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Sports in Ghana

The sports infrastructure is almost non-existent in Ghana, so we want to facilitate this for the local population. You can get started with sports in Kpando in different ways. In the schools you prepare the lessons in collaboration with the headmaster.

What are your duties?

  • In primary schools you can support local teachers with physical education.
  • In secondary education, you can apply specific sports (football, volleyball, handball, table tennis, ...) as a trainer.
  • In addition, you can help totimove and fun games. You can give specific swimming lessons to a group of young people and also supervise the local fitness club.
  • The start-up of a skateboard team is also on the wish list.

 

Possible Challenges:

  • There are usually few sports equipment available.
  • The schools often do not have a sports teacher.

Conditions of Participation

  • Knowledge of the English language.
  • The necessary international and intercultural competences:
    • communicative and language skills
    • flexible
    • to empathize
    • be open to other norms and values
    • showing respect
    • able to deal with diversity
  • Demonstrate the following professional attitudes:
    • Decision-making power
    • Relationship attitude
    • Critical attitude
    • inquisitiveness
    • Organizational ability
    • sense of responsibility
    • Enthusiasm
    • Entrepreneurial spirit

schedule

During the school days you have a varied daily schedule in function of the tasks that you want to perform. School hours are from 8 a.m. to 14 p.m. You can also during school holidays to work.

School holidays:

  • 3 weeks of Christmas (last 2 weeks of December and 1st week of January);
  • 3 weeks of Easter holidays (last 2 weeks of April and 1st week of May);
  • Big holidays (August and first two weeks of September).

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