Shared volunteer housing

Our Abetifi program volunteers live in shared volunteer housing in the quiet towns of Aduamoah & Pepease on the outskirts of Abetifi. The house has large communal living areas, outside seating areas and gardens to spend your weekends and evenings relaxing with your fellow volunteer family after a busy day at the project sites. Aduamoah is our main flagship house but depending on busier periods you may be placed into our secondary accommodation such as Pepease.

Running Water

Running water is uncommon in rural Ghana, however our volunteer house does benefit from this (most of the time! – sometimes a bucket shower is needed). A sensible approach to water use is needed as within our area we don’t have piped water and we have to harvest this from the rain or arrange tanker deliveries. The running water is used for the bathrooms, kitchen and on hand for your washing.

Shared Bedrooms

In the volunteer housing, bedrooms are shared by gender. Each room in the house usually has two bunk beds. Small shelving units are provided for essentials and there’s enough space to pack your suitcases in the bedrooms for the rest of your luggage.

Security

Our support team also live on site in the volunteer accommodation throughout the year. Volunteers are responsible for the security of their house and possesions and house keys. Previous volunteers have always rated us highly for their safety. Mini lockers are available if you need somewhere to lock away valuables other than in your bedrooms.

Living Room

A shared living room is provided for the volunteers in the housing. A television with local channels is supplied however you may wish to bring a portable speaker to enjoy some of your music from home. People often opt to bring a pen drive with movies/tv series on to play through the TV however you can also pickup a DVD player fairly cheaply locally if you would prefer to bring discs. We also try and suggest for volunteers to leave their books behind to create a communal library for future volunteers to come.

Kitchen

A basic kitchen is provided in the house for you to be able to cook and prepare your own meals. The items provided are basic however there are local shops which supply a wider range of kitchenware if you do require these. A gas hob, pans, microwave and basic cutlery and crockery are provided. We cover the gas utility bill so that you can focus on your food costs.

Bathrooms

The bathrooms provided in the housing are shared between the volunteers and bedrooms. These are supplied with modern flushing toilets which combined with the running water in the house again is a high luxury for our local area as even houses lucky enough to have water closets then generally have to flush these by fetching a bucket from a storage tank outside manually.

Outside Garden Area

Our house has a large private communal outside space with two covered seating areas where volunteers usually have group meals, evening activities and games.

Housekeeping

Living in shared volunteer housing can be difficult for some, volunteers are responsible for the upkeep of the accommodation therefore not everyone has the same living styles. We suggest for people to create a rota in which cleaning items around the house are done on a regular basis but compromises will be need to be made by the volunteers as a team.