- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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3 people are interested
Organic farm volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Prime Care Network
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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3 people are interested
Our Community organic Farm Project offers volunteers the opportunity to work on a small organic farm.
Whether taking part in a gap year, summer placement or career break, volunteers and two local members of staff are responsible for maintaining all aspects of the farm including animal care, crop-growing, flower-production, herb-cultivation and land-management.
They also arrange school trips to the farm to educate the local children. Sustainable development and organic agriculture - All volunteers live with local host-families.
This project is usually combined with another project in the Eastern region and Volta region rural communities. Volunteers working on the community building project or on a care or teaching project in the region could also help on the farm.
Produce which is grown on the farm includes small quantities of oranges, plantains, papaya, carrots, onions, yam and herbs which are used as medicinal remedies.
The farm is also home to rabbits, guinea pigs, geese and, once the pond is complete, fish. Volunteer on the Farm project - Volunteers arrange trips for local schools to visit the farm. Children are then educated about the processes involved in growing crops in a sustainable environment.
They also learn how to take care of animals and how to identify seeds and produce herbs.
Volunteers receive training from local specialists in the different techniques involved and are given an agricultural text-book, which is part of the curriculum, to use with the school children
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Additional projects for volunteers include:
* Fencing and netting parts of the site
* Planting new seeds and herbs
* Helping to build enclosures
* Creating a display area for seeds and herbs
* Helping with the construction of a rest area for volunteers and planting trees to provide shade. This project is a fantastic way to help develop sustainable, organic farming techniques while passing on a vital awareness of conservation issues to the new generation of children in Africa.
More opportunities with Prime Care Network
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Prime Care Network
Location:
p.o.box os 408,Accra Ghana, Accra, Accra 23321, GH
Mission Statement
Although Prime Care Network’s primary aim is to provide free basic education for street children and orphans. We are also working with small groups in Ghana, District assemblies in Ghana, and as such are able to offer volunteer placements to suit skills and needs from education to health-care to environmental work and support community development projects through volunteering work, internship work, eco-tour, cultural exchange programmes, international solidarity, friendship, peace etc.
Description
Prime Care Network 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 one (1) month and can secure the placement within 3 working days of receiving your enquiry.We offer placements that will either utilize skills you hold already or give opportunity to learn new skills. We will match your skills and expectations with those of your chosen options to ensure your placements is a professionally as well as personally, rewarding experience. This is achieved through our rigorous applications processing. We are also able to do arrangements for people who want to participate in other sustainable developmental projects in Ghana. We place volunteers in both the urban and rural areas living with screened host families or in a home-stay if requested close to the project site. We have rooms available for individual volunteers, couple volunteers, family volunteers or a group of volunteers with a lock at the door.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
box os 408,Accra-GhanaAccraAccra, Ghana
DATE POSTED
January 13, 2018
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Botany
- Gardening
- Environmental Education
- Horticulture
- Farming
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 4-5 hours a day