Go MAD Tanzania 2026 — Summer Team 1

Years in Tanzania

3,500+

Volunteers

Nights in Tanzania

Days on Safari

About the Trip

🏗️ What You'll Be Doing

💧Building water tanks and waterhouses
🐐Constructing goat sheds
🏠Building homes for families in need
🎓Menstrual health programme in schools
👶Children's and youth work
☀️Supporting the Albino School community

📍 Where You'll Be

🏘️Eagle Lodge — Anglican Diocese of Mara, Musoma
🌊Northern Tanzania near Lake Victoria
🇰🇪Close to the Kenya border
🦁Serengeti National Park for the 2-day safari
✈️Route: Dublin → Paris → Nairobi → Musoma

Key Rules to Remember

🚫 No Plastic Bags

Single-use plastic bags are banned in Kenya. Carrying one is a 10-year prison sentence. Use Ziploc bags only.

📵 No Phone Communication

Phones are for photos only — no messaging or social media while in Tanzania. Go MAD will update parents every couple of days.

👢 Boots Always

Walking boots are mandatory outside Eagle Lodge at all times. Snake risk. Even just to collect water.

👗 Dress Conservatively

Cover shoulders, knees and stomach. Tanzania is culturally conservative. Exception: safari (but no blue or black — tsetse flies).

💊 Take Your Tablets

Malarone: start 2 days before departure, continue 1 week after return. The whole team takes them together each evening.

👥 Stay in Groups

Nobody ever goes off alone. Project groups, weekend trips, sunrise walks — always together. A Go MAD leader is always present.

Everything You Need

Times & meeting points