Coronavirus + WASH
Current State of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa
With the growing impact of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) globally, there are heightened concerns about the fragile state of health and hygiene…
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A Multiplying of Blessings
The village of Okafou lies in a beautiful, remote region of central Togo.
The people of this 578 population village, and students from the adjacent school, used to…
A Touching Surprise
Alaa and his wife Walaa are experiencing the economic effects of the Syrian Civil War. With a one-year-old child, Alaa bears the weight of providing for his family as…
Dance for Joy, Water and Jesus
The women in Barou (Badekparou), Benin used to have to walk upwards of 10km to fetch dirty water from rivers and swamps and then carry the heavy jugs back…
Working Together for Gender Equality
“The gender training has had a huge impact on our households,” one woman from the village of Fignonhou, Benin, told us after we had conducted a gender sensitivity training…
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…
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…
Celebrating True Wellness
The village of Kouorou, Benin suffered from a lack of water, depending on their only water source – the swamp. The contaminated water from the swamp caused frequent sickness,…
Transformation in Windjinnawa
Before receiving a deep-capped well, the villagers of Windjinnawa, Benin knew that the only water available to them was unsafe and could cause them to contract deadly diseases. Still,…
Showing Love Through Sport
“Sport draws people together and creates community. It’s really neat how just one single soccer ball and an open field can bring people together. You can have a relationship…
Water is Life
Abandoning all other activities, Elizabeth left her village of Loukintowin to search for water. Her only chance of finding water was the nearby village five kilometers away.
“Water…
#WorldWaterDay
Did you have a glass of water today? Was it safe to drink?
For Elizabeth, the source of water she depended on was filthy and parasite-ridden. Yet, she…
Ceremonies to Celebrate New Wells
In Africa, nothing commemorates an important event like a ceremony. And after the implementation of a water well, a celebration is very much in order.
We designed a…
Bringing True Life
In a village where you have to put chemicals into dirty water to make it drinkable because cleaner water is 15 kilometres away, it is no surprise that providing…
Building Sustainable Futures
While done with good intentions, there have been water systems set up for developing countries that fail to sustain themselves – sometimes breaking down just a few years later,…
Witnessing Word and Deed Work Together
“I think I had a romanticized idea of what the trip was going to be like,” Kyra admitted about the LIFE Team to Benin that she participated…
Update from the ground in Iraq
This letter is to update you on the situation in Mosul, Iraq since the battle to liberate Mosul began on October 17th.
We have been able…
More Than Clean Water
The farming village of Kimawe in Southern Tanzania is surrounded by hills.
As the country enters its dry season, there is an especially great need for clean and…
Water Brings Credibility
When we visited the village of Adjaha Vodjein, Benin, the team was greeted by Pastor Ansel who hopped off his motorcycle and embraced us with a big hug.
Our Water for…
Life Made Possible
In the village of Kpassa, Benin we met with Alfowe, the fee collector for her village’s water well. When we first meet her, we immediately noticed that she was…
Vancouver is Awesome
Not many people can say that they have fed 5,000 people, for free, in the course of one-and-a-half hours. But Elaine Cheng can. The best (and worst) part? The…
More Than Just Clean Water
The village of Rweje in Tanzania had the most number of buckets and jerry cans lined up at a water well that our Water for LIfe Initiative…
Multiple Needs Met in Namauni
The village of Namauni, located in Tanzania, was able to build a teachers house at the school with the coming of the deep-capped water well.
3 Reasons to Help Provide Clean Water
Hawa Guyo of Melbena, Ethiopia is a mother who always carried two children (one in the front and one on her back) as she walked walk eight hours a…
Village Champion
“We feel good,” Cyprienne said, “because the water is clean; we feel good when we drink it.” With great force and passion she told us about how the clean…
Every dollar invested in water, sanitation brings four-fold return in costs
19 November 2014 – For every dollar invested in water and sanitation, there is a $4.3 return in the form of reduced health care costs for individuals and society…
UN EXPERT DECRIES UNACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF CHILD VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN BENIN
New York, Nov 8 2013 3:00PM
A United Nations independent expert today urged the Government of Benin to make child protection a priority in its agenda, following a…
World Water Day Challenge
Imagine drinking this water? In Mitole village in Tanzania, there are 300 children that use this as their drinking water every day!
Each one risking their…
New Water Project
For years, GAiN has seen the plight of contaminated water throughout Ethiopia, but the timing to start a water project in the country was never quite right. After a year…
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…