Mission Direct Go 2015 trip brochure

www.missiondirect.org

The brochure of two week volunteering opportunities:Brazil . Cambodia . China . The Dominican Republic . India . Kenya

Malawi . Moldova . Sierra Leone . Uganda . Zambia . Zimbabwe

Teaching Trips

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Medical Trips

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One Week Trips

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Mission Direct enables people like you to make a practical and lasting difference to the lives of the world’s poorest people.

You do it by joining us on a one or two week overseas trip. You roll up your sleeves and help to build or renovate a house, classroom, clinic or refuge. And you will forge friendships with the people you are serving. It’s not all hard work though. You will see some breathtaking sights in your free time; a safari in the Maasai Mara or a visit to the historic Taj Mahal, for instance.

You will help to free people from material and spiritual poverty. But, just as importantly, you will be transformed: time and time again, our volunteers return home energised to become more caring and generous human beings.

Mission Direct does pretty much everything for you. We take care of flights, visas, accommodation, meals and lots more besides. We also prepare you for the trip with a special orientation day and a trip handbook full of good advice.

The suggested trip contribution covers nearly every aspect of your stay:

Return flights from the UK

Insurance and visas

In-country travel and accommodation

Food and water

Entry fees for cultural outings

Orientation and debrief days in the UK to help you get the most from your trip

As well as your suggested contribution, we encourage you to raise vital funds for your project, paying for things like building materials, local labour and expertise. This money is essential to the project’s running. Please be ready to raise as much extra money as you can: 100% of this money goes straight to the project.

Use your holiday time for good Find the right trip for you

All trip details were correct when Go! 2015 went to press. However, working in some of the poorest parts of the world requires us to be flexible. For this reason we sometimes have to make some changes to the itinerary. We may need to change the accommodation, visits or occasionally, the building project. If you book a Mission Direct trip we will keep you informed of any significant changes. To check the very latest details about any trip, go to our website www.missiondirect.org. While we welcome all donations, please note that credit cards do incur a processing fee from the card companies.

Why Go? Where to Go?

To learn more visit missiondirect.org

Each Mission Direct project is different. What’s best for you will depend on your priorities and your passions.

Do you want to bring your family? Are you fired up by the idea of addressing human trafficking? Do you want to build a home for a family living in a slum? You will find some of the following symbols on each country page. They highlight some of the key emphases for each trip. Use these symbols to help you decide which one will suit you best.

We make it easy for you

Contents by country:

India Page 08

Brazil Page 04

D. Republic Page 07

Cambodia Page 05

Kenya Page 09

China Page 06

Uganda Page 15/16

Malawi Page 12

Moldova Page 13

S. Leone Page 14

Zambia Page 17

Zimbabwe Page 18

Family FriendlyEspecially suitable for families with children 7+ because of accommodation, child-friendly visits and a slightly gentler pace.

Teen FriendlyWell suited to teens and youth groups.

HIV/AIDSYou will be serving communities who have been badly affected by HIV/AIDS.

Home MakerYou will be building a home for a household living in dreadful conditions.

Girl PowerTrips with a focus on safety and equality for women, particularly women at risk.

Faith BuildingChristians are a minority in these regions. If you have a faith, you can offer local Christians support and encouragement.

DisabilityIn these countries, disability means a life on the margins. You will help to redress this.

TraffickingYou will be helping to keep young people from trafficking, abuse and other dangers.

One-to-One CompassionPrepare to have your heart expanded; you will spend time forging friendships and listening.

Young PeopleYou will help with projects that minister to children who have often been left to fend for themselves.

Project FocusedMost of the day will be spent building and decorating, rather than visiting other projects.

EducationYou will be building desperately needed school facilities.

Teaching Teams For trained teachers

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Medical Missions Teams For healthcare professionals

Page 11Specialist Trips:

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Brazil’s slums or “favelas” are a side to the nation that few

westerners ever see.

They are a hidden world of shocking poverty, addiction and squalor. You can help to rescue a family from this life by building them a new home away from the favelas; it’s the chance to show God’s love in action to Brazil’s forgotten poor.

Cambodian pastor Sara Sansy felt God call him to create new

homes and communities for the very poorest people of Phnom

Penh; people without a home, proper clothes, money or medicine.

With the support of fellow Christians (a small minority in Cambodia) and Mission Direct, he has built a village for some of these people, with homes, education and healthcare. Come and join us as we help to expand this community of love.

