In July 2026, Mike & Bethan are going to Zambia with Mission Direct, where we will be working at community schools in the shanty towns of Lusaka, where unemployment is high and many children struggle to attend school. We will be building much-needed infrastructure such as additional classrooms and toilet facilities. These new facilities will help to provide an education for many orphans and vulnerable children, who otherwise may not be able to attend school.

We will also be doing things like: visiting people living with HIV, praying with them and distributing food; reading to disadvantaged children at a drop-in centre for street children; helping to serve lunch at a school feeding programme; meeting girls living at a safe house and arranging craft activities with them; organising a holiday club at a school, running games and activities for them. We will also meet children living on the streets, learn about their families and encourage them to go to a safe house or return home.

We have already covered the cost of our trip, so any money we raise here will go directly to support the project. We are also planning a couple of additional fundraising activities - including a cake sale and a sponsored silence...!!!