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GMAD Internships

Social Work

Education

Administrative NGO

Ghana Make a Difference (GMAD) is happy to offer three different internships; Education, Social Work and an Administrative NGO Internship. Click on the links above for more information on each of the internships.  There is a 30 day minimum stay at the GMAD home to be considered for an internship. 

If the three internships don't interest you and you have something else in mind, feel free to contact Austin Johnson at austin@ghanamakeadifference.org.  Austin will also be your point of contact when/if your educational institution requires your internship host to fill out specific paperwork or if you have any questions regarding internships at GMAD. 

Thank you for considering Ghana Make a Difference for your internship. We are confident you will gain experience, add to your resume and that you will make a difference!

Signing up for a GMAD Internship is a simple 4 step process.

Step 1 - Review the handbook
VOLUNTEER HANDBOOK
Step 2 - Submit your application
APPLY TO BE A GMAD INTERN IN GHANA
Step 3 - Complete your background check
BACKGROUND CHECK
Multiple Ghana government agencies that oversee the operations of our children’s home in Ghana require a criminal background check for all GMAD volunteers. We cannot approve you to be a GMAD volunteer without a clean background report. You will need to pay for this background check as a part of your volunteer application. The base cost of the background check is $11.49 and is for US Citizens only. If your background check yields no records, there will be no additional fees. The background check is provided by TruDiligence and includes a social security number trace, a national criminal search, a national sex offender search, and a Homeland Security search. If a record is found with a possible name and date of birth match, regulations require TruDiligence to request the real time record from that particular court. If this situation arises, TruDiligence will reach out to you to obtain permission to charge you the costs associated with the records found. You can decline to accept the additional charges and the background check will be closed as “Unable to Complete”. If you have any questions about the background check, please feel free to start a live chat via the TruDiligence website, send an email to support@trudiligence.com, or call TruDiligence at 1-800-580-0474
Step 4 - Pay your program fees  
PAY YOUR INTERN FEES
Once you have completed steps one through three and after your application has been approved, in order to reserve your bed at the volunteer house in Ghana, you will need to pay your volunteer fees 30 days before your departure to Ghana. Your application is NOT FINALIZED and we cannot guarantee a spot for you in Ghana until you have paid ALL of your volunteer fees
TRAVEL ADVICE
Here are some links to up-to-date Ghana travel advisories.
​We encourage you to check these out before traveling to Ghana.
U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs
Embassy of Ghana, Washington DC
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​We shelter children who have been rescued from forced labor trafficking, abandonment, or who have special needs until we are able to reintegrate them with their biological family or to place them in a new family.

We preserve families and provide a path to self reliance through shelter, life skills, education and medical care.

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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Make a Difference
    • Build a new school
    • Volunteer in Ghana >
      • Volunteer Anytime
      • Internships
      • Eye Mission
      • Dental Service Trip >
        • GMAD Dental Trip
        • Independent Dental Trip
      • Medical Missions >
        • Apr. Medical Mission
        • Oct. Medical Mission
      • Handbooks
    • Be a Navigator
    • Start a Fundraiser
    • Wear GMAD
  • Donate