Inclusions & Payment

You don't need to worry about all the problems (time wasting, frustrations, and lack of knowledge of where you are going) involved in finding a sustainable, safe, working environment, project, or organization in Africa, and finding the right people to live. GV takes care of it all for you.

  • GV's warm and wonderful program makes you feel at home.
  • GV takes extensive safety and security measures.
  • Affordable and organized programs and projects.
  • Highly qualified staff services.
  • Direct contact with the community and projects.
  • GV's host family program establishes a very good international family relationship.
  • GV helps you create another home in Africa.
  • Automatic GV membership.
  • Lots of other benefits upon arrival and during your stay.
  • Prompt customer service answering your call and emails.
  • Accommodations: Home stay, shared volunteer residence, guesthouses. Safe, clean, comfortable local housing, inspected by our local coordinators.
  • Airport meets and greet by our GV project coordinator (At any time, any day!)
  • First night hotel accommodation
  • Guidance and support of a local project coordinator, 24/7 in case of emergency
  • Orientation/city briefing on arrival by our GV project coordinator.
  • Placement in a quality project, allowing you to maximize your time and efforts in a good cause.
  • Transportation to project site with our GV project coordinator. Includes introduction to local staff and community members with whom you will be working with.
  • Volunteer Program: Half day (4 hours only) Twi refresher Lesson. Part of volunteer orientation on arrival.

For the community/institutions:

  • The community receives relief from the services provided by the program participants.
  • The community receives relief from the services GV provide in the communities.
  • The presences of program participants help the community establish international family relationships.
  • The community gets to know and learn more about a foreign culture.

For the host family:

  • Part of the program fees go into the host family program.
  • Host families are automatic GV international family relationship members.
  • The host families are part of the community, and hence benefit a lot from the community projects.
  • Host families participate in GV's outbound program.