Jolinaiko Eco Tours - Experience West Africa!

Volunteering and internships

In the past, Jolinaiko Eco Tours has offered and organised volunteering projects as one of its services. However, this was not our core-business, and we decided to start working together with our friends of Meet Africa (English) / Ontmoet Afrika (Dutch).

Teaching in Atsiekpoe-Vume

One of the projects we are exploring with Meet Africa is the placement of volunteers as assistant teachers at the primary and junior secondary school in Atsiekpoe-Vume, the village where we are building our eco-lodge. We will soon put up more info here about these possibilities.

Teaching in Atsiekpoe-Vume

You can read more about the collaboration between Jolinaiko Eco Tours and Atsiekpoe-Vume in the Eco Village section. Photos of the villages and surrounding areas can be found in our photoalbum of Atsiekpoe-Vume photoalbum and photo album of the Jolinaiko Eco Lodge.

Internships at Jolinaiko in Tourism or Business Administration

Are you studying for your bachelor or masters degree in Tourism or Business Administration and you are looking for an experience abroad, don't hesitate to contact us. We occasionally engage students in our back office activities.

Internships at Jolinaiko in Development Studies, Water and Sanitation or Public Health

We are always interested to engage students in Development Studies, Water and Sanitation or Public Health in our development initiatives in Atsiekpoe-Vume in collaboration with the Stepping Stones for Africa foundation. Do you have expertise in rural development, water- and sanitation, community participatory research, don't hesitate to contact us for the possibilities.

“ From the first moment I felt welcome and safe with Apollo in, for me, a totally strange country. Apollo showed me Accra, brought me to Aveyime where he stayed as long as I needed to feel comfortable. His brother Abraham cared for me and he became a very good friend.

My time in Ghana was unbelievable special, I'll never forget any 'small small' thing that I saw, smelled, tasted etc. The experience at the primary school was, of course, very impressive and sometimes difficult but I had a lot of nice and warm people around me who helped me. Because of Apollo and a lot of his friends my last traineeship became a big success! ”

Yolande ‘Yo’ Kouwets,
Holland. sankofa

“ When our daughter Yolande decided to go to Ghana for a three month's traineeship, we were a bit reserved. She would travel on her own and her stay was organized by a man called Apollo Panou who was to accompany her in a way. What kind of man would he be?

Well, we can reassure all parents who's son or daughter intends to travel to Ghana, and more in general everybody who wants to visit Ghana or surrounding countries in West Africa: contact Apollo and his travel agency. Our daugther was very well taken care of. Apollo arranged and organised all that was necessary, he was very helpful, flexible, reliable and a perfect guide. She stayed in the house of the brother and father of Apollo in the countryside. His brother Abraham was a real friend to my daughter and made her feel at home. Whenever some problem raised, she could rely on Apollo and Abraham. She had a wonderful time, in which - also with the help from Apollo - she learned a lot about Africa, Ghana, the people, the nature and the culture. She had a wonderful and valuable time she will never forget.

Apollo is not just someone who organises trip's etc. in a perfect manner and to your liking, he is also like a friend who wants you to meet Ghana and it's people. To make a long story short: as far as we had the opportunity to experience ourselves, everything that is said on this website about Apollo - by himself and by those who met him - is true. ”

Inge and Arnaud Kouwets,
The Netherlands.