Come prepared to give towards an amazing cause. Start saving now. Why not give up a few McDonald’s trips to save the life of many. You may not think it’s much but together we can make a difference. Together, we can give Life.

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Last year at History Maker 2011, BC and the Yukon raised $18,000 to build wells that provide clean water for many communities around the world. Because of the tremendous success, we decided to do it again. This year, History Maker 2012 will be held in Abbotsford, BC on May 18-20. The weekend is filled with some amazing sessions, speakers and a whole lot of fun. If you’ve never been, why not come this year and bring some friends along. There is still time to register.

We want to get you involved with helping change the lives of many. Come prepared to give to an incredible cause. No amount is too small. Dig deep and give until it hurts. One small gift from your own pocket can make a difference in someone’s life. We can do more together then we can do alone. Together we can make a difference. Together we can give Life.

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$20,000 went to a water well in Chapheta

$27,000 went to a school feeding program in Bangladesh. Because this was a food program, our government matched with 4:1 totaling a grand total of $135,000 to the school.

This year, the country of focus will be in Bangladesh to bring clean water to many people.

Last year was a record breaking year. Are you prepared to beat last years numbers? Start saving now. Sacrifice a few Starbucks drinks to give Life.

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This is Perspective Senegal compound (building with pink porch) where currently 30 boys between 8 and 20 years old live. The property beside it (with the orange door) is the PAOC Ministry Centre compound. The garden of the PAOC compound backs up against the side wall of the Perspectives property.

There are 2 wells built to help those who live in the compound. It will provide clean water so the boys will have a healthier life. The main well has a solar powered pump which is backed up by both hand pump and hand drawn water pulley. The second smaller well will have a hand pump and pulley. Each well has a 3,000 litre reservoir which the pumps will fill. Basic clean water filters have been put into each building so the water is drinkable. In this area of Senegal, fresh water is found only two to four metres under the ground. Anything below that depth is salt water.

Because of the help of the Life Campaign, we have made a difference in these boys’ lives.

Combien parmi vous parles français? Life Campaign est maintenant au Québec pour vous tous qui parlez et comprenez le français. Le titre est “Opération Vie”. La photo dans cet article est le nouveua logo pour l’opération en français.

How many of you speak french? Life Campaign is now in Quebec for those who speak and understand French. The name is “Opération Vie”. The attached photo is the new look for the French campaign.

Bangladesh is one of the least developed countries on the Asian subcontinent. The population is approximately 130 million and is continually growing at a rate of 2.2% every year. Nearly 85% percent of the population lives in rural areas. The rapidly growing population means there is less land for each family to farm making it very difficult for families to feed their children. The key to helping children in Bangladesh escape poverty is education; however, many families do not see the benefit of educating their children and children whose parents do manage to send them to school are often too hungry to learn.

Working with trusted partners in Bangladesh, ERDO is coming alongside community schools run by our partner, to help them provide daily in-school feeding. One of these schools is in Jessore where approximately 100 children are enrolled. Children who are well fed are better able to concentrate at school, participate in school activities and are motivated to learn. Children are healthier and time missed due to illness decreases.

In a community where it is a struggle for families to feed their children even 1 or 2 meals a day, parents are motivated to send their children to school knowing that they will receive a balanced nutritional meal. Once a child is attending school regularly the opportunity to spread the love of Christ and emphasize the benefits of an education to the community as a whole are many.

ERDO’s Director of International Development, Kelvin Honsinger, has recently returned from Bangladesh where he visited several community schools and saw first-hand the difference in-school feeding is making to entire communities.

Support of in-school feeding in a community school will:

1. Ensure that children receive a balanced meal at school daily and contribute to their overall health

2. Increase the ability for children to learn and have the energy to participate in school activities

3. Decrease the number of days children miss school due to illness

4. Increase school enrollment by motivating parents to see value of school

5. Offer opportunities to become further involved in helping the community as a whole

Now that is something to celebrate!

Yimdi is a small rural village on the outskirts of the capital city of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. It is located about 5 kilometers off the main Ouagadougou road and is accessible through a mud feeder road. It is home to over 350 children who live at the Children’s Village of Hope. The children are almost exclusively from very remote rural villages hundreds of kilometers from Ouagadougou. They are brought, with the permission of their families, to live at the village in order to receive an education. Without this opportunity they would never learn to read or write as there are typically no schools in their villages and they are often the first community members to receive a formal education. The Children’s Village of Hope is run by a local church, pastored by Rev. Michel Ouedraogo who has long been burdened for the children of marginalized areas of Burkina Faso. This church, located between two very large Mosques is a shining light to the community that surrounds it. Despite being located in an impoverished area of Ouagadougou, and with a congregation that is far from wealthy, they have managed to build (over a period of 6 years) a large church facility completely debt free. They have also opened and support a local medical clinic that provides good low cost medical care to the poor and also help support, through special offerings, the daily operational budget at the Children’s Village of Hope. The Children’s Village has a primary school, high school, dorms, dining and meeting hall, administrative building, medical clinic, working farm and vocational school. Many of the buildings have been constructed with the help of ERDO and other NGO’s who have recognized the church’s deep desire to minister to the communities and country around them. ERDO has worked with the Ouedraogo’s and their church’s community care team since 1999 providing various feeding programs, medical supplies, childcare plus and community development projects in support of the church’s vision of reaching their community for Christ.

Before the Living Waters Church provided the funds for this new well, it was a struggle for the both the children and the staff of the Children’s Village. The village site is quite large (over 100 acres) and the initial borewell drilled in the early 2000’s has been pumping at capacity for several years. As the village has expanded and dormitories and the 3 schools have been built, the amount of water available was no longer enough to adequately water the kitchen gardens or provide a steady flow of clean water to the vocational school, boys dorm, medical clinic and staff housing. The borehole provided by Living Waters Church has increased the supply of safe and clean drinking water ensuring that staff and children do not have to walk long distances to procure additional water that was not always safe to drink.

Through the provision of this borewell, Living Waters has touched the lives of over 400 people and many hundreds more in the future; with the love of Christ through the practical and ongoing gift of clean water…

The Children’s Village of Hope well is:

1. Providing clean water for drinking and cooking for students and staff families

2. Providing much needed irrigation of kitchen gardens thereby increasing food production

3. Decreasing the distance that water needs to be carried by students and staff alike

4. Decreasing the possibility of outbreaks of water borne disease for all living at the village

5. Providing a source of water for the village livestock through capture of run off water

Click Here to view a video of the impact of the well on the people of Yimdi

“A well at Pentecostal Bible College in Nyang’ori, Kenya would be of great blessing to our 200+ student body. Presently we are dependent entirely on rain water to service our student body. It is an ongoing challenge to harvest the necessary rain water for our students.”

So Life Campaigners, are you ready for this big challenge? Let’s make a change in the lives of people all across this globe.