(Nikoli) couldn't believe he was getting a home with a bedroom and a bathroom… When we bought beds, a curtain and pots and pans he was in tears, and so were we.
Vanessa Nelson
Mission Direct is working on a project to provide housing for families living in slums – often on a rubbish tip. So far they have helped to build fifty basic houses, and lent a hand as the delighted families moved in.
Mission Direct gives ordinary people the chance to do extraordinary things around the world. In two weeks you will change the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. You can help to build a house, classroom or clinic. We discover people and groups doing remarkable things in their own countries. Then we provide them the people and resources that they need. We do this by enabling people like you, with two or more weeks to join our life-altering trips.

Choose a country and find the trip that is right for you by clicking below to see all the options :

Do you want to feel a warm sense of achievement at the end of your fortnight off?
Try this: come with Mission Direct and build a new home for a family. As a team you will work with contractors to complete one of the houses. When it is complete you will hand over the keys to the new owners. Then you will move their possessions out of their previous ‘house’ – usually a rat and snake-infested shack made of sticks and rubble. Then at the end of the you can cool off in the sea or the hotel pool – you deserve it!
Contribution: £1,495/£1,595