About Let's Go Africa
Our Africa vision
Let’s Go Africa is a small scale, personal and innovative mediation agency with a unique placement programme for everyone that wants to experience a meaningful internship, minor or volunteer work in Africa. Noor and Roel van Hout have extensive work and life experience in Africa since 2006 and focus on long term development that is empowered by the people in the communities. We link people from around the world to local projects and organisations in Africa in order to foster international exchange, to enhance development and to make an impact on all parties involved.
Our Africa Mission
Let’s Go Africa aims to improve the well-being of people in the disadvantaged communities in Africa via partner organisations by providing them with suitable interns and volunteers who will contribute in development. It is all derived out of passion and personal working and living experience in Africa.
Let’s Go Africa wants to offer people a very personal and affordable internship & volunteer service that is customized to everybody’s needs through our vacancies and individual project description. We use our growing network of students, volunteers, partner organisations and partner schools worldwide, to deliver our mediation services. We now have cooperations with departments and minors.
Partners we work with:
Challenge yourself by temporarily leaving your comfort zone
Make a difference via a local need-based project description
Work together with the local community for a better future
Our Africa destinations
You can choose to do an internship, minor or volunteer work at our partner projects in the following countries:
Team Let’s Go Africa
Let’s Go Africa is established in the Netherlands in 2014 by Roel van Hout & Noor van Hout and comes forth out of an existing programme of The Dreams in Africa Foundation. Since 2010, Let’s Go Ghana has been an active volunteer and internship placement program. Our experiences and passion to contribute to community development work in Africa’s most disadvantaged areas go back to 2006. So after many years of Africa living -and working experiences, we decided to professionalise and expand the Let’s Go Ghana programme into Let’s Go Africa Community Development Internship & Volunteer Agency.
Both Roel (Master in Sport Recreation and Exercise Science) and Noor (Master in Pedagogy; Education/ Behavioural Therapy), are experienced professionals with an African heart aiming to give people the chance to make a change through community development work.
- 2 founders with Africa experience since 2006; 1 vision and 1 mission
- Grassroots level and personal approach
- Quality guidance & supervision
- Minimal overhead costs (no personnel and home office)
frequently asked questions
Why should I choose for Let’s Go Africa (LGA)?
- Derived out of passion of Noor & Roel, who both have Africa experience since 2006 with development work, studying, travelling and living in several countries.
- LGA personally visited and screened all countries and partner organizations
- Small scale; no extra office or personnel costs, focus on personal experience
- Cheaper than almost all other organizations in same countries (outcomes from independent research on service and accommodation costs)
- Professional vacancies and customized project descriptions derived from local needs striving towards sustainable impact
What is included in the LGA service package?
- Individual project description according all criteria (personal, study and partner organization)
- Let’s Go Africa information brochure
- Preparation and safety meeting for your specific destination
- Organisation of accommodation and transport advice
- Visa, vaccinations, insurance, passport and flight booking assistance
- Airport pick up & introduction program
- Free Police Clearance Certificate application (PCC in Dutch; VOG)
- Professional supervision and local guidance
- Constant fast and direct communication with your contact person
- Informal feedback session when back home
- Let’s Go Africa certificate of participation
Can I also do my Minor in Africa instead of internship/volunteer work?
Yes, many different Minor and research projects are possible.
Do you offer travel service and how does that work?
Yes, for our destinations in Africa we offer fully organized tours and customized travel services based on personal experience. On the Travel 4 Charity and Home page under destinations, you can click on the countries where all unique travel options are described.
Do you have travel and volunteer combinations?
In our different program countries in Africa we have challenging combination packages. Please contact us.
What is Travel 4 Charity?
Travel 4 Charity is a unique concept where you always support a local partner organization financially. T4C can provide a fully organized travel experience or your trip completely customized. Optionally, you can experience the development work organization up close, see where your support ends up and even collaborate there.
How much of my trip goes to charity and to whom?
Minimum 10% of LGA service package costs. Check the country pages for each trip to see which partner organization we support.
Is there always money going to charity via T4C?
Absolutely! The support for T4C charities is a guarantee for every trip regardless of XMS participation and concerns at least 10% of LGA service package costs.
Can I combine different projects?
Please send us your preference because we have many opportunities!
I am graduated/retired or having a sabbatical, can I do a LGA project?
Absolutely! People with experience are very valuable at our projects.
Can we also go in pairs or with groups?
Definitely, it is even recommendable to share the experience.
Do I have to be Dutch to participate?
No, everybody wanting to go to Africa is welcome to contact us.
What is the minimum age to participate?
18 years old. However we sometimes make exceptions depending on the situation and guidance of an adult.
Does LGA assist with organizing flights/visa?
Yes, of course we assist with the cheapest options and easiest procedures.
What is the cancellation policy of LGA?
- Registration costs and down payments costs are non-refundable at all times.
- Reimbursement of 50% of the remaining LGA mediation package costs and the full accommodation/tour costs minus €145 cancellation fee by cancellation minimum 60 days before departure by the specific LGA intern/volunteer/traveller, when one of the following cancellation reasons apply:
- Disease or injury by accident, of that nature that the physical and/or mental state of the person is medically indicated not being able to travel and participate.
- Severe disease/injury by accident or diseased 1st or second degree family member of the participant. There must be a serious health concern where the life of the person is in serious danger.
- Cancellation with any other than the above mentioned reasons or within 60 days of departure, gives in no way the right for a refund of service package and/or accommodation costs paid to LGA or there partners.
- Is it possible I will not pass the screening of LGA or their local partner in Africa?
- Yes, if LGA or our partner organization decides you are not suitable, then we can decide not to continue the procedure. In that case you will have no right of a refund of the registration costs.
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