Go! Brazil

Go to: Rescue a family from the favelas

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/brazil

Trip Dates

Team 1 10 Oct - 25 Oct 2015 £1,950

Team 2 31 Oct - 15 Nov 2015 £1,950

ContributionTrip contribution is requested to cover expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to the project.

£1,950 per person

The project

The Open Hands Project is a Brazilian Christian ministry committed to rescuing people from the favelas and rehousing them. They now plan to build a new village for favela dwellers; intially seven homes and a community centre.

Off duty in Brazil

You will get to see the colourful, exotic and spectacular side of Brazil on a very special excursion. Pack a few tail feathers, just in case.

Go to: Build a community of love

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/cambodia

The project

You will be working to build more homes and facilities for Phnom Penh’s slum-dwellers. You will also meet and get to know the current residents of the community who will be keen to meet you.

Off duty in Cambodia

You will get to experience Cambodia’s colourful culture and history. The highlight is a visit to the 12th century Angkor Wat Temple. When you see the sun rise over the ruins, you will be lost for words.

Go! Cambodia

In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of other church-run community projects in the region.

Example visit: We pay a visit to a local slum district. You will get to wash the hair of some of the residents, in an act of service that you are likely to find deeply moving.

In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of church-run community projects in the region.

Example visit: CEIFAR is a remarkable Christian rehab centre. You will meet the men and women fighting drug and alcohol addiction on the seven month programme. They will want to tell you about their lives and you will hear some remarkable testimonies of God at work. As this is Brazil, you may well get to play some of them at football too.

Trip Dates


£1,495 per person

Team 1 17 Jan - 1 Feb 2015 £1,495

Team 2 7 Feb - 22 Feb 2015 £1,495

Team 3 28 Feb - 15 Mar 2015* £1,495

* Medical & Regular teams

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Go! China

Go to: Bring hope to China’s

“left behind” children

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/china

Trip DatesTeam 1 27 Jun - 12 Jul 2015 £1,650

Team 2 18 Jul - 2 Aug 2015 £1,750

The project

You will be renovating derelict classrooms to make them into a children’s centre. There will be lots of painting and decorating required to make this feel like a place of welcome and friendship. The centre will offer day care and after school clubs for the children, along with support services for their grandparents.

The project is based in a mountainous rural region of the Sichuan Province – the real China, not the tourist version!

Off duty in China

You will experience the spectacular beauty of the region with a visit to the breathtaking Mount Guangwu. The fortnight is rounded off with a visit to the city of Chengdu, including a trip to the world famous panda sanctuary.

Go to: Hand over a new home

to a family from the slums

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/dominican-republic

Trip Dates


from £1,500 per person



Go! Dominican Republic

In the afternoon you will get to visit and often help at a number of other community centres in the region.

Example visit: You will be helping to run clubs for the young people; lending a hand with arts and sports lessons.

“Dear Mom and Dad, Did you know that when you decided to

leave home to work I wanted to cry and ask you to stay?”

A heartfelt plea from one of China’s “left behind” children. Mum and Dad have gone to the city for work leaving their child with elderly relatives, often in poverty. The children will be lucky to see their parents more than once a year. Come and prepare a special centre to cater for the needs of children like this, offering them food, education and attention.

Do you want to feel a warm sense of achievement at the end of

your time off?

Come and help to build a new home for a family living in a terrible slum. At the end of your trip, you will hand over the home to its new owners – it’s a moving moment you won’t forget.

The work is fun, and at the end of the day you can cool off in the hotel pool or the warm Caribbean Sea.

The projectDuring your fortnight, you will help with building and painting work and see a home being completed.

Off duty in The Dominican Republic

You will be staying in a lovely all-inclusive hotel by one of the idyllic beaches. There will be opportunities to enjoy the beautiful Caribbean waters and possibly snorkel alongside the tropical fish.

Example visit: In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of other community projects, including schools, a feeding programme and a home for disabled children.

Family SpecialThis special trip will feature a children’s club for 7-12 year olds. Kids will join in with some of the afternoon visits, including schools and feeding programmes. At the weekends there will be opportunities for family time together on the beach or by the pool. It really is the best of both worlds.

£1,750 (Under 12s £1,600)

19 Jul - 3 Aug 2015

Team 1 23 May - 31 May 2015* £1,500

Team 2 28 Jun - 13 July 2015 £1,650

Team 3 19 July - 3 Aug 2015** £1,750

Team 4 9 Aug - 24 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 5 6 Sept - 21 Sept 2015 £1,650

* One Week Team | **Family Special

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In India 50,000 women die every year due to complications in

pregnancy and childbirth with infant mortality at just under 1 in 20.

