The following information applies to every assignment in Ghana
Passport:
Vaccinations:
must be valid for at least 6 months
entry is not possible without a yellow fever vaccination (Vaccination centers nearby at www.tropeninstitut.de, vaccination no later than 10 days before the start of the trip, possible questionnaire from the doctor see below) Have the complete vaccination status of all other vaccinations checked by your family doctor!
The cost for the tourist visa, the business visa and the volunteer visa is 156 euros. The consulate fees, the return shipping fee and the processing fee are already included in the price.
The tourist visa can be obtained from 110 euros plus fees. Enclose a stamped and addressed envelope for return shipping.
The application is available for download on all websites.
We are travelling with a tourist visa
PACKING LIST and USEFUL INFORMATION:
Accommodation Eved Guest House/Food
Breakfast usually consists of eggs, toast, fruit and cereal porridge. It is advisable to pack a few treats (e.g. jam, smoked sausage).
There are fridges and kettles in the apartments. If you don’t like instant coffee, you should bring a packet of coffee with you, or a French press pot if necessary.
There is fresh fruit at the construction site at lunchtime. We recommend bringing muesli/energy bars and something like TUC biscuits as snacks (the salty ones are great between sweating!).
Dinner is plentiful. Effervescent tablets (vitamins, electrolytes, magnesium, calcium…) are also useful. Plenty of drinking water (bottles) is provided.
Note: The mattresses in the Eved Guest House are good, but unusually hard (very hard!) for Central European backs. There is an uncovered wool blanket to cover yourself with (pack a sleeping bag if you don’t like that).
There are clothes racks, so you can quickly wash things in the evening – travel detergent is recommended.
The Eved Guest House has WiFi and German sockets. The rooms have air conditioning and gauze windows, as well as ceiling fans.
Practical:
Pocket knife
Earplugs (the rooster next door crows all night)
Flashlight
Headlamp
Portable travel mosquito net (pop up)
Adapter/travel plug type G for the hospital
Construction site:
Work trousers (preferably short) + plenty of old T-shirts
Backpack/possibly a bum bag for your cell phone
Lunch box, camping cutlery if necessary
Required:
Safety shoes
Headgear
Useful:
Work gloves
Cleaning gloves and cleaning utensils (rags, cleaning sponges, brushes, ATA…)
Edding
Cutter
Scissors, silver adhesive tape
Cable ties
If there is still room in the suitcase:
Shoes to leave behind
More shirts/shorts to leave behind
Travel first aid kit:
Personal medication
Perenterol Forte 250 or similar (diarrhea medication) 1 tablet per day
Electrolytes (balance important substances in the event of diarrhea)
Malarone (malaria prophylaxis) for the period 1 day before to 7 days after the trip (€ 5.00/piece), alternatively Atovaquone from Ratiopharm, same dosage (€ 2.70/piece). Some health insurance companies reimburse this medication, if requested on the grounds of humanitarian use.
Mosquito spray for skin and clothing
First aid kit
The hospital is located in Wachild Estate Sapeiman, Accra. Sapeiman is a residential suburb in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The site is now in a residential area, with the southern boundary being next to the still unpaved road that branches off the Accra-Kumasi Expressway.
Humanitarian Aid Workers
Personal deployment on site at the construction site
The next humanitarian mission is being planned. Expected date: Oct./Nov. 2024
Who else is interested in helping out on site at the construction site for a while?
Marina Keul and Peggy Griewel look forward to hearing from you at:
Telephone number +49 176 – 87915602 or marina.keul@tu-dortmund.de
Telephone number +49 176 – 62511434 or pgriewel@gmail.com
Before your first trip, we recommend a medical check-up.
The following forms can be downloaded here:
Yellow fever vaccination questionnaire
Ghana visa application
The following information applies to every assignment in Ghana
Passport:
Vaccinations:
must be valid for at least 6 months
entry is not possible without a yellow fever vaccination (Vaccination centers nearby at www.tropeninstitut.de, vaccination no later than 10 days before the start of the trip, possible questionnaire from the doctor see below) Have the complete vaccination status of all other vaccinations checked by your family doctor!
Visa:
It is possible to apply for the visa online via:
https://www.visabox.de/index.html
The cost for the tourist visa, the business visa and the volunteer visa is 156 euros. The consulate fees, the return shipping fee and the processing fee are already included in the price.
https://visa-service.com/ghana-visum/
The tourist visa can be obtained from 110 euros plus fees. Enclose a stamped and addressed envelope for return shipping.
The application is available for download on all websites.
We are travelling with a tourist visa
PACKING LIST and USEFUL INFORMATION:
Accommodation Eved Guest House/Food
Breakfast usually consists of eggs, toast, fruit and cereal porridge. It is advisable to pack a few treats (e.g. jam, smoked sausage).
There are fridges and kettles in the apartments. If you don’t like instant coffee, you should bring a packet of coffee with you, or a French press pot if necessary.
There is fresh fruit at the construction site at lunchtime. We recommend bringing muesli/energy bars and something like TUC biscuits as snacks (the salty ones are great between sweating!).
Dinner is plentiful. Effervescent tablets (vitamins, electrolytes, magnesium, calcium…) are also useful. Plenty of drinking water (bottles) is provided.
Note: The mattresses in the Eved Guest House are good, but unusually hard (very hard!) for Central European backs. There is an uncovered wool blanket to cover yourself with (pack a sleeping bag if you don’t like that).
There are clothes racks, so you can quickly wash things in the evening – travel detergent is recommended.
The Eved Guest House has WiFi and German sockets. The rooms have air conditioning and gauze windows, as well as ceiling fans.
Practical:
Pocket knife
Earplugs (the rooster next door crows all night)
Flashlight
Headlamp
Portable travel mosquito net (pop up)
Adapter/travel plug type G for the hospital
Construction site:
Work trousers (preferably short) + plenty of old T-shirts
Backpack/possibly a bum bag for your cell phone
Lunch box, camping cutlery if necessary
Required:
Safety shoes
Headgear
Useful:
Work gloves
Cleaning gloves and cleaning utensils (rags, cleaning sponges, brushes, ATA…)
Edding
Cutter
Scissors, silver adhesive tape
Cable ties
If there is still room in the suitcase:
Shoes to leave behind
More shirts/shorts to leave behind
Travel first aid kit:
Personal medication
Perenterol Forte 250 or similar (diarrhea medication) 1 tablet per day
Electrolytes (balance important substances in the event of diarrhea)
Malarone (malaria prophylaxis) for the period 1 day before to 7 days after the trip (€ 5.00/piece), alternatively Atovaquone from Ratiopharm, same dosage (€ 2.70/piece). Some health insurance companies reimburse this medication, if requested on the grounds of humanitarian use.
Mosquito spray for skin and clothing
First aid kit
The hospital is located in Wachild Estate Sapeiman, Accra. Sapeiman is a residential suburb in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The site is now in a residential area, with the southern boundary being next to the still unpaved road that branches off the Accra-Kumasi Expressway.