Recruiting Now

Helping with one of our projects overseas will not only make a real difference to the community you visit, it will change your life. Each trip is tailor-made to suit your abilities and interests and you can go for a few days, a few weeks or a few months. We promise that you will not return the same. Below are some of the projects, listed by country, in which you might like to get involved.

Uganda

There are opportunities to support the work of schools and orphanages, health centres and hospitals, vocational centres and churches, in both urban and rural areas. In the capital, Kampala, our work is overseen by Apostle Paul Gidudu who leads International Great Faith Centre. Among other initiatives, the church is involved in sponsoring young adults and teachers, ministering in prisons and providing start-up grants and loans for small businesses such as poultry farms, and jewellery, craft and dress-making services. PFJ are also involved with a number of schools - in towns and cities such as Masaka and Kampala - and also in more remote areas: In the village of Buwasunguyi, near the Kenyan border, we have been involved in building a school and a medical centre.  Together with our partners in this area, the Apostolic Church of Christ, we are also looking to sponsor children through their education and build a much-needed maternity unit. In Uganda, PFJ volunteers are also involved in improving access to water and electricity and distributing clothing, bedding, hygiene packs and mosquito nets to communities.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Volunteers might like to be involved in the work of a church that is providing a  feeding programme for vulnerable children in the Matete District of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. The constant fighting in eastern Congo has had a devastating impact on the country’s economy and as a result, many, including children, turn to crime as a way to survive. To help address both the poverty and the crime, PFJ have helped the Bethlehem Church, led by Pastor David Mabalu, to provide nutritious meals twice a week for over one hundred vulnerable children.

Rwanda

There are opportunities to share your skills or teach English, in a country where the church has been instrumental in helping the nation heal from the atrocities of the 1994 Genocide. PFJ have partnered with Apostle Yoshua Masasu and Evangelical Restoration Church who are leading the way in demonstrating the power of forgiveness to change hearts and circumstances. Linked to the church, the Jireh vocational centre in the capital, Kigali, equips women with practical skills in areas including  IT, crafts and tailoring. Through PFJ’s support for a poultry farm project, it is hoped that the women at the centre will not only gain business skills, as they buy and sell chickens and eggs, but also supplement a feeding programme which supports vulnerable families in the neighbouring community of Nyarutarama. 

Zambia

Volunteers might like to support an orphanage in the copper-belt region of the country or a health centre in  the rural north-west province. The Streetlife orphanage project, in Kitwe, has two residential homes for children aged 6-16: The Grace Centre caters for 20 boys and the Faith Centre provides for 20 girls. Through the work of Pastors Joseph and Lillian Mwila of Daysprings Church, all of the orphans now attend school and have a safe living environment where their physical, emotional and spiritual needs are met. PFJ also have links with Sachibondu Health Centre on the borders with DR Congo. Run by British nurse, Ruth Wallis, the centre provides life-saving care and treatment for the Lunda tribe of Zambia and the Congolese, who cross the border for vital health care.

Tanzania

There are opportunities to support widows and teenage and single mothers in a town on the borders of Lake Victoria. Mwanza International Community Church runs a project called Christ’s Daughters which helps women set up small businesses and provides literacy and numeracy training. Through the work of  Pastor Zakayo Nzogere and his wife Evelyn, women, who would otherwise have no money, are have a source of income and prostitutes are given an alternative way of earning a living.

In Africa, there are also opportunities to visit projects in Malawi, Burundi and Lesotho, and elsewhere, volunteers might like to be involved with initiatives in India and Albania.