Our mission is simple: to increase the quality of healthcare and education in West Africa. And our volunteers are an integral part of our mission. At WAHEF, we connect global volunteers to communities in need. Medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and EMT’s, as well as teaching professionals and students, have the opportunity to challenge themselves…
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Learn more about our medical projects
Our medical projects are designed to give you first-hand experience with healthcare systems in the developing world, as well as an opportunity to make an immediate impact through our mobile medical outreach. Whether you’re an experienced medical professional, or just beginning your studies or career in healthcare, we will help to tailor our program to fit…
Discover beautiful Cape Coast, Ghana
Our focus at WAHEF is to improve the Quality of health and education in our Partner communities, and to provide the best possible volunteer experience to you. Find out more about why Ghana is the perfect place to do great work, and enjoy your experience along the way. Read why CNN named Ghana as 2019’s best travel…
Volunteer Voices: Willemijn & Melanie from the Netherlands
As part of an ongoing series, we give our volunteers the opportunity to share their experiences directly. For our first “Volunteer Voice” series, Willemijn and Melanie, medical volunteers from the Netherlands, give insight into why they chose to come to Ghana, why they picked WAHEF, and what their expectations are from their medical volunteering experience….
Learn more about our education projects
Our education volunteer program provides an opportunity for you to experience first-hand the challenges facing education professionals in West Africa, while also allowing you to gain valuable experience teaching classes and supporting school administrators in West Africa. Whether you’re a current teacher or professor, or a university, masters, or doctorate student in education, we’ll work with…
Reviews from our volunteers
We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff, our placements, our communities, and we strive to provide the best possible experience for each volunteer, whether you stay for 6 weeks or 6 months. But don’t just take our word for it – hear what our volunteers have to say, or visit us on Facebook…
Our Education Projects
Our education volunteer program provides an opportunity for you to experience first-hand the challenges facing education professionals in West Africa, while also allowing you to gain valuable experience teaching classes and supporting school administrators in West Africa. Whether you’re a current teacher or professor, or a university, masters, or doctorate student in education, we’ll work…
Meet our Team
Our international team brings more than 25 years of experience building and operating NGO’s in West Africa. We’re committed to giving back to our communities, and providing the best experience for all of our volunteers. From day one of your arrival, our team will work side-by-side with you to introduce you to Cape Coast, our…
Our Medical Projects
Our medical projects are designed to give you first-hand experience with healthcare systems in the developing world, as well as an opportunity to make an immediate impact through our mobile medical outreach. Whether you’re an experienced medical professional, or just beginning your studies or career in healthcare, we will help to tailor our program to fit…
Reviews from our volunteers
We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff, our placements, our communities, and we strive to provide the best possible experience for each volunteer, whether you stay for 6 weeks or 6 months. But don’t just take our word for it – hear what our volunteers have to say, or visit us on Facebook…
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