​Volunteer in Ghana

You can be a GMAD volunteer anytime.
Have an adventure. Make a difference.
Volunteering in Ghana is as easy as
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Step 1: Review the volunteer handbook

Step 2: Submit your application

Step 3: Pay your program fees below*

*Only after your volunteer application has been approved
Thank you for volunteering to help our efforts in Ghana. Your volunteer work in Ghana is essential to our success there. In order to truly make a difference in Ghana, you will need time to physically acclimate and to learn about the work you will be doing. Because of this, we have a minimum stay of one week and we encourage you to stay as long as you can. As you will see below, staying longer also helps you to make the most of your volunteer fees.
  • If you are paying for one volunteer between 7 days and 30 days
    • The volunteer fee is a flat $720.
      (Susan volunteers for 20 days. The volunteer fee = $720.)
  • If you are paying for multiple volunteers, each between 7 days and 30 days
    • The volunteer fee is a flat $720 per person.
    • Calculate your fee and enter it in the custom amount field
      (Bob and his three children volunteer for 29 days. The volunteer fee = 4 x $720 = $2,880.)
  • If you volunteer for more than 30 days
    • The volunteer fee is $24 per day per person
    • Calculate your fee and enter it in the custom amount field
      (Susan volunteers for 45 days. The volunteer fee = 45 x $24 = $1,080.)
      (Bob and his three children volunteer for 35 days. The volunteer fee = 4 x 35 x $24 = $3,360.)

GMAD is a 501(c)(3) organization. Our tax ID number is 45-5615778. Program fees and travel costs are tax deductible. To learn more about the deductibility of travel costs, see the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Publication 526, Charitable Contributions.
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
Go on a life-changing adventure.
​Be a GMAD Ghana volunteer.
  • Make a difference in the life of a needy child and change your own life forever
  • Visit, care for, teach, play with, love, and serve vulnerable children
  • Help operate, manage, and organize the GMAD children’s home in Ghana
  • Help educate at the GMAD Academy of Learning. 
  • Use your skills and interests: tell us how you would like to make a difference
  • Live onsite with other GMAD volunteers from all over the world
  • Travel around the world to equatorial Africa
  • Discover a new world, live a new culture
  • GMAD volunteers volunteer to work
  • Work hard: GMAD volunteers work at least 5 days a week (long days)
  • Play hard: 2 days a week are yours to explore the accessible beauties of Africa
  • Live onsite: room and board is $720 a month
  • No minimum and no maximum stay
  • Read our Ghana Volunteer Handbook for details about volunteering in Ghana
  • Become a Ghana Make A Difference volunteer – apply now