Shirts and Shoes!
The expedition team that traveled with Andrew Allen has just returned home from Ethiopia. They had a wonderful […]
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The Gindo Center gets New Paint
In Gindo we painted two classrooms and the dining hall. We asked if they had a ladder– so […]
Happy Birthday at Kality!
A couple of the expedition volunteers and I got to participate in another birthday celebration at Kality. What […]
The Second Roof
This was the second roof that we replaced. The father and mother are quite aged, and their youngest […]
Games at Kirkos
At the Kirkos center we had two days of fun! The first day we did North American dancing […]
A Kitchen for Kality
At the Kality project- the guys built a structure to give shade to the children, replaced many of the […]
Puppets in the Theatre!
One of our expedition volunteers traveled on this trip with her daughter. Together, they led a program at […]
Construction Project in Addis: A New Roof
Close to the beginning of our trip, our group took on a real construction challenge- replacing a corrugated metal roof! The […]
Guest Post – Shelly VanBinsbergen, Saskatoon
Over Their Heads There are so many stories that are floating around my mind and heart upon returning […]
The Andrew Allen Expedition
Calling all humans that want to change the world! This SPRING 2015, Andrew Allen is teaming up with […]
Trees and Crafts at Gindo
The Expedition Team spent a few days out at the Education Support Center in Gindo in rural Ethiopia. […]
A Fun Day at Kirkos
Our Fall Expedition Team has been in Ethiopia for over a week now, and it looks like they […]
Global Youth Expedition – Alemgena
We spent several days with the students at the Education Support Center in Alemgena, singing songs, playing soccer, […]
Program Update: Kirkos
Students at our Kirkos Center have been the recipients of many visitors in the first half of 2014. […]
Program Update: Kality
Students in our Kality Program, run at the VCS Love and Hope Center, have been the recipients of […]
Global Youth Expedition: Fun and Games at Kirkos!
We spent our last day at Kirkos Center enjoying the program that the students had put together for […]
Global Youth Expedition: Kirkos Community Cleanup
After learning about why it is important to keep our environment clean from our volunteers, the students at […]
Program Update: Gindo
Students at our Gindo Center have been the recipients of many visitors in the first half of 2014. […]
Program Update: Alemgena and Guelele
Students at both our Alemgena and Guelele Centers have been the recipients of many visitors in the first […]
Global Youth Expedition: First day at Kirkos Center
We were greeted by the students at the Kirkos Center with warm smiles and lots of excitement! The […]
Global Youth Expedition: Field trip with Kality
We spent a day joining a field trip with the students of the Kality Program. We met at […]
Global Youth Expedition: Kality Center
On July 8th, our volunteer group of youth set off for the Global Youth Expedition 2014! We gathered […]
Heart Wrenching – A Volunteer’s Experience
If I had to use two words to describe my experience in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it would be […]
Packing up again!
Our Global Youth Expedition leaves for Ethiopia tomorrow and we have been busy, and even busier getting ready […]
Looking for Adventure
When I signed up to travel with Canadian Humanitarian, I knew I was headed out for an adventure […]
Life Changing Experiences – A Volunteer Perspective
Children Parents Families Teamwork Positive Engaging Collaborative Responsiveness Inspiring Engaging Sustainability Transparency Collaboration Growth Visionaries Loving Kindness Graceful […]
A visit to Kersa
In February, we went with an group of volunteers on an expedition to Ethiopia, and as part of […]
June Newsletter
With Canadian Humanitarian expanding and opening new programs, we are excited to announce that our expeditions are changing! […]
Our Expeditions are Changing!
With the exciting news of a new education support center in Lira, Uganda; and a new program opening […]
Making a Difference
We have the opportunity to do a few home visits with our students when with an expedition group. […]
Creating Global Youth
We are excited to start a new opportunity this year – our first annual award from MNP for […]
The motivation for our work
When I arrived back in Ethiopia this trip (my second this year), it felt as though I had […]
Donations, donations, donations!
We had so many donations for the May Expedition Volunteers to take into Ethiopia this past week. Our […]
Global Youth Expedition
We are getting excited for our Global Youth Citizen Expedition in July this year! Already a great group […]
My first expedition with Canadian Humanitarian
Writing a single blog post to summarize a month long journey is nearly impossible. I am new to […]
A nurse’s perspective on a trip of a lifetime to ...
