The Life Campaign is a movement of young people who believe in creating social change. It began with a gathering of Canadian youth leaders who knew they could do more together than they could apart. And from there, it started to grow. It was all about connection, and it reached out to people of all ages. What mattered most was being able to join together to work towards a just world and a hopeful future. Today, in the simplest terms, The Life Campaign is a network of people who know that how we live at home can make a difference on the other side of the world. We’re currently focusing on clean water and education projects in countries where we have people on the ground, so that we can be the hands of Christ in places that need our help. The world is a village, after all, and we believe that we can give love. That we can give life. That we can give hope. Whether we’re working to drill a well or build a school, we know that we can make a change. We can make a difference. We can make decisions that matter. Those leaders were right, after all: we’re greater together than we are apart.
There’s nothing more fundamental than water. And there’s nothing more important. It’s 70% of the planet, after all. Simply put, water is life. Without it, we can’t survive. But even as you read this, there’s a serious water crisis around the world. The United Nations has recognized access to clean water as a human right, but more than 1 billion people can’t get the water they need. That’s one in six of us. The facts tell the story: more than 5000 children die from contaminated water every day. But that’s where The Life Campaign comes in: we’re making it our mission to raise $150,000 in 2009 to add to the $150,000 we raised last year so that we can construct at least 26 wells in 12 countries. We can’t go it alone, though, and we’re going to need your help. If we join together, we can solve one of the most serious problems facing our world today. It doesn’t take much to save a life. It doesn’t take much to save a family. It doesn’t take much to make a change. We all have a part to play, and we’d love to have you with us.
The Life Campaign is based in Canada, but our current mission is to make clean drinking water available to communities in the developing world. We’ve already installed one well in Mozambique, and we’re working on others in Guatemala, Malawi, Ghana and Zimbabwe.
With your help, we’ll finish drilling 26 wells in 12 countries by the end of this year. As the work progresses, we’ll be posting information about the projects so you can stay connected to the people and the places that your donation will be helping. The world is a small place, after all, and we’re all in this thing together. If you join us, we can give the greatest gift of all. The gift of health. The gift of hope. The gift of life.
The funds we’re raising through The Life Campaign are going directly to Emergency Relief and Development Overseas, the Canadian humanitarian organization that will be installing the wells we’re funding. If you’d like to join us, it’s simple. It doesn’t take much to save a life, and even the smallest gestures can make a significant difference.
To donate online, you can click here.
To donate by phone, you can call ERDO at 1-800-779-7262.
For other donation options, you can contact us at info@lifecampaign.org.
Tax receipts are available for donations made to ERDO and The Life Campaign.
June 26th, 2009
We are excited at what is going on in Zimbabwe at the Village of Hope. In this cholera infested country we have had the opportunity to put in a well - and it is being drilled NOW. It should be soon finished and we will have to increase our well count! The well will serve about three hundred children, plus a school and village. We are really making a difference! Read More »
June 8th, 2009
We just found a video of a teenager in Australia who is RAISING MONEY for the Life Campaign! What is up with that? Check out the wee little video and then see what YOU can do to bring some hope and life!
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May 21st, 2009
This year’s Life giving at our Overflow event in Waterloo was over the top. In the months preceding our event we sponsored a giving contest on behalf of the Life campaign. The contest was called ‘Best seats in the house.’
We asked groups to make April their Life month where offerings and fundraisers could be done to raise money to build wells. The group that raised the most money per capita would
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May 19th, 2009
The May long weekend was pretty wild for the Life Campaign. In Montreal I was involved in presenting our 2009 goals and while there we raised nearly $10,000 for water wells. At the same time in Waterloo at a youth event called Overflow over $33,000 was raised for the Life Campaign. In Langley at an event called Historymaker we’ve yet to hear the totals for Life but I do know that thousands were raised to make a difference in the lives of others.
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May 15th, 2009
Natalie Rogge – a hard working lady who organizes a whole pile of material for kids groups in churches across Canada emailed the other day asking for info on the Life Campaign. They are adopting the Campaign for their summer programs. Wow – and we thought this campaign was just for students. Turns out kids can be passionate about making a difference.
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May 14th, 2009
We are working on adding 3 wells in the country of Guinea. All 3 wells will be a combo of hand pumps and electric pumps operated by generator and with a water tower. It is a combo so that if the electricity doesn’t work (which happens in a number of places) the hand pump can still provide clean water.
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May 14th, 2009
Over this May long weekend thousands of students are gathering at youth conferences across the country. The Life Campaign will be highlighted at these conferences and we have a goal of putting a HUGE dent in the amount needed for completing our remaining 25 wells.
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May 14th, 2009
We have a situation where we at the Life Campaign would like to bring hope really quickly. It is a village 4 hours north of Tamale, Ghana in the desert. Right now people just dig for water and they do find it but the water is not healthy. In fact, it carries waterborne disease that has resulted in high numbers of the community gradually going blind. We desperately want to protect the children of the community and a well would do the trick. Do you want to help?
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May 14th, 2009
Click READ MORE to view a video that helps convey the heart behind the LIFE Campaign.
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