Develop & Business
JoHo
This is the International website of the JoHo Foundation. JoHo is an (inter-)national organization with the goal to set up as many support centers as possible, dealing with work, travel and international cooperation. The main focuses of the organization are passing on knowledge, promoting international contacts and awareness and giving advice.
JoHo in the Netherlands
JoHo support centers in the Netherlands
JoHo has six centers in The Netherlands

Information for people traveling to the Netherlands
  • Where to go? (facts about Holland, public transport info)
  • Where to sleep? (Hotels, Hostels, Dinner)
  • What to do? (How and where to get a job)
  • How to communicate? (Learn Dutch)
  • With which documents? (Visa, Permits, Discount cards)
  • With which money? (ATM's, Credit Cards and other money info)
  • How to insure? (Travel and Health Insurences)
  • How to stay safe? (Safety facts)
  • How to stay healthy? (Traveldocter)
JoHo centers & Partners Abroad
Wanawa
(Advertentie)


Via het Kenya Xperience center in Kilifi vind je een netwerk van projecten. Groepen, gezinnen, bedrijven, individuele vrijwilligers: iedereen kan een bijdrage leveren. Ook kun je via KX projecten van stichting Wanawa bezoeken. Het center geeft je praktische reistips of regelt een workshop, cursus, groepsreis of safari weekendje.Ook mogelijkheden voor stages, onderzoeken en taalcursussen. Mail je ideeën naar kenia@joho.nl.
Ninos de Guatemala
(Advertentie)

Ninos de Guatemala

NDG aims to initiate and support small-scale development projects where it is most needed. Local involvement and community development are central to NDG's projects. You can work as a volunteer but also help by booking your Spanish classes with the language school that supports the projects.
ICUganda
(Advertentie)


ICUganda in Kampala offers several services:
  • Guesthouse & camping
  • Campertours with the possibility to visit projects.
  • Meeting place for local & international NGO's to share knowledge and experiences.
GoodWorkGhana
(Advertentie)


Good Work Ghana is a Ghana based volunteer organization where young people work together with their Ghanaian counterparts. They participate in the development of independent community projects like childcare and education, sports, art and theatre clubs, and a small fair trade factory.
JoHo Phato



Their aim is very simple: it is to help children in their development to become strong, healthy, happy and honest individuals.Besides voluntary work, this partner offers:
  • Accommodation. Stay in one of the riverside bungalows overlooking the rainforest and while you enjoy the relaxed atmosphere you help the children of the development foundation. It is also posiible to arrange a Home Stay with a Thai family for those ready to immerse themselves in Thai daily life.
  • Thai cooking lessons for grown-ups or kids.
  • Kids make their own recycled paper and notebook or learn horse back riding
  • Go Horseback riding, hicking or trek to a (bat)cave. Go swimming, mountainbiking, wild water rafting or play petanque. But of course you can also chose to just relax and enjoy the vieuw.
  • Ranong day trip, with a visit to a Buddhist temple, the hot springs and the biggest waterfall of the area.
  • Andaman coast trip, with a visit to a waterfall, a boat-trip through the mangrove forest and the beach of the Andaman sea.
  • Long-tail boat trip (organized) on the rivers close to the lodge.
    • Info: phato@joho.nl
Arte Accion

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
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.
Inca Educa
Inca Educa is een Peruaans instituut voor beroepseducatie en persoonlijke vorming. Zij biedt kansarme jongeren, jongvolwassenen en vrouwen een vakopleiding en besteedt daarbij ook aandacht aan hun persoonlijke ontwikkeling.
Inca Educa heeft in Cusco ook een talenschool waar je Spaans niet alleen uit de grammatica-boekjes leert. Je kunt met de deelnemers van de vakopleiding je Spaans oefenen of verblijven bij een van de gastgezinnen die verbonden zijn met de organisatie.
Travel & Sleep
JoHo WereldActief partner Lilongwe

