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Pre-Service Training (9 weeks) Many volunteers agree that this is by far the hardest part of the Peace Corps experience. It consists mainly of an endless number of training sessions. You also will be matched to a host family in one of the three villages close to Techiman and stay there for the duration of training. You will find out where your site is and start learning the language that is spoken there. Then more sessions... Be sure to get to know your fellow trainees; they are your best support system that you have for the two years. Near the end of training, you will get to meet your counterparts in Techiman and travel to your site and stay there a few days. Swearing in follows shortly after.
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What is the training schedule?
Here is a typical schedule of the major events in Peace Corps Ghana training:
1. Staging in Philadelphia (2 days) Group activities to learn about Peace Corps goals and get to know your fellow volunteers at the hotel. (Get used to these group activities and flip-charts; you will see a lot of it throughout your service.) Receive shots before the bus ride to New York City.
2. Flight from New York City to Accra This is a long flight; be sure to bring a book to read or some music. The Country Director and Associate Peace Corps Directors should be there at the airport, so dress somewhat decent. There should be many volunteers coming to cheer you on as well!
3. Accra Phase (5 days) Training sessions the first few days, then a quick tour around the facility where you get to truly see Ghana for the first time. "Accra Quest" follows, where you are given some cedis to visit different sites in Accra while traveling in pairs.
4. Vision Quest (4 days) Each trainee will travel to a current volunteer's site and spend a few days there. Pack wisely (light), and the rest of your luggage will be trucked to Techiman. It may sound a little daunting to travel on your own to a remote village somewhere in Ghana, but all of us have survived, and it's nice to actually spend some time at an actual site and see what Peace Corps life is like. You will travel to Techiman to start Pre-Service Training.
5. Pre-Service Training (9 weeks) Many volunteers agree that this is by far the hardest part of the Peace Corps experience. It consists mainly of an endless number of training sessions. You also will be matched to a host family in one of the three villages close to Techiman and stay there for the duration of training. You will find out where your site is and start learning the language that is spoken there. Then more sessions... Be sure to get to know your fellow trainees; they are your best support system that you have for the two years. Near the end of training, you will get to meet your counterparts in Techiman and travel to your site and stay there a few days. Swearing in follows shortly after.
6. Service (2 years) You have probably heard this many times before, but Peace Corps is what you make of it. Good luck!
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