Our Projects

Our Projects

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Kenya Education Endowment Fund (KEEF)

In 2023, we donated $6,755 to KEEF project at the Mwikhomo School for Deaf and Hearing Impaired and the Shivagala Primary School to cover the cost of tables and chairs and updating of latrines to redo flooring, tiling, covers and doors, which is expected to decrease truancy as students have healthier facilities at school.

GC4C has been a long term supporter of KEEF, supporting them over 13 years, and since 2010 have contributed over $127,000 to KEEF.

For more information on KEEF: https://www.kenyaeducation.org/

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Canadian Friends of ANIQUEM (CAFA)

CAFA’s goal is to improve access to care and rehabilitation of burned children in Peru. It partners with a burn clinic in Lima operated by the Peruvian charity ANIQUEM. In 2023, GC4C donated $5,000 to transport burn victims from all over Peru for treatment at the burn clinic. Upwards of 100,000 Peruvian children each year seek medical attention for burns. As many as 70% of these are scalding injuries, due to primitive cooking conditions. While the kids receive publicly funded emergency care, rehabilitation and care to prevent scarring is only available at expensive private clinics.

Since 2015, we have donated $27,500 to CAFA. For more information on Canadian Friends of ANIQUEM: https://www.friendsofaniquem.org/

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Adopt-a Village in Laos (AAVIL)

AAVIL’s primary goal is to provide water and education projects in rural villages of Laos, the most heavily bombed country in the world.

In 2023, we donated $10,318 to Adopt-A-Village to replace two banks of four toilets to replace the current two non-functional toilet banks at the Luang Prabang Regional Secondary Boarding School. The school houses 628 students who do not have family that can support them, as well as a staff of 51, some of whom also live on site – the funds will be used to replace flooded and damaged toilet banks.

Since 2016, GC4C has donated approximately $52,000 to Adopt-A Village in Laos. The funds were used for:

  • a water supply system at Pak Mong Secondary School serving about 500 students. The project included a dam, water tank, taps, and brings water to two handwashing stations and toilets at the school.
  • construction of a two room school for Grades 1 – 5 in the very poor village of Katang Xieng, located in the highlands above Nong Khiaw, Ngoi District, Luang Prabang Province. Total cost of project was $18,000 — GC4C covered $8,000 of the cost, with the remainder raised by Adopt a Village. The school had 35 children before the construction of the additional class rooms. This number will grow as neighboring villagers, without a school, send thei children to this school.
  • Construction of half a class room at the Primary School in the village of Done Sok. Almost 50 students attend the school, located in a very remote area of Laos. AAVIL matched GC4C’s donation to complete this project.
  • Purchase and transport of 60 school desks for the primary school in the remote village of Ban Xiengda, Laos.
  • Construction of a well at the Ban Bom Secondary School and Orphanage to bring fresh water to taps and toilets to support approximately 600 children.

For more information on AAVIL: https://aavil.org/

Northern Society for Domestic Peace (NSDP)

The NSDP offers traumatized children counselling programs out of offices in Smithers, Houston, and Hazelton, BC.

In 2023, GC4C granted NSDP $3,204 to outfit new communal spaces in Smithers and Hazelton with new gymnastic-style tumbling play mats and forms, which are soft and safe, easy to clean and disinfect and can be used in a variety of ways for infants to older children.

In prior years, GC4C has funded supplies and storage furniture, therapy and replacement toys, including culturally appropriate longhouses, and books for the Smithers, Houston and Hazelton offices. Since 2018, we’ve provided over $11,600 to NDSP.

For more information: https://domesticpeace.ca/

Cameray Child & Family Services

In 2023, we donated $3,000 for play therapy equipment and GC4C has supported Cameray since 2019 with total contributions of $11,000.

Cameray provides free counselling services to children and youth and their families who reside in Burnaby and New Westminster, BC with counselling modalities including play and art therapy, psychoeducation and family counselling, and Cameray sees approximately 600 children per year.

Yukon Food For Learning(YFFL)

YFFL, one of GC4C’s longest standing partners, provides breakfasts, snacks and lunches to hungry students at several schools in Yukon. YFFL programs are community based, which means the nutrition programs are responsive to the specific needs of each school.

In 2023, we donated $5,000 to expand the current hot lunch program to include a healthy, fruit and vegetable based morning snack and breakfast program. Over the years, our sponsorship has helped meet the nutritional needs of approximately 470 children in five schools, including J.V. Clark School in Mayo, and the Elias Community School in Haines, Junction.

Since 2011, we raised $70,000 for YFFL. For more information on YFFL: https://yukonfoodforlearning.ca/

Abetavu (Classrooms for Africa)

In 2023, we donated $10,000 to Abetavu for the construction of solar panels to provide power for a community hall, special needs daycare, library and literacy program, children’s home, and emergency shelter home for families.

Abetavu means ‘Safe Haven’ and the solar power project provides a reliable source of power to provide the children in their care and community with safety and security, access to clean water, food security, hygiene care and supports their educational growth.

Since 2019, GC4C has donated $22,000 to Abetavu, which operates through a registered charity, Classrooms for Africa.

Empower through Music

As new recipient in 2023, GC4C donated $10,000 to Empower Through Music, an organization that focuses on providing music lessons and instruments to underserved youth, making learning an instrument simple and possible for everyone regardless of barrier. The funds were used to purchase instruments to be used in a music education program designed to support the emotional and cognitive needs of non-neurotypical youth in grades 8 through 12.

For more information on Empower Through Music: https://www.empowerthroughmusic.org/