📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Associação dos Jovens Voluntários (AJOV) is a nationally recognized non-government, non-profit organization founded in 1998 in Mozambique. It was officially recognized by the Mozambican Government's Ministry of Justice on June 16, 1999 and registered in the Legal Entities of Maputo
The GOAL of AJOV is to create a fair and democratic society where young people can actively and effectively participate in their own socio-economic and cultural development as responsible citizens.
The organization aims to support and defend the rights of young people, advocate for their causes, promote self-employment and help strengthen social ties for their overall human and social development. The focus is always on protecting their autonomy, security, and dignity so they can fully exercise their citizenship.
Professional Training: Helping young people prepare for successful careers.
Environmental Protection: Promoting sustainable practices and preserving natural resources.
Sport and Recreation: Encouraging healthy physical activity and leisure.
Education: Emphasizing primary and secondary education systems.
Global Exchange: Fostering socio-cultural exchange among young people from different parts of the world.
Advocacy: Advocating for the inclusion and active participation of young people in society.
Citizen Rights: Protecting the rights of young people to fully exercise their citizenship.
Food and Nutrition Security: Ensuring young people have access to adequate food and nutrition.
Gender Equity: Promoting equal opportunities for women and men.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK
• Promotion Children\'s Education;
• Working with Child\'s;
• Work with local NGOs, to develop social & community work.
• Also create recreation activities such as game, song, intercultural exchange together.
focused on improving the lives of communities and especially children in Mocambique Ajov in the implementation of this project aims to benefit the population of the district of Macia in teaching and engagement of children to know how to protect the environment and also provide children with good practices of know how to do, that is to reuse plastic for the good of nature.
The Children's Development Project in the District of Bilene-Macia arises as a response to the needs that children have been experiencing during their initial phase of education, and volunteers may have the opportunity to support children in foster homes and preschools, providing them with access to education and care to which they otherwise would not have access. The project aims to make a positive, long-term impact on the lives of underprivileged children by providing them with the support and education they need to succeed.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Stay in the house and foster homes. Share one big room together, separate male and female. You will take turn to cook.
📍 About the location
Bilene Macia District is a district of Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique. Its principal town is Macia. The district is located at the south of the province, and borders with Chókwè District in the north, Xai-Xai District in the east, and Magude District of Maputo Province in the west. In the south, the district is bounded by the Indian Ocean. The area of the district is 2,157 square kilometres (833 sq mi). It has a population of 211911 as of 2017.
Leisure
• Visit Batalha de Magule;
• Go to Enjoy Bilene beach;
• Visit the city and xai-xai beach.
⚠️ Requirements
WHAT TO BRING
♥ Educational Material.
♥ Medicine as necessary
♥ Mosquito repellent
♥ Your traditional music, costumes, food and drink for the intercultural night (cooking and performance)
♥ Materials or sources (brochures, maps, souvenirs, pictures, flags, or handicrafts to introduce about your country and culture).
♥ Sunglasses and sun-block cream
♥ Toilet paper (you can buy it at the shop in the village)
♥ Any interesting materials such as CDs, ideas for games/activities for students.
♥ Motivation, good humor, and communication skills
♥ Raincoat (sometimes there will be rain.)
PARTICIPANTION FEE
300 €/Mouth Baht including food, accommodation. Excluding travel cost, insurance and personal expense.
ℹ️ Additional information
SPECIAL REMARK
Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share
MOZAMBICAN SPECIAL TIP
♥ Mozambican people are kind and always smile for greeting, Mozambican life is easy, and we are easy to live especially with foreigners.
♥ Auxene or Dzixile is Hello in local language, just say this word when greeting you will get the smile back from Mozambicans.
♥ Land of Good People;
♥ Mozambique, those who know you never forget you..
VISA CONTACT
AJOV will send all the necessary documents to start the visa process with the Mozambican embassy in your country or in a neighbouring country if you do not have one in your country.
Travel from Maputo to Bilene-Maçia, it\'s about 170 kms. There are 2 ways to get there.
- Travel by bus and car/taxi. The most popular way to travel from Maputo to Maçia is by taking a bus. TRAVELLING by flight takes about two hours and fifty minutes. maputo Aeroport is in the town centre so everything is easily accessible.
Have a nice and safe trip to Mozambique, see you!