Maputo City
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About the project
Maputo City
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our local partner is a non-profit organization which brings together young Mozambicans without distinction to race, sex, religion, tribe, level of education or any other way of discrimination. The idea of creating AJUDE dates back to 1993.
The main objectives are:
- To promote volunteer activities for young people in their spare time and holidays
- To promote community development and encourage participation of community members in activities for their own benefit
- To promote exchange of youth volunteers in the different regions of Mozambique, of Africa and the rest of the world
- To send young Mozambican volunteers to participate in voluntary work in other countries
- To create opportunities to exchange experiences between youth from different parts of the country and the rest of the world
- To assist with community development
- To promote international understanding through voluntary services
- To enable young people to encounter and understand different cultures
- To encourage the concept of voluntary services as a force in search for peace equality, democracy and international understanding
- To provide opportunities for the people of Mozambique to become aware of international issues.
Our activities go to:
- Cultural Youth Exchange
- Human Rights
- Rural Development
- Gender Equality
- Emergency and Natural Desaster Relief
- HIV/AIDS
- Environment and Sustainable Development through programs short, medium and long-term programs like ICYE (International Cultural Youth Exchange); Canada World Youth, both North-South and South-South; Workcamps and Weltwärts.
Our partner is member and partner with:
- CWY – Canada World Youth
- Volunteer Centre of South Africa
- ICYE – International Culture Youth Exchange
- Botswana Workcamp Association
- Zimbabwe Workcamp Association
- SCI – Service Civil International
- Mozambique National Youth Council
- LINK – Mozambique NGO’s Forum
- CCIVS – Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service
- SAYM – Southern Africa Youth Movement
- SAWC – Southern Africa Workcamp Co-operation
- Mozambique Volunteering Committee.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer will carry out environmental activities (tree planting along the coast, beach cleaning and environment education to the local community and tourists). The activities will be carried out in collaboration with local department of environment. The activities will run in different areas of Maputo including the beaches of Costa do Sol, Catembe and Macaneta and other different places.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation is provided for the duration of the project. Accommodation is usual in classrooms or tents, but this is known beforehand.
🍲 Food
Most of our partner’s projects are usually self-catering (unless it is stated otherwise) and sufficient money is provided for you to buy and cook food together. Please bring with you traditional receipts that do not require particularly special ingredients.
📍 About the location
Maputo is the capital city of Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony. It has more than one million inhabitants, making it the biggest city of the country, and is located on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Portuguese is the most spoken language in Maputo with around 40% of the population, and the city is twinned with Lisbon, Portugal, among others. The city is a blend of Portuguese architecture, African ingenuity and exotic cuisine.
🎒 Leisure activities
Weekends are meant to be for free tours that the group can organize by itself. You can decide to visit places of interest around the area of the work camp. It has now become a custom in all our Workcamps to have cultural nights. This affords each volunteer the opportunity to present her/his country and culture. Please bring with you your national flag and traditional dress if possible. Sports and artistic moments will be organized together by the participants and local community. In some cases the workcamp may run during special event (festival, fairs, workshops and others) occurring close to the area where the camp will be running.
Tourist attractions and other possible activities:
- Inhaca Island, a small island where lives a very rich ecosystem with several protected species such as sea turtles
- Feira de Artesanato, Flores e Gastronomica, a great market where you can buy many things and taste typical food
- San Antonio parish
- National History Museum of Maputo
- Tunduru Botanical Gardens
- Cathedral of the lady of immaculate conception
- Maputo Elephant Reserve
- Safaris (may be expensive)
- Large and beautiful beaches
- Hiking
ℹ️ Additional information
- The volunteer should arrive two days prior to the start of the workcamp project. In case not, it should be communicated to the organizers.
- Any change or emergency the organizer should be communicated beforehand using organizers contact.
- Participation fee is paid on the arrival and prior to departure to the camp.
- All the volunteer should arrive to the Maputo International Airport.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
AJUDE10
30/11/2021 → 13/12/2021
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
250.00 USD ≈ 224 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Maputo, 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: 20:54 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken