Up Close and in Awe
This past October, a LIFE team of five participants flew to Benin for a 10 day trip to experience the work of GAiN’s Water for Life Initiative (WFLI). The team immersed themselves in the hands-on work of the well process while engaging with the day-to-day activities and rhythms of village culture. The blend of manual […]
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Sow and Grow Recap
A summary of our Economic Empowerment fundraisers in Alberta and BC Over the past month, our GAiN team hosted several fundraising events showcasing our Economic Empowerment strategy in both Alberta and BC. Our guest speaker, Adela Braun, came from Paraguay to share at these events and give first-hand insight to the transformative work that is going […]
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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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Football and Fresh Bread
This past March, GAiN’s DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team) visited Turkey to help provide housing, including tents and tiny houses, to those who had lost their homes in the devastating earthquake that occurred in early February. One of the team members named Mitch shared about an encounter she had with a family whose home was […]
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Just a Haircut
There is so much power in restoring human dignity. Our DART team who were responding to the Turkey earthquake was able to participate in a distribution with GAiN’s local partner, First Hope Association. With their local volunteers and staff, we distributed hygiene kits as well as food and blankets for families in a community outside […]
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He Had Compassion in Ukraine
“I can’t do everything, but I can do more than nothing.” – Ian Daniel, founder of He Had Compassion Since the war began in February 2022, Global Aid Network (GAiN) has sent disaster relief to Ukraine to help shed light into the oppressive darkness that has become people’s waking reality. In addition to GAiN Germany […]
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Family in Unlikely Places
Tyler C., one of the team members of the DART Team, recounts his interaction with a family in Turkey who lost their home because of the earthquake: “Are you afraid of another earthquake?” I asked 10-year-old Taner* from Iskenderun. “Maybe after the first three – but not anymore,” he replied. We passed the phone back […]
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People Need People
A colourful children’s playground stands firm amidst the waves of rubble from collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey. For Beste, now the only child around these streets, having a playground is a miracle that helps to distract her from the traumatic experience she lived only a few days ago. Swinging and climbing up the slide is […]
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Hope Amidst the Rubble
The following is is a message sent from the GAiN DART Team, who left for Turkey on February 22: Greetings to the GAiN family and supporters. We are still shocked by what we see around us in the disaster zone. We just spent the night in a house surrounded by mountains of rubble. A few […]
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