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 Ghana offers meaning and exceptional premedical and Pre-health internship program designed for undergraduates, premedical students, and medical students who are looking to enhance their curriculum vitae by firsthand gaining exposure to global healthcare in hospitals, clinics, and private healthcare facilities in Ghana where they shadow doctors and nurses during ward rounds, outpatient consultation, and emergency care observations.
This internship offers exceptional clinical, cultural, and professional advantages for aspiring healthcare workers. It is ideal fpr undergraduate premed, gap year students, amd high school student who want to gain early medical exposure before applying to medical school, strengthen their personal statements and CV's, gain confidence in public hospitals, private healthcare facilities, and clinic setting, and learn about about global healthcare in a developing country.
The premed internship program duration is flexible from a minimum of 2 weeks to a maximum of 24 weeks. Interns can choose the start date and end dates that suit your schedule and align with your schools requirement.
Roles & Responsibilities of Premed high schools students:-
- Patient Observation and history-taking
- Basic clinical examination
- Ward rounds
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 healthcare internships in Africa
- 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
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 an advantage
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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