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Brazil Campo Largo

Building Project / Favelas / Suitable for all ages

From
£2,160
LAST CHANCE! In 2019, we continue our work in Campo Largo with our long-standing partner, Open Hands, building transitional homes for families living in the favelas. Help to give the gift of a home away from the slum where children can have better access to education and families can feel safe.

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Brazil Rio de Janeiro

Advisory 18+ / Building Project / Favelas

From
£2,200
LAST CHANCE! We'll continue to build facilities for Cadi in Rio - working with them to help prevent the favela's children from being lured into the drug-trafficking world that runs these slums. 2020 will be our final year on this project.

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Cambodia Phnom Penh

Building Project / City / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,855
On the edge of the contaminated Mekong River Delta there is a small pocket of land, rife with disease and poverty, which ‘houses’ thousands of families.  We’ve been supporting Cambodian Pastor Sara Sansy to build somewhere safe for these people to really call home.

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Cambodia Sisophon

Advisory 18+ / Building Project / Children's Work / Rural Town / Schools and Clinics / Slums / Vulnerable People

From
£1,855
NEW LOCATION FOR 2020! Close to Sisophon near the border of Thailand is a small, very remote village where a community of 300 people is trying to break their poverty trap through education. Help us to build a school here.

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Dominican Republic

Building Project / Children's Work / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,995
A very popular tourist destination, with white sandy beaches and turquoise waters. Yet, many families here live in utter poverty. Education is vital to enable children here to lift themselves out of the poverty trap and we'll be working to provide more facilities than enable children here to go to school.

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The Gambia

Building Project / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages / Town

From
£1,940
NEW LOCATION FOR 2019! Join past MD staff Linda Lauermann and husband Daniel at House of Skills, which aims to upskill young adults and promote sustainability in The Gambia through education.

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Kenya Narok

Building Project / Children's Work / Maasailand / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Narok is in the South West of Kenya in the heart of Maasai land in the Great Rift Valley. Come with us to Nkapilili School, Narok and meet Sister Clemencia - a nun who has dedicated her life to helping disabled children. We'll be back with them this year, building a dormitory for girls at the school.

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Kenya Korogocho

Advisory 18+ / Building Project / Schools and Clinics / Slums

From
£1,875
LAST CHANCE! The slums around Nairobi contain over half of the city’s population. Korogocho slum comprises seven communities called villages – all squeezed into one square mile. In the mornings you will be working with our local partner, Emmaus, on various building projects - including building new classrooms facilities for children here.

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Malawi

Building Project / Mountainous region / Schools and Clinics

From
£1,960
Near Salima and close to Lake Malawi is a small village community where children currently have an 8-mile round walk to get to school. 1 minute late and they are turned away. We'll be building this village their own facilities to help ensure more children receive an education.

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Moldova

Building Project / Rural Town / Suitable for all ages / Vulnerable People

From
££1,045
Moldova is one of the most vulnerable nations in Europe and poverty levels are high - especially in rural areas. The country has struggled to change social stigma attached to disability and special needs, though it is improving. We'll be working to help provide facilities for a day care centre to support families affected by this.

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Sierra Leone

Building Project / Mountainous region / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Visit an amazingly resilient country with warm, friendly people. Join us as we embark on a new project with a new partner in Regent Village where we'll be building and renovating classrooms to ensure children here can access education.

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Uganda Kumi

Building Project / Rural Town / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Kumi in Eastern Uganda will give you a taste of the ‘real Africa’. The colours are bright, the welcomes are big, the wildlife is jaw-dropping and the scenery is breath-taking. However, underneath that traditional view, the need is significant. Help us give access to education for Kumi's generation of orphans.

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Uganda Rukungiri

Building Project / Mountainous region / Rural Town / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
In the rural village of Rushararazi, north of Rukungiri, crops are failing and there is a dire shortage of water. Families are in need and the local school is extremely run down. Our new project for 2018 takes you to this stunning location to construct new school facilities for local children and a water tank for the community.

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MDUK

Home and garden projects / Suitable for all ages / Town

From
£275
Our UK missions are practical-based 3-day trips in London, Preston and Nottingham. We work alongside local charities carrying out practical work such as refurbishing properties, DIY, decorating and garden-makeovers.

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Zambia

Building Project / City / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Street life in Zambia is a reality for many girls here. Come and help us finish the work at Vision of Hope - a safe house for street girls - as well as build new classrooms for schools in the shanty towns around Lusaka to give children the best chance at a future out of poverty.

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Zimbabwe

Building Project / City / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,960
Zimbabwe can be described as a country of contrasts; a land of outstanding natural beauty and a people of faith, yet a nation in need of support. The infrastructure here hasn’t kept pace with the growing population, leaving children in overcrowded classrooms, attending school in shifts, or not going at all.