For many of India’s poorest mothers-to-be there is little chance of giving birth safely in hospital. Come and prepare a maternity ward and neonatal unit for India’s poorest; a place where no expectant mother is ever turned away.

Go! India

Go to: Allow women to give

birth safely and with dignity

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/india

Trip Dates

Team 1 21 Feb - 8 Mar 2015 £1,495

Team 2 14 Mar - 29 Mar 2015 £1,495

Team 3 24 Oct - 8 Nov 2015 £1,495

Team 4 14 Nov - 29 Nov 2015 £1,495

Off duty in India

India is a non-stop assault on the senses, full of amazing sights, sounds and smells. Among the treats that await you are a tiger safari, a ride on an elephant and a visit to the Taj Mahal.

Go to: Rescue young Maasai girls

from FGM and forced marriage

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/kenya

Trip Dates




£1,495 per person

Go! Kenya

Team 1 28 Mar - 12 Apr 2015* £1,750

Team 2 4 Jul - 19 Jul 2015 £1,650

Team 3 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 4 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £1,750

The Maasai people remain distinct in their way of life.

Sadly two customs they cling to are female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage for girls as young as eleven. You can help to save Maasai girls from this terrible fate by building them a refuge.

The project

The Maasai Rescue Centre will offer refuge and education for young women who have fled forced marriage and FGM. It also seeks to build bridges between the runaways and their families. You will be helping to build the centre in Narok.

Off duty in Kenya

You will join a spectacular safari in the Maasai Mara. There’s also a boat trip on Lake Navasha, where you will see lots of hippos and crocodiles … from a safe distance.

In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of church-run community projects.

Example visit: You have the chance to visit families and individuals with HIV/AIDS. They are often housebound and too weak to provide for themselves. Take a much needed parcel of food and spend some time getting to know them; you will be moved as you talk and pray with them.

The projectYou will be working on the new mother and baby unit for a mission hospital in Lalitpur. Phase one of the Maternity Unit is now built. You will be building phase two, which includes an intensive care unit for babies.

Christians are a small minority in India and you will be spending time with a community based at the hospital, sharing your lives with them and encouraging them in their faith.

Example visit: You will go out into the local villages with the Palliative Care team, offering care and compassion as well as letting people know that there is a place they can come to receive medical attention – something many of them don’t realise. Previous volunteers have been deeply affected by these visits.

* Regular and Teaching Teams

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You will soon discover how generous your friends, family and

workmates can be when you tell them what you are planning

to do.

Time and time again, our volunteers say how easy it is to raise the necessary funds. And we are here to help you with tips and resources to help the money come rolling in.

We have produced a special Fundraising Toolkit for volunteers. Call now for a copy on 01582 720056 or download it from the link below.

Go! Teaching Go! Medical

Go! Fundraising

Raising the money for a trip? No worries!

For more info visit missiondirect.org/fundraising-made-simple

You have untold riches to impart to teachers in Africa. Come and

play a critical role in raising the standard of education in Sierra

Leone, Zambia, Kenya or Uganda.

You will be working alongside local teachers, helping them to develop their teaching methods; often they face classes of over 100 with few resources and little training.

You can show these hard-pressed teachers how to make the very most of what they do have at their disposal. Help them develop child-centred learning materials and show them how to transform their classrooms into positive learning environments.

We also welcome other educational professionals, including classroom assistants, educational psychologists, educational social workers, counsellors and teacher trainers.

Got medical experience?

Come and share it!

For more information visit missiondirect.org/medical-trips

Calling healthcare professionals; come and share your skills and

experience with medical workers in Africa or Asia. You have had

training that they can only dream of. The learning you pass on

as you work alongside them will transform how they work in the

years to come, it may even save lives.

During your two week trip, you get to see what day-to-day life is like for healthcare workers in some of the poorest places on the planet, from hospitals to remote village clinics.

You will be assigned a medical placement that matches your skills and expertise. We currently work in six locations:

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/teaching-trips

Trip Dates

Sierra Leone 14 Feb - 1 Mar 2015 £1,650

Kenya 28 Mar - 12 Apr 2015 £1,750

Zambia (Lusaka) 12 Jun - 29 Jun 2015 £1,750

Uganda (Rukungiri) 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015 £1,750

Trip Dates

Cambodia 28 Feb - 15 Mar 2015 £1,495

Sierra Leone 7 Mar - 22 Mar 2015 £1,650

Zambia (Luampa) 16 May - 31 May 2015 £1,650

Uganda (Kumi) 5 Sep - 20 Sep 2015 £1,650

Zambia (Lusaka) 5 Sep - 20 Sep 2015 £1,650

Zambia (Luampa) 31 Oct - 15 Nov 2015 £1,650

Uganda (Rukungiri) 7 Nov - 22 Nov 2015 £1,650



ContributionTrip contribution is requested to cover expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to the local projects.

from £1,495 per person These trips are run in partnership with

The Teachers’ Volunteer Network.

