The Impact of a Donation
Q&A With Salome, WFLI Benin Vision Trip Participant Salome from Germany recently participated in Global Aid Network (GAiN) Canada’s 2018 Benin Vision trip. Q: How did you first hear about GAiN?A: I heard about GAiN some years ago when my brother and his wife were involved in helping with one of GAiN Germany’s projects. They […]
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Water Gives Lift to Chilaile’s Local Economy
Brick making is a significant source of income for the people in Southern Tanzania as the soil is strong. The process of making bricks involves creating a pit of mud, packing the wet soil into forms to make rectangular shapes and then baking them over a fire. However, the challenging thing about this task is […]
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Learning to Respond Under Pressure in DART Training
When participating in a DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team) mission you need to work through any physical, mental and emotional challenges that may arise — and that’s just what DART training is for. DART responds in the event of a disaster (natural or man-made) providing food, water, medical support, emergency shelter and trauma healing with […]
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No Longer Just News Stories
Guest blog by Pam W., Two-Time Lebanon LIFE Team Participant Geopolitical crises and wars have become typical news items. Following the coverage of the war in Syria, the images of casualties rattled me, but they were just news. In 2017, I joined GAiN on its first LIFE team mission to Lebanon to serve alongside a […]
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Valued Women
In the city of San Antonio, Paraguay, resident Maria Liz meets regularly with a group of women – all budding or aspiring entrepreneurs. This group is one of many trust groups formed through Diaconia, Global Aid Network’s in-country partner in Paraguay that provides micro-loans and business training to poverty-stricken women. As recipients of micro-loans, these […]
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From Abbotsford to Asuncion
Sometimes we can be so focused on the end goal that we don’t appreciate the journey. While we work hard at the office to raise funds and awareness for our projects all over the world, we can sometimes take for granted the process that it takes to get from beginning to end. Earlier this month […]
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Being Present in Lebanon
In the past seven years since the Syrian Crisis started, news of the ongoing war has been unavoidable. Uncertainty seems to be the only constant for refugees and yet, there is still a strong spirit of hope – participants on our most recent LIFE Team to Lebanon learned. For two weeks in May, seven compassionate […]
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Survival is No Longer the Goal
“I struggled to live. I had no money in my wallet.” Lucia, a resident of Mariano Roque Alonso, is a mother of two, Eladio, 7, and Mia, 6. Her husband lives with her and the kids, but she still carries the burden to provide for her family. Before she heard about Diaconia, Lucia worked as […]
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The Ability to Dream
Maria Carmen, 37, is the mother of three children (a 12-year-old girl, nine-year-old boy and one-year-old boy). Every day she leaves the home before 4 am to collect and recycle trash, leaving her kids with her mother. When she gets back to the house at around noon, she spends the afternoon cooking food, such as […]
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World Water Day: Time for Babies
To see the health a village, just look at the health of its children. In African society, the lack of clean water places a large burden on women because they are often tasked with the responsibility of collecting water for the family. So we were delighted when we visited the village of Kariakoo, Tanzania and […]
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