Lattitude’s placements suit individuals with a can-do attitude who are willing to make the most of their placement and above all enjoy it.

For applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds.

Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems. They are designed to help young people who would not otherwise be able to afford to go.

Ghana, Lattitude’s first project in west Africa. Ghana is a stable country with many resources, although these are not well developed and many Ghanaians live in poverty. Volunteers however, will be assured of a warm welcome and will have the opportunity to visit nature reserves largely undiscovered by mass tourism.

Placements are in schools at all levels: kindergarten, primary, junior and secondary. Volunteers teach English and any subject they are more familiar with. Volunteers also support other areas such as literacy, math, French, environmental studies, sports, music, art and craft, etc

There is room for volunteers to use their own initiative. You must be prepared to look for opening for your particular talents. Activities initiated by former volunteers are for example: development of teaching materials for the use of the school; organisation and implementation of classes in sex education and HIV/AIDs,; set up of special needs classes for small group of learners, organise drama clubs, etc.

One project is in a school for children with special needs. Some pupils are refugees from the Ivory Coast. All placements are located along the coast between Takoradi and Accra, a bustling modern city, so contact between volunteers is possible.

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Lattitude Global Volunteering has placed over 25,000 17- 25 year olds in volunteer projects since 1977. We are passionately concerned about the issues facing us all in the world and about the positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer. Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. Responsible, exciting, different...