Off duty on a medical trip

Each visit will be topped off with a sightseeing trip. It could be a safari, a riverboat cruise or the chance to try body board surfing on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

Whatever your medical background... Doctor, Nurse or Therapist and whether you are hospital or community based, you can make a significant difference. Do contact us on 01582 720056 if you wish to find out which location would suit you best.

Calling all teachers

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A - Freetown, Sierra Leone

B - Rukungiri, Uganda

C - Kumi, Uganda

D - Luampa, Zambia

E - Lusaka, Zambia

F - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Africa Asia

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Malawi’s Yawo people have never had a school.

They live in remote, mountainous, south-eastern Malawi, hours from the nearest school. Show them God’s love: build them their own school.

Go! Malawi

Go to: Give a remote community

their first ever school

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/malawi

Trip Dates

Team 1 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £1,750

Off duty in Malawi

You will spend a couple of days by the shores of the beautiful Lake Malawi, swimming and watching fishermen gliding by in their canoes.

Go to: Keep young women safe

from the evils of trafficking

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/moldova

Trip Dates


from £795 per person


£1,750 per person

Go! Moldova

Team 1 4 Jul - 19 Jul 2015 £995

Team 2 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015* £795

Team 3 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £995

Moldova is the poorest nation in Europe.

Because of this it has become a centre for human trafficking – often forcing women into prostitution. Many girls need somewhere to stay, a place to learn and a safe space to get ready for adult life. Come and prepare that place of safety for Moldova’s most at risk young women.

The project

We will be working with an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of women who have been, or are, at risk of being trafficked. You could be working to renovate a safe house.

You may get to decorate a family house to make it feel more like a home, so that the girls don’t feel the need to turn to pimps and traffickers to escape. If you are a dab hand at sewing and furnishings, your talents will be particularly appreciated making curtains, cushions and throws.

Off duty in Moldova

You will be based in the historic capital Chisinau and will have opportunities to explore the markets, coffee shops and a beautiful monastery that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the afternoon you will get to visit and often help at a number of church-run community projects in the region.

Example visit: You will join in on a number of workshops and camps for young people, helping to teach English or lead a craft project.

The projectYou will be building a classroom block and some teachers’ accommodation for the village school. This is light construction work, with plenty of painting and decorating.

Project Focused: You will spend most of the day on the building site rather than going on afternoon visits. This is the trip for you if you want to get lots of work done and make even more of a difference in your two weeks.

Malawi is the real, full-on African experience. You will see and experience village life at first hand and offer encouragement to the small but passionate Christian community. And at night you will feel you can reach out and touch the stars.

Moldova Youth Mission

£795 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015

This is a fully supervised team specifically for young people. Spend the mornings working onsite and the afternoons helping to organise a children’s camp. Take the first step now and phone Mission Direct to ask for more information. The suggested contribution of £795 includes flights, accommodation, transport, excursions and meals.

* Youth Mission

Trip age group: 16 - 21 years

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Go! Sierra Leone

Go to: Help women give birth safely

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/sierra-leone

Trip Dates

Team 1 14 Feb - 1 Mar 2015* £1,650

Team 2 7 Mar - 22 Mar 2015** £1,650

Team 3 28 Mar - 12 Apr 2015 ▲ £1,750

Team 4 18 Apr - 3 May 2015 £1,650

Team 5 17 Oct - 25 Oct 2015*** £1,425

Team 6 31 Oct - 15 Nov 2015 £1,650

The project

You will be preparing new maternity and children’s wards for the Waterloo Seventh Day Adventist Hospital. The building work for the new wards is completed. You will be plastering, painting and decorating in readiness for the opening.

Off duty in Sierra Leone

You will be staying in accommodation on Bureh Beach, one of the most beautiful, unspoiled beaches in the world. You can sit and eat grilled barracuda on the sand. Bureh is also renowned for world-class surfing. We can’t promise it will turn you into a pro, you can try your hand at some body boarding to unwind.

