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.
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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 ...
Haiti – The Helpless Find Strength Through Aid
Cabaret is one of the towns battered by the hurricanes that recently swept through Haiti, leaving thousands destitute. It has a population close to 300,000 and sustained the following damage: Persons left homeless - 20,356. Families that have lost everything - 4,212 Dead - 66 (including 35 ...
Benin – Celebrating a Return to Life!
After nearly 3 years of drilling, we are celebrating the 85 water wells that have been drilled in Benin! Up to 85 000 people's lives are being transformed by having clean, pure water, and that at a closer distance than to their former contaminated ...
Southern Sudan – Water Above Slows Accessing Water Below
This is the rainy season in Southern Sudan. While it can be good for growing crops, it makes drilling water wells more challenging. Heavy rain turns the clay roads into nearly impassable mud, slowing travel by the drill rig teams. It also makes the ...
