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GMAD Medical Mission
Application and Program Fees

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October 13 - 23, 2023

Being a Medical Mission Volunteer is a simple 4 step process.

Step 1 -  Review the Medical Mission Volunteer Handbook
VOLUNTEER HANDBOOK
Step 2 -  Fill out a volunteer application form
VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
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 PROGRAM 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 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. 
What your volunteer fees include
  • Lodging at the GMAD home in Ghana
  • Food
  • Meaningful service opportunities (within the Winneba Trauma Hospital and the GMAD Children's Home) 
  • Two nights in Cape Coast with meals and transportation
  • Entrance fees to Slave Castle and Global Mamas workshops
  • T-shirt and water filtration bottles
  • Airport pick-up and drop-off
What your volunteer fees do not include
  • Passport and visa 
  • Immunization and malaria medication
  • Flights (in almost all cases for medical missions you will pay for your flight through this webpage and GMAD will book your flight)
  • Snacks
  • Travel insurance

Possible 10 Day Itinerary  

​DAY 1 ​- Friday, Depart USA
DAY 2 - Saturday, Arrive in Ghana. Visit the Ghanaian Art Market. Travel to GMAD Children's Home.
DAY 3 - Sunday, tour the hospital, spend the day at the Children's Home
DAY 4 - Monday, surgeries and project work
DAY 5 - Tuesday, surgeries and project work
DAY 6 - Wednesday, surgeries and project work
DAY 7 - Thursday, surgeries and project work
DAY 8 - Friday, half day at the hospital. Head to Cape Coast; canopy walk through the rainforest, beach and lodge the Coconut Grove Village.
DAY 9 - Saturday, Beach, Global Mamas, Elmina slave castle. 
DAY 10 - Sunday, back to GMAD to the airport. Depart Ghana.

Enjoy a video from past GMAD service trips

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