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Spring 2012 Mission Service Experiences

Antigua, Guatemala: God’s Child Program

Athens, Georgia: Oasis Católico San Rafaela

Belize City, Belize: Hand in Hand Ministries

Bronx, New York: Augustinian Volunteers

Camden, New Jersey: Romero Center Ministries

Chicago, Illinois: Inner City Teaching Corps

Chulucanas, Peru: Augustinian Volunteers and Mission: Nursing and Campus Ministry

Duran, Ecuador: Rostro de Cristo

Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Volunteers

Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica: Environmental Service Experience

San Salvador, El Salvador: Project Fiat


Spring 2012 Habitat for Humanity Sites

The leading cause of homelessness and a major reason for hunger in the U.S. is the high cost of housing. The average wage needed to rent a two-bedroom dwelling is $18.46 per hour while the federal minimum hourly wage is only $7.25. If you choose to participate in a Habitat for Humanity service experience you will build affordable decent housing to help address this problem.

Habitat for Humanity International (HFH-I) is a Christian-based organization that works to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness by building or rehabilitating homes for low-income working people. Beneficiaries purchase their Habitat house with no-interest mortgages and contribute hundreds of hours of labor to the construction.

Villanova students will spend 4 1/2 to 5 days building alongside site supervisors, and community members. Sometimes groups are able to build with Habitat homeowners but this is not always possible.

Accommodations vary but students should expect to stay in a simple setting such as a church hall or volunteer center. Group members share responsibilities such as cooking and cleaning. Nightly reflections allow students to reflect upon their work and encounters with people from the local community.

The cost of the experience includes airfare (if applicable), van transportation, room and board, donation to the Habitat affiliate, transportation to and from the airport and a T-shirt. The total will depend on the location of the affiliate.

Americus, Georgia: New Horizons HFH

Beaumont, TX: Jefferson County HFH

Durham County, NC: HFH of Durham

El Paso, Texas: HFH of El Paso

Fort Smith, Arkansas: Arkansas Valley HFH

Hickory, NC: Catawba Valley HFH-Freshmen Only

Lake Charles, LA: Calcasieu Area HFH

Lakeland, FL: Lakeland HFH

Sea Island, SC: Sea Island HFH-Freshmen Only

Washington County, VA


Winter 2012 Mission Sites

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: New Hope for Cambodian Children

San Salvador, El Salvador

Cochabamba, Bolivia