The program is very important for the children and our community. Most children don't have facilities to do their homework, and we are able to help them with it. Parents are working hard and don't have time or the ability to support their children how they would like to. We can! This way parents can focus on the job and make sure there is (for example) food to eat. Meanwhile the children are able to work on their education, the most powerfull thing in the world! We believe it is important to learn from all over the world. That's the reason we like to work with volunteers. We believe you can contribute with your experience, but trust us: the children will teach you so much as well. It can be so refreshing to hear a vision or the dreams they have. We are a NGO and are always happy with any donation. That way we can provide scholarships to some of our students or buy them school supplies. All donations are used for the children and our community.
Every day we have a diverse program for the students. When you come to support us and our community, you support all these programs. We are working towards that you will run this independently. The After School, Newshour will be on the same day. So it all is part of your volunteering on a daily base. Below are the programs that you offer.
After school program:
The students come to the building after school. You are present to receive and support the students with their homework. If necessary, you will provide lessons. This program is very important for the students. The children are eager to learn. They have the facilities in our building that are needed to get the most out of their educational career.
The After-School Program is one of the first programs we started running at
the facility. We have enrolled over 500 kids in the community for free.
This program is focused on English, Math, Science and homework completion. We
have tables red, yellow, orange and green where we assign students based on
their class levels. We have added a reading comprehension class where students
read and demonstrate their understanding of a variety of texts. Teachers and
volunteers will also assist the students with their homework. We have worked
with over 1000 volunteers both short and long stays to help educate the
children in the community to allow them to perform better academically. The
student results are amazing to see as their achievement is clearly reflected in
their end of term exams.
Working Hours: Mon-Friday, 2:30-4:30pm
Activities: Organize, plan, assist, teach lessons, take attendance, tutor students and mentor.
Newshour program:
In the evening you watch the news with the children. We believe that it is important to learn from your own environment but also from the rest of the world. This makes you a world citizen. For that reason we watch the news and debate about it. In this way we want to teach the children to be critical of news and to form their own opinion.
The News Hour Program, otherwise called Neighborhood News Hour is a
platform for students to watch nightly news with our volunteers. We discuss
issues related to politics, economy, war, conflict, terrorism, climate change
and things that are happening in the Busua community. We have managed to work
with over 100 kids in the community providing them with the necessary support
to understand what is happening around them and also the world at large.
Volunteers help with difficult words and concepts to help the children
understand and communicate what is happening in their own country and how it is
different or similar to Ghana.
Working Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Activities: Organize, plan, mentor, explain big words, take attendance, select one student a week to present on a news story.
Photome (optional):
This program will start in the near future. We want to ask our future volunteer to think along to start this. There are several reasons why photography will have a place in our program. For example, a photo can tell more than 1000 words. You also see more by looking closely and observing. These are skills that we believe can teach the students a lot.
We are all familiar with the current trends in the world and the impact of
photography in the social, economic and political spheres. Teach on the Beach
has realized the need to teach kids basic skills away from the classroom. There
is a need to have space for kids to be able to learn something new and be
creative in the process. We have realized photography is fun and an art that
can make a difference in the lives of people. Our focus is to provide
photographs that is well organized in frames to families in the rural area as
much as possible and in so doing their own kids will be in charge of taking the
photographs. However, they will be coordinated by experts and volunteers.
N/B: This is a new project “PhotoMe” that is opened for volunteers and any photography lover around the world that wants to contribute to making an impact in society.
Activities: Create a photo studio, teach, mentor, take attendance, prepare monthly reports, organize exhibition and raise funds.
We always like our volunteers to use their own skills and interests. For that we can arrange something according to your wishes. However during daytime the kids go to school. We can arrange you to volunteer at the school as well. If you decide to come and support us, you do not need to bring any material with you. Of course all donations that can support the program are very welcome. If you do want to give something to the children, we please advice you to buy something local. That way we also contribute the community. You can expact us to be your partner, when you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate!
