This document provides information for a service trip to Swaziland, including travel dates from the US to Johannesburg and then to Swaziland, meeting details upon arrival in Johannesburg, luggage requirements, necessary items to bring to communities, food for travel, activities planned for communities, dress code, and other logistical details.

1. Your Service Trip
to Swaziland

2. Travel Dates
•June 23rd: You will leave the United States on June 23rd
arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa on June 24th. You will
depart South Africa July 2nd and arrive in the United States
on July 3rd.
•July 14th: You will leave the United States on July 14th
arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 15th. You will
depart South Africa July 23rd and arrive in the United States
on July 24th.
•July 28th: You will leave the United States on July 28th
arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 29th. You will
depart South Africa August 6th and arrive in the United
States on August 7th.
•Please wear your travel T-shirt.

3. Meeting in
Johannesburg
• You will get off the plane.
• Walk to pick up your luggage.
• Go through customs.
• Once you enter the International Arrival Lobby, you
will see a Heart for Africa Banner and a staff person
in a black polo.
• Check in with them and they will give you luggage
tags and walk with you to the City Lodge where you
will stay for the night.

4. Baggage
• 2 bags 50 pounds.
• If you have extra room, then we have items that
need your help to travel to Swaziland.
• Lost Baggage: Fill out the form as fast as possible -
you need to have the Lugogo Sun address (Old
Mbabane/Manzini, Main Road, Ezulwini
Valley, Mbabane, Swaziland) and nearest airport is
Matsapha. They have to be out by 6pm. Only one/two
person should stay behind NOT the whole family if
it's family luggage.

5. Trip Packs
• Your trip pack includes your T-shirt to wear
on travel day, your name tag, your itinerary,
your airplane ticket, and some important
information to prepare you for your trip.
• June’s trip packs were mailed at the
beginning of May.
• July’s trip packs will be mailed at the end of
May.

6. Traveling to the Community
•Heart for Africa is going to the communities
in greatest need.
•The travel time will be anywhere from 2 to 2
½ hours.
•Ideas: Bring snacks, waters, games, cards,
iPods, wave at the kids walking, and admire
the countryside.

7. Bring out to the
community
• Leave bag in car
• Please bring Toilet paper.
• Antibacterial wipes
• No Electricity for ipods, etc.
• Sunscreen
• Wear DEET bug spray
• Packing list is online.

8. Travel Food
Cliff bars
Peanut Butter
Nilla Waffers
Pringles
Granolla bars

9. Distribution Days
• Project Canaan Family Distribution on
Wednesday: You will find out clothing sizes
the day before.
• Community Distribution on Saturday: Adult
and child clothing.

10. Day in the
Community
• Relational
• Teams: You will find out when you check into the
Lugogo Sun.
• Team Leader: Guide you to the garden, cooking
shelters, and other needed items for the
community.
• Waves
• Songs for the kids: Seth Condry, Get Down, Oh
Happy Day, Link in the last email for dance moves,
Bring Speakers (no electricity)
• Example of Activities: Gardens, fencing,
fruit trees

11. Songs for Kids
If you are musically inclined, have a guitar, or
iPod with speakers, then you can go to the
following link for wonderful songs to worship
with the kids:
http://www.heartforafrica.org/WorshipSongs.a
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12. Community Gift
Ideas
• Bubbles
• Warm Clothes
• Soccer balls with a pump.
• Stickers
• Songs
• Beach balls

13. Items to Purchase
there for church:
• plates
• kettle/pots
• spoons

14. Leave Clothes
You will have the opportunity to leave clothes
in Swaziland that you have worn throughout
your time. We will have someone wash them
and distribute them after you have travelled
home. We will collect these clothes the day
you check out of the Lugogo.

15. Dress Code
• Modesty is the best policy.
• Ladies: Shirts with sleeves, wraps, no shorts
• Men: Pants are best.

16. Wraps
Here are examples of wraps for the ladies.
Wraps should be worn out to the community
everyday over pants. It is a simple piece of
fabric wrapped around the waist and pinned
that goes below your knees.

17. Passport
• Your passport MUST have 4 blank VISA pages
• VISA has to be at the top of the blank page.
• Boarding will be denied if you don’t meet this
requirement.
• Expiration date is 6 months AFTER you arrive
back in the United States.

18. Converters vs.
Adapters
•Converters change Voltage
•Adapters allow plug-in
•Hair dryer in drawer in the Lugogo.

19. Immunizations
• Go to www.cdc.gov to know what
vaccinations are recommended for
Swaziland.
• Malaria

20. Communicate
back home…
Heart for Africa would like to encourage you to
be fully present in Swaziland and disconnect,
but we do realize you might need to
communicate back home. The Royal Swazi Sun
located behind the Lugogo Sun does have a
business center where wireless internet access
is available to you for a fee.

21. Currency
Information
• Please exchange your money before you
travel.
• When we arrive in Africa, we will not have
time for you to go to an ATM.
• You want small bills.
• When you receive change back do not accept
R200.

22. Travelers Under 18
Your child must travel with a legal guardian.
To ensure streamlined travel for your child
while traveling through immigrations during
their upcoming international flight, it is very
important to provide both the child and their
guardian with a letter crafted by you, their
legal parent/guardian.
Download document by CLICKING HERE.

23. Action Steps
• Check your passport and your
itinerary
• Contract.
• Be on the look out for your trip
pack.