Working as a volunteer is a great way to put your shoulder to the wheel and to be busy in a meaningful way together with and for other people. Furthermore it gives you the opportunity to widen your horizon and learn a lot. We hope that you, as a volunteer, will contribute to the project, but will also learn something of this experience yourself. Nevertheless a lot is expected from you. We require that you take your job seriously and will mean something for the project you are working at. Of course you have brains. In addition to this you need to have relevant working experience or an adequate educational degree and will minimally be 16 years of age.

At this moment various volunteers are working in Ghana for MASODEO.

MASODE has a lot of experience with voluntary work and has good knowledge of Ghana. For this reason we are able to make sure motivated and capable people fit on the right location to work as a volunteer. We also assure an optimal coaching. We will serve our volunteers with relevant assistance and support during their preparations and stay.  In order to guarantee this, we generally place no more than fourteen volunteers each month. 

For admission to the program a compensation fee will be paid to MASODEO. This compensation covers the costs the organisation incurs for your placing and includes board and lodging. Additionally, a part of the compensation is reserved for supporting three sponsor projects (with a minimum of $50 each volunteer).

What do we offer you in short:
   ·         A working place
   ·         A host family
   ·         Introduction, coaching and assistance during your stay

Working place

The kind of work you are going to do depends on your experience, motivation and educational background. MASODEO co-operates with several projects where enthusiastic and suitable volunteers are welcome and needed.  

Host family 

MASODEO not only attempts to find an appropriate and suitable working place, but also arranges your accommodation in a host family. You are given the opportunity to make acquaintance of the rich Ghanaian culture and its habits and experience Ghanaian life and cuisine. Breakfast and supper are included in your program fee. Through living with a typical Ghanaian family you have the great chance to taste all aspects of Ghanaian life, but also will have a new temporal ‘home’.

Introduction and coaching

A good preparation and coaching are very important. Realise you are going to a developing country and the circumstances will be completely different compared to the Netherlands (or Western Europe). At our website you can find a lot of information which is necessary for a good preparation. Besides this, the team of MASODEO s is always ready for you with tips and advice via masodeo@gmail.com.  

After your arrival in Ghana you will get a three-day introduction, before really starting your job. If you arrive on the settled day of the month you will be met on the airport by a MASODEO -member, who takes you to the guesthouse. The introduction starts the very day after the monthly arrival date there your registration fess, feeding and accommodation fees would be paid to the MASODEO member, this is an amount of  ($950). Introduction will be partly done in Accra and partly in Tamale, our hometown in the North of Ghana. During your introduction you will have time to calmly get used to the new environment and you will be given information about culture, health, food, changing money, et cetera.