from 926€
Mental Health and Psychiatric Support
Highlights
- Learn about major causes of mental health issues in Ghana directly from the Mental health directorate in Accra the capital
- Participate in medical outreaches to educate and sensitization family and friends on stigmatizing mental health patients.
- Gain the spirit of resilience to help you have another perspective of life.
- Learn about community living and communal labour
- Visit various tourist sites in the various regions as you go on outreach
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About the program
Mental health is becoming a big challenge in Ghana due to both economic and family issues, volunteers work with mental health professionals in the clinic and on outreach.
Though mental health care is of international concern, Ghana as a nation is struggling to attend to the mental health needs of citizens because of few psychiatric hospitals; which is also very congested, few mental health professionals and a lack of community and rehabilitative care. Mental ...
Typical day
Volunteers working at the hospital have varied schedule, volunteers either go on day shift, afternoon or night shift depending on their preference and also base on the hospital needs too. A normal schedule is as follows:
- 7:00am Breakfast
- 7:30am walk or a ride to placement
- 8:00am Instructions on ...
Free-time activities
Volunteers have the weekend to explore the 16 regions of Ghana. Each region has its unique culture and tourist sites. Volunteers are advice to read more about Ghana's tourist sites to help them have a fair idea of where their interest will be.
We help volunteers to choose tourist sites and give ...
Requirements
What's Included
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Details on arrival
Volunteers are free to arrive at any day of their choice but we advice volunteers arrive on Fridays or Saturdays, for them to have some rest and settle in before volunteer duties start on Monday (Volunteers are also allowed to determine when they want to start upon arrival). Volunteers can arrive at any time of the day but arriving in the evenings means volunteer will have to spend long time at the airport due to long queue because most flights arrive in the evening. Therefore volunteers can look for flights that arrives mid morning or early afternoon.
Our representative will pick up volunteer to the his /her host family's accommodation.
This program is all year round and volunteer can extend length of stay upon arrival.
Program fees
Meet your organization
SFLIG volunteers
Non-profit - founded in 2011
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Sally
About the project
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