Our Generation Voluntary Organisation - www.ogvoghana.org

I wanted to try to travel somewhere alone and do something different while exploring a new country I didn't know much about so I decided to look into volunteerworks. It was just by chance I stumbled across OGVO on worldwidehelpers.com and I decided to give it a shot.

The fast and friendly e-mail replies from the head of the organization made me decide that I wanted to try it out and so I started all the preparations for the new adventure I was throwing myself into.

I went to Ghana in the middle of January 2014 and stayed for 5 weeks. I had 3 weeks in the village of Akrudwa #2 close to the Boabeng Fiema monkey sanctuary where I worked during the afternoons and weekends, I also spent some time in school, teaching thirdgraders and hanging out with teachers.

Right from the moment I stepped outside the airport and a guy from the organization picked me up I was thrown into the Ghanian way of life which was my hope for the trip. I made some European friends, fellow volunteers (theres a lot in the southern Ghana especially) but mostly I spent time with locals, in the village where I stayed, traveled to Mole nationalpark and Kintampo falls with a few local, really nice guys I got to know in the village.

Larger organizations might connect you to more volunteers but I like that OGVO really gives you the opportunity to explore and be a part of Ghanian culture, which is really really different but very very interesting and nice.

I would surely recommend OGVO to people who wants to explore a whole new country in Africa, Ghana is rather safe and the people is mostly really nice. The work is quite relaxed but I liked doing tours and do some guiding! I would recommend you to stay a bit longer than 5 weeks in Ghana though, the schoolwork could become really interesting if you stayed a bit longer so you get more into it than I did.

Ultimately Ghana is well worth visiting and OGVO is a very friendly organization that will help you during your stay!