Exchange Year Abroad
The Intercultural year abroad programme is specially designed for high school students and leavers or young people between the ages of 15-20 years.
With this programme young people from all over the world can participate in going on intercultural programmes to Ghana. The students will live with a Ghanaian host family which he or she will be part of during his or her exchange year and at the same time attend a high school in Ghana for a year in order to gain intercultural experience. This is not all during the exchange year the student will also have the chance as part of the programme package to tour around some parts of Ghana with the IYEC Ghana team, this will give the exchange the chance of exploring Ghana from different parts of the region. Ghana as a country has a lot to offer young people .there are s many different youth groups the exchange student can be part of, extra activities the can be arranged for student to take part in some cultural lesions for example drumming and dancing, learning how to cook traditional African dishes and a lot more.
It will also be made available for the students to part of their religious bodies. IYEC Ghana has a 24 hour supporting team who will be at the service of the student from day one to end. At the end of the programme an end of year party will be organized for all the exchange students and their host families.
The Programme is as such
Day 1
Pick up from airport by volunteers to the welcome hostel
Day 2
Orientation about the country and what to expect as an exchange student plus tour into the city of Accra which is the capital of Ghana
Day 3
Orientation and tour again into the city
Day 4
Pick up by various host families
School and intercultural life experience begins from here.