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Vehicle Needed for Water Well Project
GAiN is in need of a 4x4 SUV vehicle for its water well drilling project in Benin. Do you have one or know someone that does?
Over 100,000 dead following devastating earthquake
GAiN is ready to deploy eight containers, each totaling $100,000 (CAN) worth of emergency relief supplies to Haiti.
Little Packets that Save Lives
Cibo and Food for Famine are working with Langley-based Global Aid Network to include the peanut butter-based food in a shipment to North Korea.
Bag Of Chalk Helps Tanzanian Children Learn
We visited an African village on our most recent trip and noticed several children not in school. One of our team members asked the local teacher why the kids weren’t in class. “We don’t have any books ...
Typhoon Ketsana Devastates Phillipines
On September 26th, the strong typhoon, Ketsana, brought an equivalent of a month's amount of rain in just 12 hours. As a result, the city of Manila experienced massive flooding and destruction leaving more than 700,000 people displaced. According to BBC News, "at one ...
Albert Martens Report On The “Marathon des Sables”
Just arrived home in Manitoba. It was nice to be greeted by Edna and family, Patrick and Judy and the grand children and by Kyle at the Winnipeg Airport, after a long day of flying. Three continents in 4 weeks. It is a long ...
Water For Life Hits 100 In Benin
It has been 4 years since GAiN first started drilling in Benin. February 2009 brought a major milestone as GAiN Canada drilled the 100th water well in Benin. In Africa, the phrase "water is life" is commonly expressed, but is said with a sobering ...
Turn Desert Sand into Water for Life!
At 60, Albert Martens knows what it means to live with purpose and what strategic efforts it requires. But what makes it fulfilling is the extreme joy he has in what he does. In 27 years, he's run just over 4300 km in marathon ...
Long Lineups in Malungo, Tanzania
When we see long lineups, we often have 2 thoughts....pity and curiosity. Pity, because lineups mean waiting, and we sympathize with people having to lose time from their busy schedules, and curiosity, because we wonder what's at the front of the line that's worth ...
