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Young Hearts, Run Free

By Gayle Pescud, on July 15th, 2010%

This is a culture where young people are expected to be seen and not heard. Sound familiar? . . . → Read More: Young Hearts, Run Free

Godwin’s Plea from Ghana to the World

By Gayle Pescud, on July 1st, 2010%

During my first weeks in kindergarten I walked out of school, which was a tree in our village, because the only thing we learnt for weeks was how to count from one to thirty. I told my teacher, “I want to go past one,” and left the tree and walked back home. My parents were horrified and I got in trouble. . . . → Read More: Godwin’s Plea from Ghana to the World

Volunteer Abroad Opportunities for Teachers and IT Professionals

By Gayle Pescud, on June 11th, 2010%

I did a huge series about volunteering sparked by my memories of the different volunteers I met over the years and the knowledge I’ve gained working in this field now for the past five years. Here are the stories sparked by those memories. . . . → Read More: Volunteer Abroad Opportunities for Teachers and IT Professionals

Insider’s Guide to Volunteering

By Gayle Pescud, on December 23rd, 2009%

You can now download the free Insider’s Guide to Volunteering.

We have posted the Insider’s Guide to Volunteering here. No sign up or anything necessary. If you do like what you see, then you’re welcome to sign up on the right-hand side of the page to receive our posts in your inbox in . . . → Read More: Insider’s Guide to Volunteering

Volunteer in Ghana

By Gayle Pescud, on December 20th, 2009%

In the Insider’s Guide to Volunteering we explain that you can’t make a difference in 2 weeks or 2 months (and even 2 years is pushing it—poverty is a complex problem), but we explain that what you can and will do is contribute your skills and experience to a group of people who . . . → Read More: Volunteer in Ghana

When to Volunteer in Ghana?

By Gayle Pescud, on December 18th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read every article from This is Ghana–in a much more organised fashion–and download the free Insider’s Guide to Volunteering in Ghana.

Trustworthy Programmes

Writing this, I realised that the programmes I know as most trustworthy, with a few exceptions, are all . . . → Read More: When to Volunteer in Ghana?

Bad Volunteer Programs: Warning Signs and Solutions

By Gayle Pescud, on December 17th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read every article from This is Ghana–in a much more organised fashion–and download the free Insider’s Guide to Volunteering.

Warning sign: You’re a woman and there are no local or foreign females involved . . . → Read More: Bad Volunteer Programs: Warning Signs and Solutions

Key attributes of a helpful volunteer

By Gayle Pescud, on December 16th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Key attributes of a helpful volunteer there.

As a volunteer myself and first time traveler to a developing . . . → Read More: Key attributes of a helpful volunteer

Cost of volunteering?

By Gayle Pescud, on December 14th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read How much will you spend as a volunteer? Program costs and other issues there.

Here is a rough break down of what I spent volunteering for . . . → Read More: Cost of volunteering?

Key Volunteer Skills Always in Need and more

By Gayle Pescud, on December 13th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Key Volunteer Skills Always in Need and more there.

Any skill will find a home in a volunteer organisation. Does that sound too easy?

If you’re a budding or experienced . . . → Read More: Key Volunteer Skills Always in Need and more

But What Difference Will I Make as a Volunteer in Ghana?

By Gayle Pescud, on December 12th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read But What Difference Will I Make as a Volunteer in Ghana? there.

The one comment that virtually everyone I worked with made was that they were disappointed with “how little” . . . → Read More: But What Difference Will I Make as a Volunteer in Ghana?

What Makes a Good Volunteer?

By Gayle Pescud, on December 11th, 2009%

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read What Makes a Good Volunteer? there.

Age, gender, work experience and nationality have nothing to do with how much people contribute and how well they cope when they come to . . . → Read More: What Makes a Good Volunteer?