Many Hands work teams will be adding a multipurpose annex to a new church sanctuary in the rural community of Silindile in 2008. The village is located in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, near the Swaziland border.

Previous work teams have built churches in Swallow's Nest (now know as Tshabalala) in 1992, Tjakastad in 2002, Hartebeeskop in 2004, and Silindile in 2006. These communities are also in the Mpumalanga province, formerly known as Ka'ngwane.

Our work team trips are three weeks long, with two full weeks being devoted to construction at the work site. We reserve a few days for relaxing and sightseeing at the end of the project, and allow two days at each end of the trip for travel to Africa and back.

You don't need construction skills to participate. Many of our team members had never touched a brick or a trowel before their Africa trips. Joseph Siguvu Lusenga can teach you all you need to know.

And it's not all bricks and mortar. Team members have taken the opportunity to work with in the community orphans, students and community leaders. There are no limits on your imagination. What will you find to do?