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Refugee Newspaper
This organisation on the Buduburam Refugee Settlement has as mission to prioritize child education and create opportunity for youth empowerment and sensitisation through communications to enhance people’s fundamental human rights and promote freedom of speech. They facilitate community development, in partnership for sustainable promotion for good governance and social integration for all.
The organisations objectives include:
Organisation Objective(s):
- To train journalists to report on and promote Human Rights Education, HIV/AIDS education and sanitation.
- To create partnership in protecting children rights and sponsor child education.
- Promote anti-violence against women and children.
- To offer communicable skills and raise and receive funds for sustainable development support.
- To run a network of volunteers for social work in community development.
Current Placement Opportunities
• Journalists
They are looking for a journalist to work on the newspaper for the Refugee Settlement. The volunteers should have a relevant degree and preferably some work experience.
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• A Senior Communications Officer is required to run journalism workshops, lectures and seminars. He or she will also be expected to assess, monitor, and evaluate ongoing projects. The ideal candidate will have a background in Journalism and/or Communication studies.
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In order to maintain the sustainability and high performance of this project all interns are required to complete a detailed hand-over document for successive interns.
To apply for this placement please click here quoting the placement code.
Credit is available for this placement. Contact info@africaintern.org for more information.
For more volunteer placements on the refugee settlement go to refugeevolunteer.org.
What kind of skills you need to go on this placement?
Volunteers must have a strong interest in refugee issues and commitment to teaching refugees skills that will enable them to be economically independent. You will need to be flexible and tolerant, show initiative and enthusiasm to face the many hurdles and challenges that you will encounter. You will have to be able to cope with basic living and working conditions.
Where is the placement based?
The placement is based at the Buduburam refugee settlement 30 kms outside the Ghanaian capital Accra.
Duration
Minimum length (weeks) 2
Maximum length (weeks) 52
Project Fees
| Currency | 2 weeks (incl deposit) |
Each additional week |
Deposit |
| British Pounds | £ 481 |
£ 87 |
£ 150 |
| US Dollars | $ 913 |
$ 163 |
$ 297 |
| Euros | € 717 |
€ 127 |
€ 234 |
Click here for more information on our pricing.
What’s included in the project fees?
• Accommodation
• Welcome pack
• $100 donation to the host organisation.
• In-country introduction to life in Ghana.
• Airport pick-up & drop-off
• 24/7 Emergency support.
What’s not included?
• Flights & Visa
• Food
• Vaccinations (please speak to your local GP)
• Insurance (required)
Health and Safety
There are a number of health clinics on the settlement, with doctors on call 24/7. The refugee settlement has its own neighbourhood watch scheme, but volunteers should nevertheless show due care and diligence when walking around the settlement and with their belongings, especially after dark. The atmosphere in the refugee settlement is very community oriented, but the settlement, like all of its kind, pose inherent risks and our volunteers are not immune to such risks.
Other details
• Working hours will be flexible. The typical working day is from 08:30 to 16:30 Monday to Friday.
• The nearest internet café and telephone communications centre are 5 minutes walk away.
• Small stores are dotted all around the settlement.
• This Organisation like the vast majority of organisations on the settlement is strongly influenced by Christian religious beliefs.
• The UNHCR withdrew its funding of the camp in July 2007. This is expected to have little impact on the camp as 49,000 people have made a life there and as such are not expected to return home. The Ghana Refugee Board will continue to maintain a presence at the settlement.
• You will be staying in basic shared accommodation just off the settlement. We have a generator and 1000 gallon water tank to supply the accommodation.
IMPORTANT: Our main aim is to provide organizations on the settlement with hardworking, dedicated and happy interns. We are offering an authentic experience working and living alongside refugees. Please read the information we send you thoroughly and take your time to think about the environment in which you will be living and operating. It may be hot, it may be noisy, it may be smelly, you may not have electricity or water for a period of time…if any of these things bother you, you may want to reconsider interning on a refugee settlement. We have plenty of other opportunities available with similar organisations in Ghana.
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