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Team Leaders Needed – and Leaders' Trip Costs and Airfare Will be Covered!
The team leader is the core of a Thrivent Builds Worldwide El Salvador Community trip! Team leaders are supported with team member recruiting tools and are provided with thorough virtual training to help ensure a great trip experience. We understand the important role played by a Thrivent Builds Worldwide trip team leader. With that in mind, we have included into the cost of each trip the team leader's Thrivent Builds Worldwide training and trip cost. Travel costs are reimbursed on a tiered basis depending on the size team you recruit, up to the average flight cost to San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Be a team leader – Recruit teams of 10 – 13 volunteers.
- Read the team leader role description (Word, 84K).
- View weeks available to lead trips (PDF, 31K)
- Join an existing trip – There are limited trip weeks available for individuals.
Trip Cost for a Ten Day Trip
Effective for trip dates starting January 1, 2011
| Benefit Members | Price reduced! |
If your team is led to donate additional funds to Habitat for Humanity El Salvador, here are simple and fun fundraising ideas (PDF, 163K). |
| Non-members | $959 plus airfare to San Salvador, El Salvador |
Once you arrive in San Salvador, El Salvador you're taken care of! Your trip cost is all inclusive:
- Travel between the airport in San Salvador and Ahuachapan, and daily transportation to the Getsemani Community build site.
- Lodging at La Posada del Angel in San Salvador and El Jardin de Celeste in Ahuachapan
- Three meals a day, snacks and pure drinking water.
- Cross-cultural activities throughout the week with Salvadorans, including tours, meals and other special opportunities.
- Rewarding volunteer experience, with a well organized and expertly supervised build sites. (All tools and building materials provided on site.)
- Opportunities to reflect on your daily experiences through team meetings and journaling.
- A welcome party and a farewell party.
- One day of cultural activity during the weekend: adventure day on La Ruta de las Flores, a day at El Sunzal beach or a city tour of San Salvador.
What's NOT Included in Trip Costs:
- Airfare to San Salvador, El Salvador
- $10 country entry visa (paid in U.S. dollars upon arrival in San Salvador)
- Alcoholic beverages
- Personal souvenirs
- Extra activities or services during the weekend cultural activity, such as snorkeling or fishing at the beach
Benefit of Thrivent Financial Membership
As a benefit of membership, all Thrivent Financial for Lutherans benefit members are eligible for the discounted trip cost. You are considered a Thrivent Financial benefit member if you are age 16 or older and own Thrivent Financial for Lutherans insurance or annuities.
You can verify your membership here.
Why Fundraise?
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is helping to build up to 20 homes in a community this year. But in El Salvador there are over 360,000 families living in substandard housing. By fundraising for an additional donation to Habitat for Humanity El Salvador, you are helping provide the hope and security of homeownership to even more families.
Be Inspired
Read journals from past Thrivent Builds Worldwide teams to see how they changed lives – even their own.