About Us
St. Miracle Works Educational Foundation is a registered and well recognized non-profit community development charity and African volunteer organization in Ghana which provides sustainable and ethical volunteer projects, and exciting adventure holidays in Ghana. SMWEF Ghana has been leading volunteer opportunities since the organizations inception. The organization has a wide range of sustainable development and humanitarian projects.
Our mission is to make international clinical learning opportunities meaningful, affordable, and accessible while connecting healthcare students with real practical hands-on medical placements in Africa, Ghana to encourage cultural exchange, personal growth and mentorship.
SMWEF Physiotherapy internship program in Ghana is suitably designed to help international students and qualified professionals to gain real hands-on experience in their field of study while experiencing the culture of Ghana. Our Physiotherapy program plays a vital role in healthcare helping strengthen, restore patients movement, injury, disability or illness. During placement, interns will work alongside qualified physiotherapists in clinics, hospitals etc
This internship hands-on experience also enhances your CV enabling you prepare your future career in allied sciences. Joining SMWEF Ghana Physiotherapy internship program helps you gain more than real hands-on professional and clinical experience when back home filled with connections, skills and global community of healthcare professionals.
During your internship work in Ghana with SMWEF, you'll be placed at a local rehabilitation centres, working with patients suffering from both acute and chronic disabilities resulting from surgery, trauma, or stroke. Volunteers work under the supervision and guidance of qualified physiotherapists, social workers or occupational therapists. Interns will gain real hands-on practical experience and will assist with a variety of treatment techniques to restore strength etc.
Program at a glance
Why choose us?
At SMWEF Ghana, we are committed to creating lasting, meaningful, rewarding, and exciting change by aligning our work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). These goals help serve for a better, more sustainable future, and programs directly contribute to key areas of development in Ghana.
- Wide range of programs and projects
- Locally based NGO offering supervised internships in African healthcare
- Meaningful and unique experiences
- 24/7 full support from experienced staff
- Local knowledge, international standards
- Sustainable commitment
- Transparency and accountability
- Supervised hospital based hands-on clinical support and experience
- Transparency and Accountability
Requirements
- At least age 16 (no maximum age limit)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good English atleast basic or intermediate
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
- Strong commitment to values and principles of volunteerism
- Strong support and advocate for NGOs
- Ability to adjust to difficult living and working conditions
- Ability to respect and abide by the rules of the placement activity
- Should be able to work independently as well as in teams when there is the need
- No special skills/requirement is needed, but interns with medical qualifications is a plus
Volunteer experience
- 7:00 - 8:00 AM:- Breakfast at volunteer house
- 8:30 AM:- Volunteers travel to their placement
- 12:00 - 1:00 PM:- Lunch break
- 1:00 PM:- Volunteers resume work for the afternoon
- 3:00 - 5:00 PM:- Volunteer placement ends for the day
- 6:30 - 7:30 PM:- Dinner at the volunteer house
€200 per week
Volunteers live with our experienced host family in Ghana and you can expect to share rooms with other volunteers. Rooms are basic but safe and comfortable which includes utilities, western washrooms, living room etc. Rooms/dorms are typically separated by gender, though we cannot always guarantee this because of varied occupancy and booking circumstances.
Bedding is provided, but volunteers are asked to bring their own towels. Volunteers need to be prepared for times where there may be no electricity as the supply can sometimes be disrupted in Ghana.
The accommodation can host 5 to 20 volunteers at a time. Program is available throughout the year with flexible start with flexible start dates and duration. Volunteers can arrive at any time depending on their schedules.
Volunteers are served three meals daily consist mostly local cuisines. Breakfast typically includes bread, eggs, fruit, oats, peanut butter, jam, and honey, along with coffee and creamer. These items are available in the kitchen each morning, where volunteers can help themselves.
Lunch typically consist of boiled yam with egg sauce, jollof rice with chicken, rice balls and peanut soup, banku and tilapia etc.
Dinner typically consists of plain or pilau rice, cassava, plantains, legumes such as beans, pasta, and french fries with meat or vegetables (typically carrot, sweet potatoes, peas, etc)
The meal plan aims to promote sustainable practices and healthy nutrition by using more plant-based foods. Volunteers can typically expect two meat dishes and three fish dishes per week. Please note, meals can vary depending on seasonality.
Please note that while the local team can cater for vegetarians, they are not able to cater to other special dietary requirement.
Volunteers have free time to explore the local community, shop at the supermarkets or visit Ghana's historic castles and forts and other towns and villages, shop for souvenirs at the supermarkets,, or enjoy a range of adventure and outdoor activities including diving, swimming, wildlife viewing, and fishing. Volunteers can also hang around with other volunteers at the accommodation, read books, watch television or help your host mother with meal preparations while directly enabling you experience the rich culture of Ghana. Volunteers can join social gatherings/outreach programs organized by the community members.
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