Encouraged and Not Forgotten
Photo of one of the pastors who received food through GAiN's COVID response
Over the last six months, food insecurity has become an even greater concern in developing…
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Faithful Through a Crisis
“The COVID-19 crisis has been very tough for us,” Pastor Pascal, leader of the Assemblies of God church in Gbegbessa, Benin, shared. “We have lacked food and we have…
Supporting Rural Clinics During COVID
In May of this year, our Water for Life Initiative (WFLI) teams completed the first of three rounds of our COVID response (as of today, our teams have completed…
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…
Global Aid Network (GAiN) Canada's Response to COVID-19
Earlier this week, WHO declared COVD-19 a pandemic. We recognize that we are living in a time of anxiety and stress, and wanted to provide an update…
A Flourishing Community Health Centre
Elvie is the head medical doctor at the health centre in the village of Woria in Northern Benin. She runs a team of nurses to provide health services to…
More Life, Joy and Vigour
After spending a week in Benin on a LIFE Team Vision Trip with Global Aid Network (GAiN), Rachel Botma had visited enough villages to see the contrast between communities…
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…
Celebrating 1000 Wells in Benin
GAiN’s Water for Life Initiative has reached a new milestone – providing 1000 communities with access to safe water in Benin! This translates to approximately 1 million people who…
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…
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…
Gleaners impact Syrian refugees and IDPs
“I’m still in shock; the situation was very, very, very bad,” Simon* told me, the day after their first visit to Debaga Camp at the end of July. “Yesterday…
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…
GAiN Partners with Global Affairs Canada on $4.2 million project
We are partnering with Global Affairs Canada to reduce the mortality rate of women and children, improve access to clean water, provide training in healthy practices and gender sensitivity,…
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.
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…
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…
The Unknown Country
When I first told my friends that I was going to Benin, the most common response that I received wasn’t ‘oh that’s great!’ but instead, it was oddly ‘where’s…
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…
Water For Life Hits 100 In Benin
It has been 4 years since GAiN first started drilling in Benin. February 2009 brought a major milestone as GAiN Canada drilled the 100th water well in Benin. In…
Albert Martens Report On The Marathon des Sables
Just arrived home in Manitoba. It was nice to be greeted by Edna and family, Patrick and Judy and the grand children and by Kyle at the Winnipeg Airport,…
Turn Desert Sand into Water for Life!
At 60, Albert Martens knows what it means to live with purpose and what strategic efforts it requires. But what makes it fulfilling is the extreme joy he has…
Benin Celebrating a Return to Life!
After nearly 3 years of drilling, we are celebrating the 85 water wells that have been drilled in Benin! Up to 85 000 people’s lives are being transformed by…