📝 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
• With Childs in Informal Education;
• Working with Community;
• Work with local NGOs, to develop social & community work.
• Also create recreation activities such as game, song, intercultural exchange together.
The informal children's education project in Maputo aims to develop language skills for disadvantaged children because, as Mozambique continues to develop, they have an increasing need to learn the English language. As a volunteer, you can help children acquire language skills that will greatly benefit them later in life and help them break their families' cycle of poverty. .
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.
Come to Maputo and teach English to children from disadvantaged communities.
🏠 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
Maputo formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017[3]) distributed over a land area of 347.69 km2 (134.24 sq mi). The Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 2,717,437. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce.
🎒 Leisure activities
The city is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture.[4][5][6] Leisure • Visit Maputo City and explore the historic places; • Go to Costa do Sol Beach; • Visit Maputo Special Reserve.
⚠️ Requirements
WHAT TO BRING
♥ Human Rights Material working.
♥ 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.)
LANGUAGE
English and Portuguese
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.
♥ Dzixile or Auxene 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 Terminal Anjo Voador to Maputo City FPLM, it\'s about 12 kms. There are 2 ways to get there.
- Travel by bus and car/taxi. The most popular way to travel from Maputo to Mafalala is by bus. TRAVELLING by Txopela is one of the transport option, takes about ten or fifteen minutes. Maputo Aeroport is in the town centre so everything is easily accessible.
Have a nice and safe trip to Mozambique, see you!