Challenge:

Building and Teaching

Destination:

*Tanzania

Departure Dates From:

17/05/2008

Located in the foothills of Kilimanjaro, working amongst a group building and/or teaching. This is a chance to experience Tanzanian life and also help out while you are there. If you choose to do a project you would be living in a rural village with a group of people and a mad crew leader and helping with a building and teaching project in your village.

This is a 2, 4 or 6 week project where you would work alongside the locals and your group, lifting, carrying,mixing, painting and getting stuck in to finish the building. Past examples have been building classrooms for children to have lessons, toilets to improve sanitation, health clinics to provide medical practices etc... it's great to work side by side with your team and the community and see the building finished and ready for use.

You would also spend time teaching English and other subjects to the local children. Teaching is a great way to take your enthusiasm and energy and put it across in the classrooms to encourage the children to learn subjects that can help them in the future.. some people will coach sport after school where the kids will play bare foot but still bomb across the ground! The weekends are free for you to explore more of the country. You can stay in the village if you like.

Feedback

We love any feedback at madventurer, this is what Michelle Joiner (28) made of her project at Nkawaga in Tanzania in July 2007;

'The experience has been the most rewarding and humbling time of my life. Looking back at the building on the last day and seeing so many happy, grateful faces made me realise this is definately the best way to help anyone in need. Thanks to the crew leader there we managed to do so much more than i expected. He was always trying to get us to try new things, whether it was singing and dancing with the mama's, playing football with the locals or doing a overnight camp at weru weru river on the weekend. I already want to do another project, the impact madventurer have made is obvious!!!'