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Type	Christian Charity
Founded	2004
Founder	Nigel Hyde
UK Office	19 Chapel Street Luton LU1 1SE
Vision	Freeing people from physical and spiritual poverty forever and seeing our volunteers that work to make this happen, personally transformed
Mission	To enable our volunteers to join local people in projects that help them escape poverty and to challenge and motivate them towards future acts of service.
Website	http://www.missiondirect.org/

Mission Direct

Mission Direct is a UK Christian Charity that enables volunteers to travel and work alongside some of the world’s poorest, to build homes, schools clinics etc, working in over 12 countries.

History

Nigel Hyde founded Mission Direct from a clear vision: to enable thousands of people to serve the poor on two week trips. With three friends, Lawrence Jones, Tim Martindale and Ronnie Fleming, they found that people wanted to go overseas and help the world’s poorest. Now, thousands of self-funding volunteers have built schools, clinics and homes among countless other small and personal projects.

Mission Directs patrons are Rt Hon Theresa May MP, The Lord Bill Mckenzie of Luton and Rt. Rev Dr Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans.

Mission Direct was registered as a charity on 27 January 2015.

Work

Mission Direct first sent teams overseas in 2005 when they built a home for ladies with polio in Sierra Leone. In that first year they also built homes in The Dominican Republic and a school in the Tsunami hit north of Sri Lanka. Mission Direct looks for local partners who are already doing something well. They do not own or operate things in country enabling them to support sustainable projects. Their overseas staff cover their own costs and host relays of teams to the same communities year after year. In 2014, they will send teams to Brazil, Cambodia, China, The Dominican Republic, Guyana, India, Kenya, Moldova, Sierra Leone, Uganda (Kumi and Rukungiri) Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Most teams are open to all with the age range so far from 7-89. They offer school, medical, teacher training, youth, IT in Schools and corporate teams. They also run teams for youth from difficult backgrounds.

Literature

The charity produces literature about their trips, fundraising for volunteers, about legacies,