This is the International website of the JoHo Foundation.
Starting in the early 90’s as a local youth organisation focused on study & career, JoHo has grown into an international organization with the goal to set up a network of worldwide centers, dealing with international cooperation, personal development and travel. The main focuses of the organization are passing on knowledge, promoting international contacts and awareness and giving advice.
What can you expect from a JoHo center abroad?
A JoHo center usually makes a choice from the possibilities mentioned below.
Some of the services are for JoHo members exclusively and sometimes you also get discounts as a JoHo member:
Volunteer work mediation
Language courses & mediation
Travel agency
Organized tours
Accommodation
Internship possibilities & mediation
Help finding accommodation
Help with problems
Group travel mediation
Possibilities to buy basic travel needs
Possibilities to buy books, travel guides, maps, Lonely Planets
Maps of the environment / surroundings
Use of the internet
Luggage lockers or similar service
Use of the library
Information board
Message service (e.g. friends or travel mates)
Possibility to have your mail delivered
Books exchange service
JoHo Works
Every year JoHo & JoHo members help:
250 people setting up a development project
500 volunteers to protect wild life
1,000 development projects getting help, volunteers or funding
1,500 young people getting a job abroad
2,500 entrepeneurs in developing countries with their business
5,000 volunteers who are working there where it is needed
25,000 students with their studies
50,000 youngsters in developing countries to improve their future
150,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin america with a temporary teacher
250,000 travellers to travel fair and sustainable
Ghana
See below for a great short movie of Sebastiaan Knoops & Anke Geertsma, volunteers with JoHo Xplore in Wa with Child Support. One of the by JoHo supported projects.
More info for visiting this JoHo center: mail to wa@joho.nl
Campertour in Ngoma with the possibility to visit several projects.
A meeting place for local & international NGO's to share knowledge and experiences.
ICUganda facilitates a JoHo support center
Arte Accion
Arte Accion: International support center in Copan, Honduras
Arte Accion is a honduran association that organizes socio-cultural activities for children and young adults. In Copán Ruinas we offer since 1999 art, photography, video and drama workshops to children in town and in the rural communities.
Arte Acción Copán Ruinas works with volunteers from all over the world who come to help with art projects for children in Copán Ruinas or in the surrounding villages. We can always use the help of enthusiastic, independent and energetic volunteers.
Do you want to do voluntary work but you do not speak Spanish? Arte Accion can arrange a Spanish course for you.
Arte Accion's local partners can organize all kinds of trips and tours for you weather it be horseback riding or a coffee tour.
Arte Accion facilitates a JoHo support center
JoHo News & Favorites
The World Study Bank "The only bank that charges no interest, but the effort to share your knowledge": The World Study Bank aims to create a worldwide e-learning community for the sharing of free knowledge.
Zillatours offers tours in Guatemala and Honduras. For example to the Copan Ruinas, a Maya tour or a tour to a stunning Caribean island where you can dive or relax. All tours are with respect for people, nature, and other cultures.
JoHo members receive a 5% discount on accommodation and tours! (except for special offers, Easter and Christmas).
See below for a great short movie of an Aviva Volunteer in Cape Town
Here you will find an exciting range of courses, tours and activities that you can include during your stay in South Africa. You can take any of these on their own, or combine any number of them with a volunteer project to create your own unique South African experience.
Garden Route Tour - 5 days
Explore South Africa's beautiful Garden Route on a guided 5 day tour...
Kruger Park - 4 Day Adventure
Would you like to spend some time on Safari in the most famous game reserve on the planet?
Scuba Diving Course
Become an internationally recognised diver with Dive Action and add an amazing experience to your stay in Cape Town.
Wildlife Ranger Course - 28 days
This exciting course offers volunteers an experience of a lifetime with a packed 28-day program that will allow you to fully immerse yourself in the African wilderness.
Amaidi
Amaidi: JoHo partner & JoHostel in Pondicherry, India
Accommodation: Amaidi Guesthouse in Bharati Nagar, near the international township of Auroville, is unlike other guesthouses: it has a homely touch! Amaidi could also organise a homestay for you.
City trips: Pondicherry tour, Bangalore, Goa, Lakshadweep Islands adventure.
Tailor-made Trips: design your own super-trip with Amaidi and partners.
Amaidi facilitates a JoHo support center.
Connectie Bolivia
JoHo partner in La Paz
Connectie Bolivia offers a lot of opportunities for Volunteerwork and Internships in Bolivia
There's work for for volunteers who want to give English classes for various projects.
There are possibilities to work within the following fields of work: education, healthcare, social work, childcare, sports and recreation. You can work with children, adults, disabled people, seniors, women and families.
During your stay in Bolivia we can find a host family for you to live with. This is the best way to learn more about the Bolivian culture and to learn more of the Spanish language.It is also possible to find a place to live alone or with friends or share an apartement with other volunteers
Our contacts can organise all sorts of trips and tours for you: visit the salt flats in Uyuni or the mines in Potosi.
Insurances for all individuals and expats going and living abroad, no matter where they are from.
JoHo & insurances
China Inside
China Inside: JoHo partner in Beijing
China Inside: language, jobs & travel services offers:
Accommodation. On the picture you see the Hutong hotel where you can stay as a traveller or during your language course Chinese. The hotel used to be the premises of a prinses of the Qing-dynasty.
Learning Chinese.
Jobs as a teacher, internships and volunteer jobs.
JoHo recruits and mediates via an unique easy accessible method for organisations and institutions who are looking for young or entrepreneurial people.
Basic recruitment and / or selection of volunteers, trainee concerning the participate projects and organisations
Basic or extended recruitment and / or selections of employees: various of paid jobs (local) salary or free board and lodging
Support with recruiting of temporary replacement of management team members during holidays etc.
Support with recruiting people who are interested and able to support continuing a project or organisations, when the founder unexpected has to return to the country of residence or has to quit the project.
Immerse yourself in Argentinan culture by having Salsa or Tango lessons, visiting the Patagonia museum, visiting primary and secondary schools or an orphanage. Trekking in the mountains, joining a phototour, go Wine tasting or Cooking typical Argentine food or an asado (BBQ).
Port Blest Tour to"Los Cantaros" Waterfall and Lake Frías.
Sail westwards on Lake Nahuel Huapi trough the Blest arm of the lake towards its end at Puerto Blest. During this trip you can admire special views like the one of Centinela Island.
For the lovers of outdoor activities there's a thousant things to do: Paragliding, Rafting, Rock Climbing, Horseback Riding, Trekking and Skiing(June-September).
a wide array of carefully designed learning programs. They include Intensive Chinese, Academic Year, HSK Preparation and Internship programs.
The language school, Mandacentre, is a qualified and specialized language school that teaches both Chinese language and culture. It has a team that consists of experienced and warm-hearted teachers and managers (both Chinese and Western) who believe in the combination of Study & Leisure.
Learn more by doing a course of Mandarin Chinese, Calligraphy, Tai-chi, Kung fu, Yoga, Chinese Massage, Acupuncture, Chinese Cooking, Mahjong, Erhu Violine or Chinese Flute.
Take a traditional fisherman’s boat to sail the Li river at Xing Ping, the most amazing spot of Karst mountainous area around Yangshuo. One of the best experiences most travelers to China have had during their trip.
