Nikki McClements takes her nine-year-old daughter Beth around the world. Little does she know how dramatically the trip will affect the course of her life. Single mum Nikki McClements is on a mission to show her nine-year-old daughter Beth how the world's poor live. Nikki had to hold down three jobs in order to save the £10,000 needed to fund the trip. Nikki has also left behind her boyfriend, who she's promised to marry on her return. In the meantime however their epic journey takes them from their home in Devon to volunteer in poor communities across three continents. But how will a nine-year-old used to all the comforts of British life cope working in a South African orphanage? Or with subsistence living in a remote Thai village?