Jongo provides an easy way to use MongoDB from Java applications by mapping MongoDB queries and operations to Java objects and methods. It uses Jackson and BSON4Jackson for converting between BSON and Java types, allowing queries to be written in Java similarly to how they are written in the MongoDB shell. This simplifies common tasks like find, update, and aggregation operations without needing to use the more low-level Java driver API directly. Jongo also supports features like templating of queries, custom mapping of results, and aggregation pipelines.