Location: Jukwa, Ghana
Housing: Homestays with families or in a home provided for the Amizade group, Hotel Accommodation in Accra
Travel Highlights: Program includes travel to Accra, Ghanaian Beaches, Cape Coast Castle, Elmina Castle, and walking on rope bridges through a Rainforest Canopy
Program Description: Ghana’s Cape Coast region is bursting with opportunities to learn, to make a difference, and to experience an entirely unique part of the world. You’ll visit the first European Castle in The Tropics, Elmina Castle, as well as other disturbing historic sites essential to the Transatlantic Slave trade. You’ll learn from the museum and park honoring Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and an influential leader in Pan-Africanism. You’ll visit beaches and rainforest. Throughout your experience in Ghana, you’ll have opportunities to listen to and learn from local people as well as community-based development organizations. Most importantly, you’ll make a difference in cooperation with the rural community of Jukwa.
Program Dates & Fees: August 6th-16th, 2011: $1,380
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Program Fee Includes:
Contribution to local service effort
Accommodations
Three meals per day
Local Transportation during program
Multiple educational, cultural and service activities
Comprehensive Travel Insurance
Continuous support from local site director
Additional Program Related Expenses:
Airfare to Accra, Ghana and other travel related expenses
Applicable passport or visa fees
Supplemental meals or snacks
Personal spending money