WHAT FEE COVERS AND WHAT DOES NOT What fee covers:
Airport meeting and hotel transfer for the first night of arrival.
Transportation from Accra to R.V.O office / host family. Program registration, Administrative expenses and staff support. Escort to the airport upon departure.
Three (3) time’s daily local meal and accommodation by local host family from the first day of your arrival to the end. Free internet service in our office, Donation to project, Orientation, placement, assistance and adjustment, program and volunteer co-ordination/ staff support.
In-country orientations, project and host families' visitations/ frequent telephone calls. Provision of a cellular phone service, i.e. a chip from a mobile telephone service provider for you to slot into your GSM 900 compatible phone, Supply of mosquito preventive nets if you don’t have one, Escort to the airport after project,R.V.O shall present a letter of recommendation and certificate to participants after project
What fee does not cover:
Traveling on weekends to tourist attraction centers / entering fees for any tourist place/ hotel accommodations
Smoking /drinking and clubbing
Air ticket
Buying gifts/souvenirs for friends and family members back home.
Insurance for lost of languages.
Transportation from host family to project
After you have compared figures and services with other program offered by other companies /organizations, speaking with past volunteers, you shall come to conclusion that, our services /programs are far better, well packaged, organised and affordable for volunteers. Unlike others, there are no extra fees to be paid upon arrival in Ghana. A volunteer does not end up spending beyond what He/She has budgeted for after signing up with us and arriving in the country. This is a relief and welcoming news for many volunteers. Comparatively, you eventually spend less in Ghana on our program.
Accommodation and feeding is pre-arranged for all volunteers by R.V.O. The cost of accommodation and feeding are part of the total program fee to be paid.
The accommodation type arranged for volunteers are the family stays /home stay type.
This means that volunteers stay with a family as their host. The families offer volunteers their own private room in the family house, and provide breakfast, lunch and dinner all days for the volunteers. In some instances, due to the distance between project site and home, volunteers go along with a lunch pack. In most cases, it's one volunteer to one room. Other times, there may be two volunteers to one room. Matching volunteers to host families and pairing volunteers in a room is done by picking needed information from the volunteers. The host families are consistently screened with their information updated on regular basis to make sure they meet our standards and also match to volunteers we send over to them.
The foods served are mainly international dishes comprising rice, chicken, beef, tea, coffee, bread, eggs, soup, potato, oaths, fruits, fish, etc. local foods are served alongside and are made mainly from the above, tubers, beans and/or maize. We have to mention that it is very common to find dishes volunteers are familiar with in a restaurant in the cities.
Staying with a host family is very ideal and cost saving for both the volunteers and R.VO. The volunteers get to experience the culture closely and better whilst R.V.O also comfortably manages the security and safety of the volunteer and properties. In a room, each volunteer has to his/her own, a bed, pillow and bedspread. In the home of the host family, volunteers have access to toilet and bath, kitchen, lounge, television, radio, electricity, water, dinning table and table sets. We pick families with a man, wife and children. There are some places of work and residence without electricity and running water. However the volunteer's safe health is well guided Sometimes volunteers could request to be paired in the same room or hostfamily.
You might find yourself washing clothes with your hands, cooking with a firewood and discussing politics or religion behind candlelight. It is a unique opportunity to become deeply immersed with Ghanaian culture.
Drinking water for our volunteers is an issue we take seriously and make sure that volunteers drink well treated water. Some companies are into the manufacture of such water that are well treated and hygienically bottled.
The benefits to you
An R.V.O travel experience offers you much more than the opportunity to work on a volunteer project overseas. It offers you the simplicity of a package holiday with all the rewards of independent travel.
Safety and support
When you pay for the services of an organization like the r.v.o, you can be sure that whatever happens, there’ll be someone nearby to help you out. This means that you can travel with confidence to Ghana that you might not otherwise have considered.
Save time
Finding a suitable project where you can assist takes time and is often impossible to do from home. This can be frustrating, especially if you only have several weeks or months in the country. Because of our constant relationship with the projects, we can ensure you hit the ground running and make full use of your time abroad.
