Zimbabwe - Mutare
It actually feels very safe and normal there.
Geoff Spiller
What You'll Be Doing in 2012
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.
The project
The United Baptist Church (UBC) of Zimbabwe has been granted a site in Mutare by the local council. Mission Direct is partnering with the UBC to build a primary school there, to provide good-quality Christian education for the local children. You will be lending a hand to the building project.
As well as the building work, you will assist in the work of the HIV/AIDS ministry Windows of Hope: you can help with health education classes, play games with the children and visit AIDS orphans in their homes. Also, experience the Farming God’s Way project, which promotes small-scale farming methods and is currently helping many people grow more food for their families.
Go East!
You will be based in the Eastern Highland region of Zimbabwe, on the border of Mozambique. It is a scenic, mountainous area with dramatic waterfalls and gorges. We will have a couple of days to relax in the former home of Rhodesia’s founder Cecil Rhodes – now a hotel.
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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.
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Mutare - Fight back against HIV/AIDS
Over 1.6 million adults live with HIV in Zimbabwe, almost half of them unable to get the medication they need to treat their condition, despite significant support in this area from the international community. There are over a million orphans, who may be malnourished or miss out on an education.You will be supporting a church-run project in Mutare that is offering a series of HIV/AIDS care and prevention programmes for both adults and children, including many of the orphans. Teams will build a series of simple children’s community centres to spread the HIV prevention message.
Contribution: £1,495
Call Jackie Johnston in the Luton office
8.30am - 5.30pm
Mon - Fri
to apply or find out more.
t: 01582 72 00 56