Fundraise for and Build a School in a Developing Country

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buildOn's Ambassador Trek Program offers our supporters the opportunity to fundraise as a team for, and then travel to break ground on a buildOn school in Haiti, Nicaragua, Nepal, Senegal, or Malawi. While volunteering in one of these countries, you’ll live and work side-by-side with local villagers and build a personal relationship with the community along the way. You will dig the foundation, tie the rebar and mold the bricks with the parents whose children will attend the finished school. This is NOT Voluntourism, but a meaningful, cross cultural experience designed to help improve the quality of education for children living in economic poverty. Outside the construction site, you will live with a host family, most likely without electricity and running water, but always as an honored guest. You will participate in cultural activities organized by buildOn, such as: learning to make tortillas in Nicaragua; visiting with the village midwife in Senegal; or touring buildOn schools that are already in use. These ventures offer enormous insight into the community and culture of buildOn’s project countries, as well as a way for a group of friends or co-workers to enrich their relationships with one another. (Many corporations, including British Airways, General Electric, Moss Adams, and Deutsche Bank have used the Ambassador Trek Program for team building.)