GHEI (Ghana Health and Education Initiative) Reviews and Volunteer Programs Abroad

The mission of the Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI) is to enable communities in Ghana to improve their children’s health, learning success and opportunities by building local capacity and providing necessary resources and support.

GHEI was founded by professional students at the University of Maryland in 2001, with project work beginning in 2003. It focuses on maintaining sustainable health and education programs for youth in Humjibre and the entire district it is located in. The organization is managed in Ghana by a Ghanaian team headed by Mr. Clement Donkor,

GHEI’s Country Director, with help from three long-term coordinators from the west.

GHEI offers short-term volunteer programs to enable those interested in international development and social justice the opportunity to experience grassroots community work. We see this as an opportunity for volunteers to explore development work and get a sense of how you can be the force of change in the future, no matter what career path you take. We also hope that by participating, you will develop an interest in GHEI and social justice.

We believe that GHEI offers volunteers a unique experience to discover how much a small group of people can strengthen a community by following the community’s lead.

For more information on the numerous different projects we undertake in our community, visit our website (www.ghei.org) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/GHEI.Ghana)