This Partner is one of the leading tourism companies of Malawi based in Lilongwe, the Capital.The newly opened Kiboko Town Hotel situated in the centre of Old Town offers 12 comfortable en-suite rooms in an ethnic African style set up. Kiboko Safaris is offering high quality low priced camping or chalet safaris into all the regions of Malawi but also in Zambia.
JoHo Cape Town

this center offers travellers the possibility to combine a tour of the touristy highlights of Southern Africa with visits to inspiring and sustainable projects
Info: kaapstad@joho.nl
Pugu Hills

In the Pugu Hills National Park near Dar Es Salaam you can find the Pugu Hills center to stay and discover the richness of the surroundings.
Amaidi
(Advertentie)

Amaidi offers: volunteer opportunities, accommodation in the Amaidi Guesthouse (it has a homely touch!) Amaidi could also organise a homestay for you, city trips & tailor-made trips. Amaidi facilitates a JoHo support center.
Amaidi offers a discount for JoHo members on overnight stays and volunteer fee.
Casa Ana

This small Bed & Breakfast offers several services:
  • Casa Ana is a small bed and breakfast-place for backpackers.The house is strategically located in central Lima, close to the historic centre and with good connections to other parts of the town, such as Barranco and Miraflores
  • Casa Ana is safe, quiet and clean. Located in a pleasant green street in a typical local non-touristic neighbourhood.
  • There are many facilities nearby, such as the local market, internetcafé's, banks, exchange offices, restaurants, laundry, supermarket, shops, immigration office
  • The personell has a helpful spirit, trying to be of assistance in anything that may come up. Such as visiting Lima, obtaining bus- or airtickets for onward travel, finding reasonably priced taxis, shopping, etc.
  • Casa Ana offers a 5% discount for JoHo members on overnight stays
JoHo Paramaribo
Blue Frog: Travel & Volunteer center in Suriname


This JoHo partner is a young and ambitious organization that is dedicated to making your stay in Suriname, with its beautiful untouched forests and diversity in its people, unforgettable.
  • Besides tours and trips Blue Frog can organise voluntary work or Internships for you.
  • Accommodation can be arranged in the most popular hotels of Paramaribo and Nickerie.
  • Blanche-Apoera-Nickerie adventure tour (5 days):Come and vistit West Suriname, it is a splendid untouched area with various rivers, creeks, rapids and immense waterfalls. This area is thinly populated and rich in flowers, plants and animal species. Various animals literally cross the road.
  • Discover the Commewijne district by bike in 2 days. We provide a couple of tour components such as bike rental, tourist information, a conducted tour and accommodations including breakfast on plantation Frederiksdorp. You can fill the rest of the program yourself. Take, for instance, a boat tour to the citrus plantation of Alliance or take a swamp tour.
    • Info: paramaribo@joho.nl
Silk Road
Silk Road has two hostels in Iran. They offer comfort and safety on two very special locations: the city of Yazd and the ancient village of Kharanaq, located between two deserts & surrounded by mountains.The friendly staff offers all the assistance you need and a lot of extra information for those wanting to know.
Jobs & Education
China Inside

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.
  • Discount for JoHo members on language courses, overnight stays, tours and workshops
Amigos Spanish School

Unlike other schools, Amigo's aim is not just to teach you Spanish. They are also there to provide a future for disadvantaged children and young people in Cusco; Children and young people who otherwise would only have access to limited education and career opportunities.

Amigos is about symbiosis: that is, two distinct groups of people helping and growing from each other. You learn Spanish, and as a result, children and young people learn English.
JoHo Bariloche
This partner offers:

  • a variety of Spanish courses tailored to meet your needs. Whatever your requirements are, we have a Spanish course that suits it.
  • Accomodation in a Guesthouse, Family Stays, Student House or in a Hostel.
  • Trips and tours
  • There's Social volunteer projects, Educational volunteer projects & Environmental volunteer projects.
More info: bariloche@joho.nl
JoHo Quito

This center in Quito does not only offer Spaninsh lessons and Voluntary work but also a lot of different tours:
Galapagos Land-based Tours, Galapagos Diving, Amazon jungle adventure & Horseback riding
info: quito@joho.nl
Amauta
(Advertentie)


Amauta offers travellers the possibility to study Spanish while immersed in Peruvian culture, to do voluntary work, learn Quechua, trek the Andes or stay with a local family