Go to: Give a new start

to a new generation

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/uganda-kumi

Trip Dates



Contribution

Trip contribution is requested to cover expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to the project.


Go! Uganda - Kumi

In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of local community projects.

Example visit: You will be visiting lots of orphans and street children. You will learn about their plight and get to organise sports and other acivities for them.

Team 1 4 Jul - 19 Jul 2015 £1,650

Team 2 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 3 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 4 5 Sep - 20 Sep 2015* £1,650

The people of the Waterloo district don’t expect healthcare.

They can’t afford to travel the fifteen miles to Freetown to visit the overcrowded hospital. Mothers give birth at home in terrible conditions, many losing their children to preventable diseases. Come and prevent this tragedy, by providing facilities for the mothers and children of Waterloo.

Almost half of Kumi’s population is under 15; many of them

orphaned due to HIV/AIDS and the civil war of a few years ago.

It means that their education system is stretched beyond breaking point, with class sizes as high as 250 students. Come and help Kumi’s new generation get a proper education and a fresh start.

The project

You will be building classrooms for one of Kumi’s primary schools. You will be amazed by the enthusiasm of the children to learn, even in such poor conditions.

Off duty in Uganda - Kumi

You will visit a spectacular Game Park, going on a short safari and climbing to the beautiful Murchison Falls. These are the views you see in films like Out of Africa, so don’t forget to pack your camera.

You will also get to visit and help at a number of local community projects

Example visit: You will visit a small remote village and renovate a thatched house for a vulnerable household. You will learn to plaster with mud and build a roof from branches and grass. Imagine the pride you will feel when it is completed.

▲Easter Team | *Building and Teaching Teams

**Building and Medical Teams | ***One week team

*Medical Trip

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In Uganda, children with a disability rarely get a fair start. They

are excluded from normal family life and are sometimes kept

hidden away.

Most schools in Uganda are unable to cope with children that have disabilities. But like everyone else, all these children have dreams and ambitions. Come and build them some accessible classrooms and give them an equal chance of realising these aspirations.

Education is the surest way out of poverty in Lusaka’s squalid

shanty towns. But the Government doesn’t build schools or provide

teachers for these forgotten places.

Local churches and community groups are ready and able to run their own schools, but they need proper facilities. Give them a building and they can do the rest.

Go! Uganda - Rukungiri

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/uganda-rukungiri

Trip Dates

Team 1 13 Jun - 28 Jun 2015 £1,650

Team 2 4 Jul - 19 Jul 2015 £1,650

Team 3 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015* £1,750

Team 4 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 5 5 Sep - 20 Sep 2015 £1,650

Team 6 7 Nov - 22 Nov 2015** £1,650

Team 7 28 Nov - 13 Dec 2015 £1,650

Team 8 19 Dec - 3 Jan 2016 ▲ £1,750



The project

You will be building accessible facilities for Kitazigurukwa School, where disabled and able-bodied children are educated alongside each other. 2015 teams will build dormitories and classrooms for the disabled children.

Off duty in Uganda - Rukungiri

You will stay in the Queen Elizabeth National Park from where you will take a two hour boat trip down the Kazinga Channel, between the two great lakes. Prepare to see elephants, hippos and buffalo. This short trip is also a birdwatcher’s paradise.

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/zambia

The project

You will be helping to build and decorate classrooms for one such community school. And you will get to meet many of the families who will benefit from these facilities.

Off duty in Zambia

As one of your rewards you will get to see the sunset over the Zambezi on a special riverboat cruise. It’s a wildlife lover’s paradise with crocodiles, hippos and so much more. You also get to see the spectacular Victoria Falls.

Go! Zambia

In the afternoon you will get to visit and often help at a number of other church-run community projects.

Example visit: The Fountain of Hope is a residential project that rehabilitates some of Lusaka’s many street children. Join the team as they spend time on the sreets with some of these young people. You will hear their stories and show them love and concern as the team encourage them to make a new start.

In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of church-run community projects.

Example visit: You will spend time at a local Life Skills Clinic, where mothers bring their disabled children. You will get to know some of the mothers and their children. Many people find they are deeply affected by this visit.

