Stories from the Field

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

Saving Lives at Birth After travelling to Tanzania to visit rural health centres last month, Jessica Starkins, WASH project manager – community health, shares one of her experiences from the trip.   “It was an incredible experience getting to finally visit the health centres GAiN has been working in for

The Elephant Village This month, Jessica Starkins visited GAiN’s Water for Life Initiative projects in Tanzania. She met with our field teams to conduct training sessions with them, conduct village visits and also did reporting on the Saving Lives at Birth project at three rural health centers.   Read as

Local Love in Syria The aftermath of the earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria on February 6 have continued to wreak havoc and death. This devastation comes at an already vulnerable and difficult time for both countries, with cold winter storms sweeping the region and an ongoing cholera outbreak threatening

Spreading Warmth in Cold Ukraine Since March 2022, Global Aid Network (GAiN) has provided disaster relief to people in Ukraine that have been internally displaced, directly affected in-country, or have fled to neighbouring countries because of the ongoing war. In partnership with our offices in Germany and the Netherlands, GAiN

LuoPads for the Women in the Philippines We are so grateful for those that were involved in helping to make LuoPads in 2022. Together, we made 400 LuoPads that were distributed to 65 women in the Philippines. The women were extremely grateful for the pads and shared that they were