Since 1992 Mission Fund has, on a yearly basis, prepared a group of volunteers to proceed abroad for 5 weeks to carry out a construction project requested by one of our missionaries. The group includes the Spiritual Director and a number of volunteers from all walks of life. The volunteers pay all their travel expenses.
Regular weekly meetings are held for about seven months prior to departure. Team-building seminars and a vaccination programme are prepared for the group. The volunteers involve themselves in the organisation of a number of fund raising events. The funds raised in these activities are used exclusively to fund the selected project and to finance a container, when required.
The following projects have been carried out by Mission Fund with the help of our volunteers:
1992 | Algeria | Oran | Refurbishment of a home |
1993 | Algeria | Algiers | Works at parish centre |
1994 | Tunisia | Manouba | Works at Salesian school |
1995 | Tunisia | Tunis | Refurbishment of Tunis Cathedral in preparation for Papal visit |
1996 | Tunisia | La Goulette | Works at a home set up by sisters of Charity |
1997 | Kenya | Ruiru | Museum Trade school; Well, electric and plumbing works |
1998 | Kenya | Ruiru | Museum Trade school; Paving of school yard welding |
1999 | Kenya | Ruiru | Museum Trade school; Septic tank and toilets |
2000 | Kenya | Langata | Biogas plant and beds for orphanage |
2001 | Guatemala | Jalpatagua | Houses for the homeless |
2002 | Guatemala | Jalpatagua | Houses for the homeless |
2003 | Guatemala | San Manuel Chaparron | Centre for persons with special needs |
2004 | Kenya | Impeketoni | Laboratory for a girls’ secondary school |
2005 | Peru | Aplao | School extension and a house for a homeless family |
2006 | Kenya | Impeketoni | Works at a secondary school |
2007 | Guatemala | San Manuel Chaparron | A fish farm: Food and job opportunities |
2008 | Tanzania | Nyakato | School for children mostly suffering from AIDS |
2009 | Tanzania | Nyakato | Multipurpose hall adjoining to the school built in 2008 |
2010 | Tanzania | Makiungu | Extension of a hospital to accomodate the medical and paramedical staff |
2011 | Tanzania | Makiungu | Extension to the maternity wing of the hospital |
Guatemala | Izabal | Parish Centre | |
2012 | India | Maharo | Dormitory for St Xavier College to accomodate tribal girls living in remote villages |
2013 | Kenya | Bakanja | Building of a dormitory for a secondary school |
Mpeketoni | Digging of community wells | ||
Baharini | Digging of water reservour | ||
South Sudan | Wau | Digging of boreholes | |
2014 | India | Maharo | Building of second floor of dormitory for St Xavier College built in 2012 |
Kenya | Mpeketoni | Building of a new block adjoining the Shalom Centre for Disabled Children | |
Purchase a tractor to improve farming in the area. | |||
Digging of wells | |||
Baharini | Drilling of borehole | ||
Chakama | Installation of water tanks | ||
South Sudan | Wau | Building of a healing centre | |
Phillipines | Building of a dormitory for a school | ||
Ethiopia | Hosanna | Building of more classrooms in an already existing school. | |
Debre Zeit | Water tower for storage and distribution | ||
Guatemala | Isabal | Repair of damages caused by a hurricane. | |
2015 | Tanzania | Makiungu | Building of a hostel to accommodate the medical staff at Makiungu Hospital |
South Sudan | Wau | Building of a healing centre | |
Kenya | Chakama | Building of a Rescue Centre | |
India | Schillong | Building of a Community Centre | |
Ethiopia | Hosanna | Building of an extension to a school | |
Pakistan | Toba Tek Singh | Drilling of tube wells | |
2017 | Philippines | Dinalupihan | Building of 2 classes at Josè Depiro educational centre and another 2 classes at St Monica Elementary School |
2018 | Philippines | Dinalupihan | Building of classrooms at Madre Margherita de Brincat School and building of houses for poor families |
Tanzania | Bukumbi | Laying of water pipes from Lake Victoria to Bukumbi to provide potable water to lepers’ community | |
Kenya | Gongoni | Building of a Rescue Centre | |
2019 | Kenya | Ruiru | Building of 5 classrooms, laboratory, verandah and toilets for a secondary school run by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart |
During the years 2020 to 2022 no missionary experiences were carried out due to Covid-19 epidemic | |||
2023 | Zambia | Chinjunju | Building of a multi-purpose hall |
2024 | Zambia | Chinjunju | Building of a school project |