CHILDREN (NAMPULA PROVINCE)
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About the project
CHILDREN (NAMPULA PROVINCE)
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Associação dos Jovens Voluntários (Association of the Young Volunteers) – AJOV.
It is a non governmental and non-profit coordination organisation which was officially registered by the Government of Mozambique on the 16th june 1999. The main objective of AJOV is to develop volunteer work on behalf of the communities that need solidarity. It is presently composed of 50 members who are engaged in solidarity activities all over the country.
💼 What the programme involves
The project will focus on participatory and gender-inclusive planning during the fieldwork. About fifteen to twenty volunteers will join in the learning. In the execution of the project, men and women will have the capacity to produce beds, prepare and work the land through techniques used in Agriculture based on manure preparation, sowing of different cultures and production of an irrigation system for the cultures in response to the climate changes.
WORK
• Promotion of Sustainable agriculture;
• Work with local farmers, community to develop social & community work.
• Also create recreation activities such as game, song, intercultural exchange together.
• Farming work – growing and eating what we grow. The idea of a green homestay to have clean and safe food.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Stay in the house and tent. Share one big room together, separate male and female. You will take turn to cook. There is wifi available.
🍲 Food
The meals will be prepared by the volunteers and be served in the camps sites.
📍 About the location
🎒 Leisure activities
⚠️ Requirements
The languages on the workcamp will be Portuguese and English; so be welcomed to learn and speak to locals!
Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share.
♥ Farming working clothes.
♥ 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.)
🤝 Meeting point
Praça da Independência at 08:00 on 10 July 2023
Travel from Maputo to Moamba , it’s about 62 kms. There are 2 ways to get there.
- Travel by Train , bus and car/taxi. The most popular way to travel from Maputo to Moamba is by taking a bus. TRAVELLING by train takes about 1-2 hours. Maputo CFM train station is in the town centre so everything is easily accessible.
ℹ️ Additional information
The participation fee are €270 and cover simple accommodation, food and project expenses during the camp.
Please note that this does not include travel expenses to and from the camp, so participants are asked to reserve a small amount of money for transport to the camp and vice-verse.
We advise all volunteers to inform us when they are planning to book their ticket to Mozambique.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
AJOV- MLTVWC005AUTO-EXT
01/01/2024 → 01/08/2027
AJOV- MLTVWC005
01/06/2020 → 31/12/2023
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
250.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Nampula, Mozambique
Mozambique
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Mozambique Metical (MZN / MT)
Exchange rate
1 MZN = 0.014048 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central Africa Time
Local time: 21:43 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken