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Villagers Get Creative

Tanzanian wells provide more than just drinking water In Mkwajuni, a village where Global Aid Network (GAiN) just recently drilled a well, Jeremiah, an enthusiastic pastor, showed Dennis Fierbach, GAiN’s…

Mukti Canada Joins GAiN

Mukti was founded in 1889 in India, where it is known as Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission, after its founder Pandita Ramabai and the Marathi word ‘mukti’ which means freedom, liberation…

An email from affiliate staff in Benin

Today, we started at the Benin village of Gbovie Kinwedji to finish the water well that we had been working on for three days. The drill rig was just lowering…

Is GAiN Involved With The Disaster In Japan?

Global Aid Network is monitoring the situation in Japan and around the world as coastal areas brace for possible tsunamis in the aftermath of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit…

The Girl in Orange

Some of you may remember the story of Rosemile, a twelve week old girl had been brought to Global Aid Network (GAiN) Canada’s medical clinic in Chambrun, Haiti in May…

The Lifeless Bundle

An anxious LIFE Team member treats Haitian woman Just before noon one day in November 2010, Michael Peirone, a physician assistant from Barrie, Ontario, watched a young lady walk into…

A Surprise Blessing

GAiN staff moved to look beyond her skepticism While Lindsey Schacter, the LIFE Team Manager for Global Aid Network, and Walter Isaak, a LIFE Team member helping with the construction…

Ca-Ira Orphanage

Did you know that GAiN is involved with an orphanage in Haiti? The Ca-Ira orphanage, situated in Leogane and established in 1988, receives and cares for orphans and children in…

Haiti Update

Six-month report on GAiN’s disaster relief efforts. Read the Update

Boys Dream Put On Hold

Davenson Davidson, a Haitian student in his twenties, always dreamt of working as an actor. Yet, on January 12th, he never expected that his life goal would be put on…

A Sign Of Hope

Before the earthquake took place on January 12th in Haiti, Emmanuelle Sony, her two daughters and five grandchildren were all living comfortably in a house that had three rooms and…

What is a LIFE Team?

Most people have a specific passion or interest. Usually those same people also have a component of their “LIFE” (whether Labor, Influence, Finance or Expertise) that they could contribute to…

Over 100,000 dead following devastating earthquake

After Haiti was rocked by a 7.0 quake on Tuesday, GAiN is responding to the devastation with immediate financial aid and emergency response supplies. We are already beginning relief efforts.…

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…

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…