under 2 million people.


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    Resource Centre

    Check out our extensive resource centre where you will find documentation on working with children, fundraising, volunteering with Ikando and much more.



    History of Ghana

Ghana is a fascinating culture at a cross roads between the past and the present. It is historically rich and amazingly diverse. It boasts the legacy of the great Ashanti Empire of the 11th century along with the dubious distinction of being the most traveled route for the transport of Africans to the new world.