JOURNEY: Malawi
PURPOSE: Community Development
DURATION: 4-6 weeks departs 12th Sep '08, 18th Jan '09, 3rd May '09, 11th Sep '09

Experience day-to-day life in a rural African community surrounded by the smiling faces of one of Africa's friendliest countries.

• Work closely with rural and township communities in Malawi
• Use your own skills to help develop and improve living conditions for Malawian children and their families
• Snorkel in Lake Malawi and take a boat safari past hippos and elephants in Liwonde National Park
• Renovate a classroom for local children

Malawi is an incredibly poor country. It is estimated that up to seven million people, from a population of 12 million, may be on the edge of famine. Even with these problems though, the country still claims to be the 'Warm heart of Africa'. For once, the hype is true. These amazing people are some of the most welcoming you will ever meet.

In Malawi today an estimated 400,000 children have been orphaned. Each village community often supports over 100 of these orphaned and vulnerable children. Your help is needed to provide food and shelter to these orphans, by giving financial support to sponsor children through school and physical help to renovate delapidated buildings, carry out community development work and spend time in the local schools and day care centres. The beauty of this project is in it's variety and the fact that it exposes you directly to the warmth and unforgettable welcome of the Malawian people.

Click here to listen to a radio clip from the team currently out in Malawi.

If you join the September departure team, you can combine this trip with our Southern Africa Explorer

COST: £935 + £850 Project donation = £1785 (including all activities, food, accommodation, in-country transport, airport transfers, training and £850 contribution to the Joshua Orphan Care Trust, excluding flights and insurance) see full cost breakdown