Intern in Ghana
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Law & Human Rights Internship in Ghana
Strengthen children's rights and protection in our programs and community.
Two ways to start: join the cohort track on July 21, 2027, traveling with the Solidarity Trip group, or choose a flexible start date through summer 2027. Either way you stay 2 to 8 weeks, with the same placements, host families and support. See dates and prices.
Your placement: Law & Human Rights Intern
What you'll do
- Research Ghana's child protection and education laws
- Help draft our child safeguarding policy and codes of conduct
- Support rights-awareness sessions on children's rights and girls' education, with local partners
- Help map local services so we know where to refer concerns
What you'll bring
- Studies in law, human rights, public policy or social work
- You won't give legal advice. You'll work under supervision and with local partners
- A background check, as for all work with children
Commitment: Summer 2027, in person in Ghana. Choose any length from 2 to 8 weeks. Every intern earns a certificate of service with their hours, and longer placements can be shaped to meet school requirements, including academic credit. Prices are published in full on this page, and your exact total is confirmed in writing at acceptance.
What you'll gain: Practical human rights and policy experience, a mentor and a reference letter when you finish.
What's included
- Host family accommodation in Mepe
- Three meals a day, home-cooked
- Clean drinking water, always
- Airport pickup and drop-off in Accra
- Daily transport to your placement
- Full orientation when you arrive
- Safeguarding training before you go
- 24/7 support from our Ghana team
- A mentor, with weekly check-ins
- Project materials and equipment
- Cultural trips, including Cape Coast and Elmina
- Certificate of service, with your hours
- Reference letter on completion
- Visa guidance before you travel
- Your own Zeffy fundraising page
- Help with university paperwork
Not included
- Flights to and from Ghana
- Your Ghana visa fee
- Travel and medical insurance (required)
- Personal spending
Compare all 21 internshipsSee every role across our five tracks, with dates and prices, on the internships page.
Compare all 21 internshipsA typical day
Your days in Mepe.
Breakfast at home before the school day begins.
Ride to your placement with our team.
Morning at your placement: teaching, building, planting, coaching or researching, alongside local staff.
Lunch, then the afternoon session of your project.
Placement ends. Prep, project notes, or a walk through Mepe.
Dinner at home with the family.
Cultural trips and rest: the castles, the Kakum canopy walk, markets and celebrations.
Dates & prices
Clear prices, published in full.
Flexible start dates across summer 2027. Every price covers the full included list. Your exact total is confirmed in writing at acceptance.
| Length | Education, enterprise & operations | Health & wellbeing | Specialist tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 weeks | $2,795 | $3,095 | $3,195 |
| 3 weeks | $3,345 | $3,645 | $3,745 |
| 4 weeks | $3,895 | $4,195 | $4,295 |
| 5 weeks | $4,445 | $4,745 | $4,845 |
| 6 weeks | $4,995 | $5,295 | $5,395 |
| 7 weeks | $5,545 | $5,845 | $5,945 |
| 8 weeks | $6,095 | $6,395 | $6,495 |
Specialist tracks: law and human rights, renewable energy, conservation, and the graduate-level design and technology innovation internship. Flights, visa fees and insurance are not included.
How it works
From application to arrival.
Apply
Your track, your length, your summer window. Rolling review.
Video call
Your goals, your track, and any school requirements.
Acceptance
Your placement and exact price, confirmed in writing.
Prepare
Orientation, safeguarding training, passport, visa, yellow fever certificate.
Arrive
We meet you in Accra and bring you to Mepe. Real work starts day two.
What you need to know
How do DWF internships in Ghana work?
You choose a track, a length of 2 to 8 weeks, and a start window in summer 2027. After you apply, we hold a video call about your goals, your experience, and anything your school requires, such as supervision hours or evaluations.
When you are accepted, your placement and your exact price are confirmed in writing. Before you travel, you complete our online orientation and safeguarding training, apply for your Ghana visa with our guidance, and get your yellow fever vaccination.
In Ghana, our team meets you at the airport in Accra and brings you to Mepe, where you meet your host family and see your placement before work begins. You serve on weekdays with a mentor beside you and a check-in every week. Weekends are for cultural trips and rest. When you finish, you receive a certificate of service with your hours and a reference letter.
Many interns start with our Ghana Solidarity Trip, July 21 to 31, 2027, and stay on to complete their placement.
What work will I do?
Real work, from your second day, matched to your track and supervised by local staff and your mentor. Education interns teach and co-teach in the STEAM and ICT Lab at Dadome D.A. Basic School and in partner classrooms. Health interns run health education sessions at partner schools, always alongside licensed local professionals.
Food and enterprise interns work in school gardens and school meals programs and coach young founders. Rights, environment and energy interns support child protection work, solar projects for schools, and eco-clubs. Operations interns keep programs running: logistics, research, monitoring and evaluation, grants, fundraising, and storytelling.
The graduate-level Design and Technology Innovation internship works with the community on low-cost solutions, from problem finding through prototypes. Whatever your track, you will leave with finished work you can point to, not just hours you can count.
Where will I work?
Your base is Mepe, a community in Ghana's Volta Region, and most placements sit in Mepe and nearby Dadome. The anchor site is Dadome D.A. Basic School, home to the STEAM and ICT Lab our foundation built with partners.
Depending on your track, you may also serve at partner schools and community programs nearby. Daily transport to and from your placement is arranged for you.
Weekend trips show you more of Ghana: the castles at Cape Coast and Elmina, the canopy walk at Kakum, markets and local celebrations. The community will know your name by the end of your first week.
Safety and staff support
Our Ghana team is on the ground in Mepe, led by our Ghana Country Director, and supports you around the clock for your whole stay, starting before you land. It is their community, and they know it well.
Every intern completes safeguarding training and signs our Child and Youth Safeguarding Code of Conduct before serving. Host families are vetted by our team, placements are supervised, and health-related work happens only alongside licensed local clinicians.
Travel and medical insurance is required for every intern. If you are ever unwell, our team will accompany you to care. Before you go, you and your family receive the team's direct contact details, so someone who knows you is always a call away.
Food & accommodation
You live with a vetted host family in Mepe, in a room of your own, and become part of the household for your stay. Living with a family is how interns learn the language basics, the customs, and the everyday life of the community they serve.
Three home-cooked meals a day are included, built on local dishes such as rice, stews, plantain, yam and fresh fruit, with clean drinking water always available. Tell us about dietary needs before you travel and we will plan them with your hosts.
Your stay includes the everyday essentials, including cleaning, so you can focus on your placement.
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