Sports
Many Ghanaians love
sport. Especially football stirs a lot of emotion and could almost be
counted as a national religion. Lack of adequate facilities and equipment
is the main problem facing them in this respect.
Football
trainer
Description
Akonfudi Unity Football Club is a 3rd division football club (which
is the lowest league) which is working with a temporary trainer-player
at the moment. The team consists of about 30 players between 18 and
35 years old. The team trains every day on the not too fabulous football
pitch connected to the Gyaase community school.
Time of year
Any time
Place
Assin North District, Central Region.
Rural/urban
Rural
Max. number
of volunteers
1 (or 2 if you come together and want to work together)
Volunteer job
description
The volunteer will train the Akonfudi team every day and coach them
on their matches on Sundays. The training begins at 3/4/5 P.M. till
5/6 P.M. (African time).
Requirements
for volunteers
Experience as a football trainer or suitability for the job for any
other reason.
Accommodation
description
This will be in the nice house of an Assin District Assembly member
very close to the football pitch. There are 3 available rooms round
a patio with 2 beds in each room. So depending on the number of volunteers
posted in the village, volunteers will either have their own room (with
electricity) or share a room with another volunteer. Volunteers will
also have a living room (shared with the local couple living in that
house), a kitchen, a toilet and a shower-room (no running water) at
their disposal.
Accommodation
cost
50 EUR a month
Meals
There are different options:
- Cook your own meals
- To go out for dinner (nearest place to eat at restaurants will be
a bus ride away)..
- Eat with the people around and with the teachers of the school
For costs you can think of 3 meals for 4 euro a day (In between options
are possible and should be negotiated once there).
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