A little behind the times with this perhaps, but if like me you missed most of the BBCs very cool Earthflight programme, which follows a number of different bird species from the air on their journeys across the planet (literally a ‘bird’s eye view!) then definitely check it out! The footage is incredible. Episode 4 […]

The Villa Maria team have certainly got stuck wholeheartedly into the Domingos Familiares – or Family Sunday shows which bring together different communities from across Villa Maria. Thanks to Lucho’s legendary dance routines the team have been able to entertain the masses in style. Well done! And not forgetting the wonderful wizardry of ‘El Mago’ […]

The Villa Maria team have certainly got stuck wholeheartedly into the Domingos Familiares – or Family Sunday shows which bring together different communities from across Villa Maria. Thanks to Lucho’s legendary dance routines the team have been able to entertain the masses in style. Well done! And not forgetting the wonderful wizardry of ‘El Mago’ […]

All is going well so far, with the vast majority of the bricklaying completed and plastering and pointing well under way. We are working well with the community and beginning to pick up more of the local language after a totally overwhelming opening ceremony full of local dancing. We’ve also visited a couple of the […]

All is going well so far, with the vast majority of the bricklaying completed and plastering and pointing well under way. We are working well with the community and beginning to pick up more of the local language after a totally overwhelming opening ceremony full of local dancing. We’ve also visited a couple of the […]

Just in case you were concerned that our teams overseas were missing out on the summer of sport, check out this 100m sprint on the hills of Villa Maria – inspiring a generation!

Just in case you were concerned that our teams overseas were missing out on the summer of sport, check out this 100m sprint on the hills of Villa Maria – inspiring a generation!

The Tanzania’s team updates are like buses – you wait ages for one then two turn up at once! It’s great to hear from them and to get an insight into their last couple of weeks in their own words. Thanks to Rebecca for taking the time to send this to us. The Final Countdown […]

Well done to this summer’s Villa Maria team, yet another house completed! Want to be part of this fantastic project in your gap year? Click here for details of our team departing in January.

  The expedition phase began with several meetings with our new leader Greg.  Those who had attended the intro weekend suffered some serious déjà-vu and everyone was just a little scared about cycling down death road after hearing a blow by blow account of the accident that occurred last year.  We then spent the remainder […]