Trip Dates



Team 1 12 Jun - 29 Jun 2015* £1,750

Team 2 4 Jul - 19 Jul 2015 £1,650

Team 3 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 4 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £1,750

Team 5 5 Sep - 12 Sep 2015** £1,395

Team 6 5 Sep - 20 Sep 2015*** £1,650

Team 7 26 Sep - 11 Oct 2015 £1,650

Go to: Offer children with

disabilities a proper educationGo to: Help a community to

build their own school

▲Christmas Team | *Regular and Teaching Teams

**Regular and Medical Teams

*Teaching Teams | **One Week Trip | ***Medical & Re-wired Teams

Re-wired. Are you IT savvy?Team 6. Re-wired Teams install IT suites and teach IT in African schools. For more information go to: missiondirect.org/re-wired

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During its many years of isolation, Zimbabwe virtually ground to a

halt. In that time, few schools were built.

Children as young as five have to walk up to four hours each day to go to school. Once they get there, they have to sit in cramped conditions with hundreds of other pupils.

Now that Zimbabwe is safe to visit again, come and build the town of Mutare a brand new school.

For the first time this year we have arranged some

exciting one week trips, travelling to three of our most

popular locations; perfect for anyone for whom free

time is at a premium.

You will still get to make a practical and lasting difference in that time, as well as having your horizons broadened immeasurably.

Go! Zimbabwe

Go to: Rebuild - the door is wide open

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org/malawi

Trip Dates

Trip Dates

Team 1 4 Jul - 19 Jul 2015 £1,495

Team 2 25 Jul - 9 Aug 2015 £1,595

Team 3 15 Aug - 30 Aug 2015 £1,595

The Dominican Republic 23 May - 31 May 2015 £1,500

Zambia 5 Sep - 12 Sep 2015 £1,395

Sierra Leone 17 Oct - 25 Oct 2015 £1,425

Off duty in Zimbabwe

A very special surprise trip is planned for the end of your trip. You will also get to have a beautiful outfit made especially for you by a local designer – take it home and become the talk of every party you attend.

For more info and booking visit missiondirect.org

Contribution

Trip contribution is requested to cover expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to the project.


Go! More

The project

We are working with the United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe to build a primary school in the city of Mutare in the east of the country. You will be helping to build two classrooms and a toilet block.

Bespoke trips for your company.

We will work closely with you to help deliver your corporate social responsibility and team-building goals. We link you to a key project and manage the risks on your behalf.

We prepare your team for the trip and keep you in touch with the people and projects you want to continue supporting afterwards. In short, we make it easy for you to make a big difference together.

If you would like to find out more about bringing a corporate team or sponsoring our charity, then telephone Alan McCormick on 01582 720056 or email [email protected].

In the afternoon you will get to visit and help at a number of local community projects.

Example visit: You will be joining the local Hope for AIDS team, visiting some of the elderly and sick in their homes. As well as bringing them a much needed food parcel, you will spend time getting to know some of them. Friendships are forged in this precious time and many volunteers are deeply moved by these encounters.

Meet Turley Planning Consultants (pictured above)

Turley Planning Consultants took a team of ten employees to one of the poorest areas of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The team worked hard on a Vocational Training Centre for Freetown’s unemployed youth. They were also able to meet with and offer planning advice to senior members of the Sierra Leonean Government, regarding affordable housing. And they raised £20,000 towrds their project, as well as bringing personal gifts and performing many other acts of kindness.

We were all challenged by the trip and can see how,

as a company we can make a contribution beyond

our walls.”

One week trips

Go corporateWe are happy to book you on two or more consecutive

trips in a particular country.

There is usually a one week gap between trips in a particular season – just long enough to do a little bit of exploring of your own, or to chill out before work begins again.

Call us on 01582 720056 to discuss your requirements.

Stay longer than two weeks

- Bob May – Director, Turley Planning Consultants

Mission Direct is a registered charity number 1107824. Mission Direct is a company limited by guarantee number 5289161

Visit our website for more info at www.missiondirect.org or call us today on 01582 720056

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There’s no better way to experience serving the world’s poorest

communities than together with the people you love.

We are ready to give you all the help and advice you need to make booking and travelling together

as easy as possible. Contact Jackie on 01582 720056 or email [email protected] for

more information and a copy of our special Go! Together brochure.

Go! Together

We run a number of trips that are

particularly suitable for teenagers and

can cater for schools and youth groups.

Come and do something remarkable.

Have your hearts and horizons

broadened together.

Grow together as a church by becoming

good news for the poor. Deepen your

discipleship, together.

Go! Young People Go! Family Go! Church

“This experience is going to stay with me forever.” Nat - Knights Youth Centre, Brixton

“The trip left us a precious store of shared memories.” Lisa Jones – mother of three

“The team returned on fire. This has been a shot in the arm for the whole church.” Revd J Follett – Christ Church, St Albans

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needs as a church

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Mission Direct Go 2015 trip brochure