Ghana Learning Service Programme

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Why should you consider Ghana Learning Service Programme with Projects Abroad for your next School Trip or Educational Visit?

Engaging with the local community, students will gain insight into their way of life. They will discover new traditions and cultures while learning about Ghana's history, as well as human rights and social justice challenges in Ghana.

Your group will learn from a local lawyer and students from Jamestown Gbekebii High School and Tore Eikeland Elementary School to discuss and debate social justice, responsibility, and youth empowerment. Your group will also hear firsthand accounts of the hurdles people here face. To further their relationships with the students at Tore Eikland, they will also contribute to permaculture initiatives together.

Outside of this, your students will see Ghana’s stunning landscapes and impressive wildlife with day trips to tourist attractions such as Cape Coast, Kakum National Park, Aburi Gardens, and Lake Volta.

Become immersed in life here as you participate in social and cultural activities. From dancing lessons to meeting village elders, your group will become part of the local community. Feel the resilience and tenacity of Ghanian's, embracing their high-energy approach to life!

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Example Itineraries

Week One:
When you arrive in Ghana, you’ll be met by Projects Abroad staff, who will help you settle into your new surroundings before starting your project. Over the next seven days, you will head out on a tour of Accra, take a language lesson in Twi, and participate in cultural activities such as a traditional drumming and dance lesson!

Delve into community initiatives as you meet with a lawyer and get to know the students from Jamestown Gbekebii High School. During your interactions, you will learn about human rights issues from different perspectives and their impact.

Engage in debates and discussions as you exchange perspectives, developing your understanding of human rights through personal experiences. Use your new knowledge to present a workshop to the local Girl Achievers group, spreading awareness of human rights and empowering them to become the next generation of educated, powerful women.

Next, visit the Cape Coast Castle and learn about Ghana’s history of slavery and recognise the resilience of local communities through difficult times. Finish your first week soaking in Ghana’s natural beauty with trips to Kakum National Park and Aburi Gardens.

Week Two:
In week two, you’ll meet the staff and students at Tore Eikeland Elementary School. While here, you’ll contribute to the school's aims and objectives through greening projects. This might include planting trees, clearing space, and assisting with permaculture initiatives which you will work on alongside the local students to complete. Through collaboration, you’ll get to know each other and take part in honest and insightful discussions about social justice, responsibility, and youth empowerment.

Further your knowledge of tribal life by spending an evening with the local chief. Find out about tribal culture, leadership, and politics before taking part in a traditional Ghanaian cooking class. You’ll also learn about sustainable agriculture and nutrition this week and release some energy with an evening of football with local children.

Explore a local cocoa farm and discover more about life as a farmer, as well as the cocoa industry as a global industry. Reflect on the part you play in this cycle as a consumer back at home and how you can help create change as a global citizen. Round off your time in Ghana with a relaxing cruise across Lake Volta, the second-largest artificial lake in the world!

Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Throughout this trip, students will be immersed in Ghana's rich and vibrant culture during evening activities and day trips!

Try Ghanaian cuisine and learn how to make it with a cooking lesson, participate in drumming and dancing lessons, learn traditional arts and crafts practices, and meet a tribal chief.

As your group explores Ghana, they will uncover parts of Ghana's past. From conversations with students, lawyers, and local tribes, students will gain insight into the impacts of politics on the community.

Students will delve deeper into the past as they venture to locations such as Cape Coast and learn about the transatlantic slave trade.

To help students feel at home in Ghana, they will start their trip with a language lesson in Twi! This will help them to connect with the people they meet throughout the trip, showing respect as they speak in the local language.

What size groups do you cater for?

All group sizes of 5 or more. Free staff place with every 9 students.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

Disabled facilities can be offered on request.

Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

Visitors with special educational needs can be catered for on request.

Anything else?

Projects Abroad provides individualised service and schedule planning, which is backed up by excellent pre-departure preparation and a dedicated and highly experienced local team in each destination.

We aim to provide every student with a challenging and rewarding experience that promotes self-belief, resilience, leadership, teamwork, reflection, and a new perspective on the world.

Please contact us so we can help you plan your trip.

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Who are Projects Abroad?

Projects Abroad arrange challenging, meaningful, educational, and safe overseas service and internship programmes.

We have been taking students overseas since 1992 and work in over 20 developing and emerging countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Key to our work is the dedicated in-country staff whose diverse skill sets, local knowledge and love of their community allow us to develop relevant, immersive and worthwhile schedules for school trips which give the students responsibility and teach them to see the world through a different lens.

We offer programmes in community development, conservation, construction, education, sports, empowerment, human rights, and healthcare, among many others. These projects are designed to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, broadening the student experience to see the contribution of a few to a movement for global change.

All school trips are individualised. We realise that each school has its own goals and interests, and the students have their own passions. We work with the school to develop a tailored itinerary that reflects their values and allows the students to make a connection with the community in which they serve.