 or Asociación de Jóvenes Esperanza de la Fraternidad (Association of Youth Hope of the Fraternity) is an appendant body to Freemasonry for youth aged 14–21 in Mexico, the United States, and Latin America.Initially its local organizations were named Lodges (Logias AJEF), but have been renamed as "Talleres" (workshops) in order to emphasize that A.J.E.F.is not Masonry, but an appendant body.