OMG Its our 10th Building Blitz ! and this year the whole family is going to build a school in a week !!! So Special !

Mellon Educate is an Irish-English based African development charity founded by developer & philanthropist Niall Mellon in 2002 and established as a charitable company in 2004.

Through a chance meeting with Niall in 2012 we were able to set up his charity in the UK. Thanks to the enormous collective effort of some 30,000 volunteers, in conjunction with the South African government, we have been able to build houses for 125,000 homeless people in South Africa’s poorest townships and help educate over 100,000 through the building and refurbishment of 43 schools.

I am going out to Cape Town on November 5th to build a school in 7 days with 400 fellow volunteers to participate in the Building Blitz. This will be my 10th year of doing the building blitz....and cant wait to share this incredible week with so many fellow volunteers who keep returning year after year - including Maeve [ 9 years, Kitty 6 years, Beth 4 years and finally Erin for her first on a building blitz ever !!!!!

Have a look at last years video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH6RnIyO6hM&t=2s

I'm also so proud to have the support of the team at Humaine, our not so new shiny AI marketing agency along with the continued support from the entire BPO industry in South Africa and appreciate all the support they are giving to this worthwhile cause.

Whilst i am personally covering the costs of being on the Blitz week and personally covering all flights and accommodation - i would love to raise as much money as possible to help these children get a better education and opportunity to succeed in life !

Have a look at the 2025 video and see first hand what we can collectively achieve in just a week.

Thank you for any support you can give this worthy cause we are so committed to - Thank you ! - Mike