When I said we were planning to bring teams of volunteers from the UK, people started clapping"
Geoff Spiller
Mutare - Fight Back Against HIV/AIDS
In Mutare - Zimbabwe’s fourth largest city – no new schools have been built in 20 years. Children are crammed into overcrowded classes, attend school in shifts, walk for miles or do not go to school at all. The children of Mutare are longing for a proper education to help them rebuild their nation. Come and build a school for Zimbabwe’s future.
Ndiadzo - Planting Seeds for Forgotten People
On the mountainous outskirts, the people of Ndiadzo have been all-but-forgotten, scratching out a living in a mountain valley. Like the rest of Zimbabwe they dream of a better future. You can offer the people of Ndiadzo that hope by building them a school. Join them in the village for a fortnight. Share their hopes and dreams – and work with us to make some of them a reality.
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All About Mission Direct
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 :
The door is open, the need is vast
When Zimbabwe declared independence in 1979 it was a nation full of hope. It was known as “the breadbasket of Africa” due to its fertile productive land.
Sadly, as history records, things turned out very differently: civil war, drought, political turmoil and HIV/AIDS have left Zimbabwe’s infrastructure and economy in tatters. The “breadbasket” nation has been relying on overseas aid, with millions close to starvation at times and an adult incidence of HIV at 18%.
However with some measure of cooperation between Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF and the Movement for Democratic Change the country has become significantly safer for visitors. At last there is a chance to lend a hand to the people of Zimbabwe, either to address the terrible mix of HIV/AIDS and desperate poverty, or to bring hope to one of Zimbabwe’s most marginalised communities.
Over the years we have heard so much terrible news about Zimbabwe. These projects are a wonderful opportunity to give back to some of its people.
Contribution: £1,495
Call Jackie Johnston in the Luton office
8am - 5.30pm
Mon - Fri
to apply or find out more.
t: 01582 72 00 56