Building on education

Our key partner is the Diocese of Mara. In 1999 they started a pre-primary school and in 2002 a primary school in the village of Moluma, bordering Lake Victoria and the Serengeti plains. Now 360 children are educated up to year seven.

Parents and the school have seen the difference this education has made and they are determined to build a secondary school to take their children’s education further. They have acquired a plot of land to build and have made the first 6,000 building blocks. It is scheduled to be completed over three years starting in 2010. You will be helping us to complete the first stage of this project. Be prepared to work hard for part of the day, but don’t worry; no previous building expertise is necessary to be a real help.

Rolling up your sleeves

As well as building work there are numerous other projects taking place in the area. You will have the opportunity see and participate in various other projects in the rural communities; you could lend a hand building water tanks in village houses, assisting in medical health education and taking part in services, kids clubs, games and sport.

Relaxing: the stunning Serengeti

At the end of your stay we will take you even further off the beaten track: you will go on a two-day safari to the Serengeti plains where you will get a taste of a beautiful, untamed Africa, and see the sort of wildlife you would normally only see on TV nature programmes.