Ghana
Microenterprise Consulting
Chapters provide consulting to small businesses and families in under resourced, rural communities with previously limited to no access to loan capital. Students learn about business challenges, provide financial literacy workshops and develop recommendations to present to key stakeholders.
Empowered Consulting Program –
8 Day Sample Schedule
Planning your Brigade in Ghana? Check out this sample schedule outlining the typical 8-day trip your Chapter will attend.
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00am | Airport Pick up & Transport to Lodging Facility | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Lodging Facility | Transport to Community | Transport to Community | Transport to Community | Transport to Community | Transport to Cape Coast | Departure From Lodging Facility to Airport | |
| 9:00am | Meeting with the Client (get to know them, understand mission & vision) | Consulting Session with Clients (SWOT analysis and actions plan) | Deliverables presentations to other students’ groups and GB staff for feedback | Final deliverables updates | ||||
| 10:00am | Lunch, Cape Coast Castle Tour & Cultural Dance | |||||||
| 11:00am | Orientation and Introduction to Global Brigades | |||||||
| 12:00am | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |||
| 1:00pm | Settle in | Community visit | Visit local market | Transport to community | Client Meeting Final Presentation & Celebration | |||
| 2:00pm | Introduction to business program | Consulting Session with Clients Pt. 2 (final review with client) | 3:00pm | Transport to lodging facility | ||||
| 4:00pm | Breakout sessions per client/groups (Consulting strategy (pre-work) and seting goals per client for the week) | Transport to lodging facility | Deliverables Preparation ∧ presentation plan | |||||
| 5:00pm | Deliverables preparation: initial ideas | Transport to lodging facility | ||||||
| 6:00pm | Transport to lodging | |||||||
| 7:00pm | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | |
| 8:00pm | Settle In | Reflection | Reflection | Reflection | Reflection | Reflection | Reflection | |
| 9:00pm | Rest | Deliverables work | Deliverables work | Deliverables work | Deliverables work | Deliverables work |
| Day 1 | |
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| 7:00am | Airport Pick up & Transport to Lodging Facility |
| 8:00am | |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | |
| 1:00pm | |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Settle In |
| 9:00pm | |
| Day 2 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Lodging Facility |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | Orientation and Introduction to Global Brigades |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Settle in |
| 2:00pm | Introduction to business program |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | Breakout sessions per client/groups (Consulting strategy (pre-work) and seting goals per client for the week) |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Reflection |
| 9:00pm | Rest |
| Day 3 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Community |
| 9:00am | Meeting with the Client (get to know them, understand mission & vision) |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Community visit |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | Transport to lodging facility |
| 5:00pm | Deliverables preparation: initial ideas |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Reflection |
| 9:00pm | Deliverables work |
| Day 4 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Community |
| 9:00am | Consulting Session with Clients (SWOT analysis and actions plan) |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Visit local market |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | Transport to lodging facility |
| 4:00pm | Deliverables Preparation ∧ presentation plan |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Reflection |
| 9:00pm | Deliverables work |
| Day 5 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Community |
| 9:00am | Deliverables presentations to other students’ groups and GB staff for feedback |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Transport to community |
| 2:00pm | Consulting Session with Clients Pt. 2 (final review with client) |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | Transport to lodging |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Reflection |
| 9:00pm | Deliverables work |
| Day 6 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Community |
| 9:00am | Final deliverables updates |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Client Meeting Final Presentation & Celebration |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Reflection |
| 9:00pm | Deliverables work |
| Day 7 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Transport to Cape Coast |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | Lunch, Cape Coast Castle Tour & Cultural Dance |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | |
| 1:00pm | |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | Transport to Lodging facility |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 8:00pm | Reflection |
| 9:00pm | Deliverables work |
| Day 8 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Departure From Lodging Facility to Airport |
| 9:00am | |
| 10:00am | |
| 11:00am | |
| 12:00pm | |
| 1:00pm | |
| 2:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | |
| 8:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | |
Safety
Student safety will always be our absolute top priority. Global Brigades recently engaged Askari International Security, an industry leader in international risk assessment, to complete a comprehensive risk/safety assessment of all consulting program operations. A full explanation of safety precautions and procedures can be found on our “Safety & Insurance” page.
Lodging Facilities
Global Brigades does an annual safety review of all lodging facility partners each year. Lodging facilities provide pillows, bedsheets and towels. Facilities have showers, toilets and sinks with running water (no hot water) as well as filtered clean drinking water dispensers onsite. 24-hour security is provided at all facilities. Conditions are most similar to a comfortable summer camp, with dormitory-style sleeping and shared bathrooms.
Empowered Consulting Programs are assigned to lodging facilities based on proximity to the partner community they will be working with.
Weda Ocean View Resort
Weda Ocean View Resort is located 30 minutes from the historical Ghanaian town of Cape Coast along the sandy beach of the Atlantic Ocean on the Accra-Cape Coast highway. The brick hotel situated on top of hill overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and the Anomabo Township and has a rooftop terrace where guests can relax and enjoy the salty sea breeze.
The rooms are fitted with air conditioners, refrigerators, writing desks, armchairs, and wardrobes. Each room has a private bathroom with complimentary toiletries.
Weda Ocean View Resort’s restaurant is operated by trained staff of Global Brigades and serves the best of local and continental cuisines. Laundry service is provided at no cost to volunteers once a week.
Weda Ocean View Resort is also 1.5 hours from the Ekumfi District where all Global Brigades Ghana communities are located.
Bobmah Hotel
Bobmah Hotel is located at Abura Dunkwa, about 30 minutes North-West of Cape
Coast in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese (AAK) District of Ghana. one of the two
Districts that GB Ghana works with. The facility is located in Abura Dunkwa which is
about 5 minutes drive from the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District Assembly Office and
also 30-40 minutes away from most of the communities that GB Ghana works with.
The facility has a total of 18 en suite rooms with air-conditioning. It is also well fenced and gated with 24 hour security present and CCTV cameras fitted at all corners to
ensure the safety and security of volunteers at all times.
Change lives. Get involved.
Lindsay Lamberti
Business Brigade Volunteer, Carnegie Mellon University 2023
I went into this brigade with almost no business experience, so I was worried I would not be able to help or that I would be confused the whole time. My fears quickly melted away when we began to get to know the communities we were working with. Our clients were so generous, selfless, and welcoming. We got to learn about their culture and lifestyle. They shared their craft with us and were so eager to learn all they could about growing and expanding their businesses. Despite the language barrier, I formed such strong connections with these people, and I have gained an incredible new perspective of the world. I would not trade this experience for anything, and I cannot wait to go on my next brigade.
Kojo Mbri
Empowered Consulting Business Client in Ghana
My name is Kojo Mbri, I live in Ekumfi Gyinakoma. Cassava processing into gari is the work I have been doing. Upon coming into contact with Global Brigades, the series of engagement, direction and trainings (record keeping, branding and marketing) has brought me to this extent. I was operating in a very small area here producing very little. Through Global Brigades I have been able to extend it to this large space that you can see. Initially, I used to deep-fry my gari in these small traditional ovens which produced a lot of smoke and requires very much effort and health risk. Through Global Brigades I have this large oven over here for my deep frying, this large oven has changed the story because it has helped increase productivity and also reduced the smoke that comes from the fire compared to the traditional one. Most important is the support to register my Business, which makes it recognized in the whole country and the opportunity to do export. I really appreciate the work that Global Brigades has done for me. Thank you.