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 our medical and education volunteers and donors. Augustine Bimpong, Managing Director Augustine is the current Managing Director of WAHEF and is originally from the Ashanti…

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…

Discover all Ghana has to offer

You’ll never want to leave. Be it the people, the culture, the wildlife, or the food, one thing’s for sure – you’ll love West Africa. From our headquarters in beautiful Cape Coast, Ghana, you’ll have the opportunity to explore West Africa, and experience its rich cultural heritage, with the support from our local team. Just…

Culture Focus: Cape Coast Festival

The Fetu Afahye is a festival celebrated by the chiefs and the people of Cape Coast in the central region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in the month of September every year. The Fetu Afahye is celebrated annually by the Oguaa people of Cape Coast because in the past there…