Ghana Country Manager

Global Volunteers service programs are managed by on-site staff who live in the communities we serve. Most are nationals who were either born or raised in the host country. Your team will be led by Ghana Country Manager Esther Kwarteng.

Esther has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and experience in community-based education, agricultural and natural resource management, and health and nutrition projects. With ADRA/Ghana, she educated Ghanaian farmers in agricultural best practices, nutrition and the use of soy and local plants for enriching the quality of food prepared at the household level. She also worked with a rural bank loan program for small scale farmers.

All our country managers have served on one or more volunteer teams, and each year are required to complete our intensive two-week training seminars in Minnesota. They are experienced in managing diverse groups of people, and are formally evaluated by each volunteer team. County Managers must achieve an established level of performance in order to continue leading Global Volunteers teams.

You'll receive program and contact information from Esther approximately four weeks before your service program begins.

"There's so much to say about Esther! She is wonderful—natural in her capacity as leader. We all came to adore her, and were grateful for her guidance, assistance, caring and humor. We were very well taken care of, and learned so much from this strong, capable woman!
~ Laura McMahon, Ghana volunteer

"Esther was incredible at all aspects of her job---she’s kind, caring, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and fun. She not only took great care of us, she made this an amazing life experience."
~ Kristen Edwards, Ghana volunteer