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Coronation Street Star joins the Make Manchester Proud Team

Coronation Street Star joins the Make Manchester Proud Team

The Niall Mellon Township Trust has teamed up with the Manchester Jazz Festival to bring you a night of South African Jazz, with music from the Harry Moyaga Band Harry’s music is the sound of the indigenous rhythms of South Africa, layered with jazz harmonies – simultaneously radiant and...

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Mbekweni Goes Green!

Mbekweni Goes Green!

“Nurture your tree as you would your own family” was the motto of the day! On the 7th July, Mellon Housing Initiative (MHI), Food and Trees for Africa and The Ackerman Family Foundation all came together to donate trees to over 100 community members of Mbekwen in Paarl. MHI and the Ackerman...

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Do the right thing

Do the right thing

WIN THE MOST CHALLENGING AND REWARDING YEAR OF YOUR LIFE Exciting new RTÉ TV Show! Are you adventurous? Are you a leader? Are you adaptable? Are you passionate? Are you honest? Are you committed? Are you aged between 18 – 80? Do you have what it takes to become an Overseas Volunteer? This...

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Sponsor a Trade

Sponsor a Trade

Building houses builds communities. The concept of Trade to Trade is to give the tradesman in Ireland the opportunity to sponsor his South African counterpart in their particular area of expertise. So brickys, chippys, sparks and plumbers can assist the communities in some of the most poverty stricken...

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Gift Cards

Ignatius Flannery is a regular volunteer with the Niall Mellon Township Trust. This year will be his seventh year travelling. He has been accompanied in the past by his daughters Fiona, Deirdre and his granddaughter Katie. When he first decided to travel his wife Maura was the driving force behind his...

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Coast to Coast Charity Run

Coast to Coast Charity Run

Galway to Dublin 3 Very Brave young men will take on the challenge of running from Salthill Pier in Galway to Dun Laoghaire Pier in Dublin (approx 250km) over 5 days. To support the lads or find out more info on their Challenge please click the linkbelow: billythebrick.org {^YouTubeVideo|(url...

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Flora Dublin Mini Marathon

Flora Dublin Mini Marathon

"A huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers and their supporters who braved the wind and rain to take part in the Flora Womens Mini Marathon on Monday 7th June. Congratulations to all". To view other images from the day click here >>

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Act Now on 2015

Act Now on 2015

Ireland has made a promise to the world’s poorest people: to spend at least 0.7% of our national income on aid by 2015. That’s just 70 cents in every 100 euro. 0.7% is not just a number; it is investment in trained teachers and doctors, in more schools and hospitals, in people who...

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Go For Gold!

Go For Gold!

On Tuesday 25th Mayrepresentatives of the MHI team attended the Go For Gold annual dinner. Go for Golds mission is to develop disadvantaged young people through education, training and mentoring and to endeavour to become the first choice supplier of students for the construction industry. The MC for...

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Vuvuzela's Inspires Volunteers

Vuvuzela's Inspires Volunteers

The staff of the South AfricanVolunteer Team made their way up to Johannesburg for another build on the 15th May in Tembisa Townshipwith the Rhema Church Group. Out of the 90 volunteers there was quite a few people that have volunteered with us 4,5,6 times now – true veterans! The volunteers arrived...

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