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Kenya Korogocho

Advisory 18+ / Building Project / Schools and Clinics / Slums

From
£1,875
LAST CHANCE! The slums around Nairobi contain over half of the city’s population. Korogocho slum comprises seven communities called villages – all squeezed into one square mile. In the mornings you will be working with our local partner, Emmaus, on various building projects - including building new classrooms facilities for children here.

View Trip

Kenya Narok

Building Project / Children's Work / Maasailand / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Narok is in the South West of Kenya in the heart of Maasai land in the Great Rift Valley. Come with us to Nkapilili School, Narok and meet Sister Clemencia - a nun who has dedicated her life to helping disabled children. We'll be back with them this year, building a dormitory for girls at the school.

View Trip

Malawi

Building Project / Mountainous region / Schools and Clinics

From
£1,960
Near Salima and close to Lake Malawi is a small village community where children currently have an 8-mile round walk to get to school. 1 minute late and they are turned away. We'll be building this village their own facilities to help ensure more children receive an education.

View Trip

Sierra Leone

Building Project / Mountainous region / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Visit an amazingly resilient country with warm, friendly people. Join us as we embark on a new project with a new partner in Regent Village where we'll be building and renovating classrooms to ensure children here can access education.

View Trip

The Gambia

Building Project / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages / Town

From
£1,940
NEW LOCATION FOR 2019! Join past MD staff Linda Lauermann and husband Daniel at House of Skills, which aims to upskill young adults and promote sustainability in The Gambia through education.

View Trip

Uganda Kumi

Building Project / Rural Town / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Kumi in Eastern Uganda will give you a taste of the ‘real Africa’. The colours are bright, the welcomes are big, the wildlife is jaw-dropping and the scenery is breath-taking. However, underneath that traditional view, the need is significant. Help us give access to education for Kumi's generation of orphans.

View Trip

Uganda Rukungiri

Building Project / Mountainous region / Rural Town / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
In the rural village of Rushararazi, north of Rukungiri, crops are failing and there is a dire shortage of water. Families are in need and the local school is extremely run down. Our new project for 2018 takes you to this stunning location to construct new school facilities for local children and a water tank for the community.

View Trip

Zambia

Building Project / City / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,875
Street life in Zambia is a reality for many girls here. Come and help us finish the work at Vision of Hope - a safe house for street girls - as well as build new classrooms for schools in the shanty towns around Lusaka to give children the best chance at a future out of poverty.

View Trip

Zimbabwe

Building Project / City / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,960
Zimbabwe can be described as a country of contrasts; a land of outstanding natural beauty and a people of faith, yet a nation in need of support. The infrastructure here hasn’t kept pace with the growing population, leaving children in overcrowded classrooms, attending school in shifts, or not going at all.

View Trip

Cambodia Phnom Penh

Building Project / City / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,855
On the edge of the contaminated Mekong River Delta there is a small pocket of land, rife with disease and poverty, which ‘houses’ thousands of families.  We’ve been supporting Cambodian Pastor Sara Sansy to build somewhere safe for these people to really call home.

View Trip

Cambodia Sisophon

Advisory 18+ / Building Project / Children's Work / Rural Town / Schools and Clinics / Slums / Vulnerable People

From
£1,855
NEW LOCATION FOR 2020! Close to Sisophon near the border of Thailand is a small, very remote village where a community of 300 people is trying to break their poverty trap through education. Help us to build a school here.

View Trip

Dominican Republic

Building Project / Children's Work / Schools and Clinics / Suitable for all ages

From
£1,995
A very popular tourist destination, with white sandy beaches and turquoise waters. Yet, many families here live in utter poverty. Education is vital to enable children here to lift themselves out of the poverty trap and we'll be working to provide more facilities than enable children here to go to school.

View Trip

MDUK

Home and garden projects / Suitable for all ages / Town

From
£275
Our UK missions are practical-based 3-day trips in London, Preston and Nottingham. We work alongside local charities carrying out practical work such as refurbishing properties, DIY, decorating and garden-makeovers.

View Trip

Moldova

Building Project / Rural Town / Suitable for all ages / Vulnerable People

From
££1,045
Moldova is one of the most vulnerable nations in Europe and poverty levels are high - especially in rural areas. The country has struggled to change social stigma attached to disability and special needs, though it is improving. We'll be working to help provide facilities for a day care centre to support families affected by this.

View Trip

Brazil Campo Largo

Building Project / Favelas / Suitable for all ages

From
£2,160
LAST CHANCE! In 2019, we continue our work in Campo Largo with our long-standing partner, Open Hands, building transitional homes for families living in the favelas. Help to give the gift of a home away from the slum where children can have better access to education and families can feel safe.

View Trip

Brazil Rio de Janeiro

Advisory 18+ / Building Project / Favelas

From
£2,200
LAST CHANCE! We'll continue to build facilities for Cadi in Rio - working with them to help prevent the favela's children from being lured into the drug-trafficking world that runs these slums. 2020 will be our final year on this project.

View Trip