🇬🇭 ESC Volunteering in Ghana 💻 IT and Digital Communication Volunteer at GDCA — Digital Inclusion and Community Empowerment 🌍

Social media management. Staff IT training. Rural digital literacy workshops. And an independent digital innovation project with lasting local value. NGO Mondo and Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) are offering an ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering placement in Tamale, Ghana — for a proactive, creative volunteer ready to strengthen digital capacity both inside an NGO and across the communities it serves.

🏢 About GDCA and the RISE Project

GDCA (Ghana Developing Communities Association) is a community development organisation based in Tamale, northern Ghana. This placement is part of the RISE project (Reinforcing Inclusion through Solidarity and Empowerment), which offers volunteers three levels of mentoring — from the supporting organisation, the hosting organisation, and an alumni volunteer — alongside intercultural activities and local language classes.

📋 What You’ll Do

📱 Manage GDCA’s social media — especially Instagram and LinkedIn — creating engaging content and ensuring branding consistency

🔧 Provide basic IT support and improve internal digital organisation and data management

⚙️ Introduce simple digital tools to make internal workflows more efficient

🎓 Deliver digital skills training for staff every 1–2 weeks — covering digital tools, online communication, data organisation, and basic cybersecurity

🌍 Lead digital literacy training in rural communities — adapting methods to low-resource contexts

💡 Develop an independent digital innovation project with lasting local value, in collaboration with GDCA staff

🎁 What the Project Provides

🏠 Self-contained flat with soft furnishings close to the office — typically 1 or 2 bedrooms

💡 Utilities included — water, electricity, internet, and satellite TV

🍳 Basic kitchen facilities for meal preparation

🚗 Transport for official duties provided by GDCA

🗣️ Access to local language classes and intercultural activities

🧑‍🏫 Three-sided mentoring — supporting organisation, hosting organisation, and alumni volunteer

📚 Pre-departure training and welcome induction upon arrival

✅ Eligibility Requirements

This is a Humanitarian Aid Volunteering placement:

🔞 Aged 18–35

🌍 Must reside in an eligible country (EU Member State, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, or Türkiye)

✅ Must have completed the compulsory face-to-face Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training

🚫 Must not have participated before in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering

⏱️ Total duration of this and any previous EU volunteering must not exceed 12 months

👤 Who Should Apply

🔒 Proficiency in English (B2–C1) — essential

💻 Passionate about ICT, digital communication, and digital inclusion

🤝 Strong interpersonal, networking, and communication skills

🔄 Proactive, adaptable, and able to facilitate discussions and organise activities

🌍 Genuine commitment to community empowerment in low-resource contexts

🔎 New to ESC Humanitarian Aid Volunteering? Everything about how the programme works is right here: https://youthworkshub.org/15101/

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇷 Türkiye

📅 Activity Dates

🗓️ 1 June 2026 — 28 February 2027 (36 weeks total)

📍 Tamale, Ghana

⏰ Deadline

17 May 2026

🔗 Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/51209_en

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