The Ripple Effect Recap
The Water for Life Initiative fall fundraisers this past month were a roaring success! Our team had a blast meeting with people from across Canada and getting the chance to share more about the waves of positive change we are seeing in the countries where we work. Our theme this year was “The Ripple Effect.” […]
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A Concert for Water
On June 25th, the Cherry Trees Band played a show called a “Concert for Water in Africa” at Hughs Room Live in Toronto. All the proceeds of their show went towards supporting our Water for Life Initiative efforts in Benin, Togo and Tanzania. The venue, which has hosted some of Canada’s biggest musicians like Joni […]
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Laawa Village Embraces Education
The village of Laawa in Benin wasn’t always the vibrant and stable community that it is today. Before Global Aid Network (GAiN) arrived in 2022 with a water well, villagers suffered from a variety of hardships caused by a lack of safe water and educational opportunities. A man from the village shared that the community […]
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From Thirsty to Thriving
Down a winding dirt path in the thick of leafy green bushes and trees lives a small community in Benin. Humble mud huts and wood fences dot the land as barefoot children wander around, holding hands with younger siblings and calling out to one another in Fon. This is the village of Vongnigodo. When GAiN […]
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Water Changes the Game
On a recent trip to Tanzania, a LIFE team from GAiN Australia and GAiN Canada was reminded of how the simplest things in life can have the most game changing effect on our lives. Guided by the GAiN Tanzania field staff, the team travelled to different villages in the country to witness the life-changing impact […]
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Dignifying Menstrual Hygiene
There is a desperate need around the world for women to be educated about their menstrual cycles and equipped with feminine hygiene products. According to the World Bank, an estimated 500 million women and girls globally don’t have access to the facilities they need to manage their periods. Many of these women also lack any […]
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Confidently Saving Lives
“With the coming of GAiN, our knowledge has increased abundantly. I now can confidently save the life of the mother and the baby at birth.” – Eusebius, head doctor of Mandawa Health Center. Since 2006, GAiN has provided access to clean water for medical clinics in Benin, Tanzania and Togo in order to increase the […]
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Waking Up to a Better Life
Before clean water arrived at the village of Nkowe-Mafuriko in Tanzania, people would wake up each morning to a life where time, energy and resources were stretched dangerously thin. Instead of spending precious hours of their day farming the fields for food, villagers would have to wake up while it was still dark to begin […]
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Doorways to Life
Experiencing renewed joy through water – For over fifteen years, Global Aid Network (GAiN) has committed to providing deep-capped water wells to rural villages in such countries as Benin, Tanzania and Togo. Through the Water for Life Initiative, which includes the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) program, GAiN not only resolves to give communities access […]
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Wrapping Up The Pastor Support Program
When we started the Pastor Support Program (PSP) last year, we didn’t know that pastors would still be feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic a year later. For pastors like Hountondji Pulcherie in Tori Cada Lokossa 1, Benin, the aid received through the program helped her considerably. “I thank the donors for everything they […]
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