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Projects

At the moment we only offer volunteering projects in the villages of Atsiekpoe and Vume, in the Volta Region. Both villages are part of the Jolinaiko Eco Village.

Teaching in Atsiekpoe-Vume

We are looking for volunteers to assist the local teachers at the primary and junior high school. Like in many other communities in rural Ghana, the Atsiekpoe-Vume school is poorly staffed and experiences a lack of teaching materials and support. Jolinaiko Eco Tours first placed volunteers at this school in 2007 and the positive outcome motivated the school to request for more structural support by Jolinaiko’s volunteers.

Your background

We are looking for adventurous people with the following background:

  • Background in professional teaching, like students or graduates of a teaching training college (e.g. PABO in the Netherlands).
  • Background in other relevant areas, like students or graduates in languages (English or French), earth-, life- or social sciences.

Teaching in Atsiekpoe-Vume

Your activities

As a volunteer at the Atsiekpoe-Vume school, you will:

  • Assist the local teachers in their daily teaching program and organize your own classes depending on your specialization.
  • Organize extra classes for pupils experiencing learning difficulties.
  • Organize activities to support the community library .

Minimum duration of your stay

We require that you stay for a minimum period:

  • From September untill July (the school calendar year) the minimum period is six weeks.
  • During the holiday in August and September the minimum period is two weeks (organizing holiday classes and community library activities).

Other projects and internships

Currently, we do not offer any other projects than described above. We also do not have vacancies at the Jolinaiko Eco Tours office at this moment. But you are welcome to send us an open request letter for your internship in (eco-)tourism or related areas.

If you do not have the necessary teaching background, you might be interested in volunteering projects offered by our friends of Meet Africa (English) / Ontmoet Afrika (Dutch).

“ 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.