At the end of my trip I no longer saw the citizens of Addis Ababa as victims. I […]
A nurse’s perspective on a trip of a lifetime to ...
In most cities there is a division between the rich and the poor. However, the time I spent […]
A nurse’s perspective on a trip of a lifetime to ...
“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up that I was not happy.”[br]~Ernest Hemingway~[br] […]
February 2014 Expedition (Guest Blog Post by Shelly VanB)
The following post was written by one of our volunteers on the February Expedition, we want to be […]
The Sewing Team
3 women, colourful fabric, and eager students produced some new skirts and excited young people! Carmen, Wendy and […]
Our Favourite Memories
Official Opening Ceremony for the Gindo Education Center [br] [br] [br] Vern Hyde and his Magic Shows! [br] […]
The Self Esteem Class
One of our team members taught a fun class about self esteem. The children and youth had the […]
Drip Irrigation Team
To help family gardens and the market garden in Gindo, this group brought materials to construct this simple […]
The Health Class
Our two nurses taught the students about how germs and viruses are spread, and ways they can protect […]
The Film Crew
This group was honoured to have with us a filming crew to record some of our activities and […]
The Medical Team
October’s group had 5 doctors, 2 nurses, and 1 pharmacist in our midst. We completed medicals on the […]
The Fitness Team
Two of our team members brought a Fitness program, and relay race for the students to learn and […]
Off we go again!
[br] What do you get when you take 25 total strangers who are doctors, nurses, teachers, agronomists, economists […]
Home Visits
Volunteers had the opportunity to visit some of the homes of the students of Gindo Town. Home visits […]
Lynn’s Book Club
Lynn’s Book Club in BC raised over a thousand dollars towards buying books and supplies for the Gindo […]
Hugs to all!
The kids at Kality are range in age from 4 – 7 years old, and they are just […]
ESL, Handpuppets and Construction
We did ESL and hand puppets with the kids, interviews with guardians and picked rocks left from the […]
The Gindo Center
We spent two days working on clean up of construction residue at the Gindo Center! Paint off windows, […]
Eyerus and Senait
We had the honor of bringing two of our students who are studying medicine (one in nursing college, […]
The Tanners come to visit
Ron and Martha Tanner, who have volunteered on a long term basis at our Education Support Centers in […]
Traditional Cooking
While the team was building and installing the bio-sand filtration systems, the foresight father’s wives set up fires, […]
The First Home
This was the view from the front gate of the first home to receive a water filtration system. […]
Installing the Bio Sand Filtration Systems
The Men and their wives were pretty excited to see the Bio Sand Filtration Units come together. I […]
Bio Sand Filtration
After a first day of hard work washing and sorting all the grades of sand and gravel, today […]
The “Porch” Pharmacy
The community public health clinic has allowed us to also set up in their compound, and their front […]
The Medical Clinic
We have spent the last two days doing medical, English skill building, art, and bio sand filters in […]
Down Pour!
The welcoming and introductory speeches were given to us by the fathers, and from us to them. We […]
A Special Treat
This specially decorated pot held on top (the caramel looking mound) a special treat for us! It is […]
A Warm Welcome
We all gathered at one of the father’s homes close by for their welcoming ceremony to us. We […]
Sing As You Work
We traveled to the small community of Turge, where we met up with their Foresight Fathers group, in […]
Visiting the Foresight Fathers Compound
We visited the Foresight Fathers compound in Kersa; to say hello to the program managers, and to see […]
The Road to Sheshamene
Tuesday morning very early we hit the road to Sheshamene and to the two rural communities of Kersa […]
Backpacks for Kirkos
The kids were really happy to get their backpacks, and we were really happy to give them. [br][br]
Visiting Kirkos
We had a great day at the Kirkos Education Support Center! We played games with younger children outside, […]
Getting Started!
The group arrived a little ahead, and had already spent some time getting supplies ready and organized. Monday […]
Lunch Time at Gindo
The Kid’s Hope Education Centers provide one hot meal a day for the children enrolled in the program.[br][br] […]
Thank You Herschel!
Thanks to Herschel Company’s donation, we were able to give the children at a couple of our Education […]