Community Building Project in Tanzania

Volunteer with us in Tanzania in this building project run in collaboration with Projects Abroad. We also welcome interns looking for relevant experience to add to their university requirements. The placement is in the Maasai village of Meserani, outside the town of Arusha, where Projects Abroad runs a nursery school—currently located in an old church building with no windows.

This project aims to construct a proper school building, allowing nursery-age children from Meserani and the surrounding communities to obtain education otherwise unavailable to them. The building will also provide Projects Abroad volunteers and staff with a professional, well-structured work environment.

This is a long-term project and you can join for two or three weeks if you can’t commit for four weeks or longer. Tasks are varied but may include digging foundations, building walls, mixing cement, and applying finishing touches. Together with other volunteers, you will work alongside a local builder who will teach your group all the necessary skills to participate completely in the construction process. Please note that the project site doesn’t have electricity, so everything is done by hand.