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.
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WORK
• Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture;
• Working with Community;
• Work with local farmers, 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.
Environmental education has the power to transform the world. AJOV With the mission of promoting the connection between people and nature, awakening the perception of themes that impact the environment, stimulating the taking of actions focused on preservation and sustainability.
It is important that you are aware of your role in this journey, which starts today but impacts generations to come.
However, environmental education is not just aimed at individuals at the dawn of life, but aimed at people of all ages.
It doesn't just happen in classrooms or academic settings, as perhaps its definition would suggest.
Environmental education has space in all places where relevant knowledge can be extracted and communicated for the preservation and conservation of the environment in a sustainable way.
Help us to improve the environment.
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.
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Stay in the house and tent. Share one big room together, separate male and female. You will take turn to cook.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
The KaTembe Municipal District, located south of the City of Maputo. It is limited to the North and East by Maputo Bay, to the South by the District of Matutuíne through Avenida do Metical and to the West by the District of Boane across the Tembe River.
Administrative division
Administratively it is subdivided into five (5) neighborhoods, namely:
Guachene, with 8 blocks;
Chalí, with 13 blocks;
Inguide, with 8 blocks;
Chamissava, with 16 blocks and;
Incassane, with 18 blocks.
Leisure
• Visit Maputo Reserve;
• Go to Ponta de Ouro Beach;
• Go to Katembe Beach;
• Visit Maputo City.
. Fun Games
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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.
♥ Dzishile 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 to Xinavane , it’s about 80 kms. There 2 ways how you can travel.
- Travel by Train , bus and car/taxi. The most popular way to travel from Maputo to Xinavane is to take a bus. TRAVELLING by taxi takes about 25 Minutes.