Join this trip to experience a new culture and work in
partnership with deserving families to build decent housing.
Construction skills are not necessary, just openness to new
adventures and new relationships, compassion, a sense of humor,
and a willingness to work hard and to get dirty. Mozambique is a
country of great potential. Located in southern Africa, it has
more than 2,500 km of Indian Ocean coastline. Its population is
strikingly young, with children composing half of its population
of 20 million. In Mozambique, 500 people become infected with
HIV/AIDS every day, especially women and children. As a
generation of parents die, they leave behind a social vacuum.
Since the end of the civil war in 1992 Mozambique’s economy has
grown, however it remains among the world’s poorest 20 countries
and ranks 175 out of 179 on the 2008 Human Development index.
Income per capita is $370, and more than 58 percent of children
live below the poverty line. 70 percent of people live in rural
areas and subsist by farming