This Giving Tuesday, we're inviting you on a different kind of journey. Think of it as Amazon-style tracking for your compassion—a six-month window showing exactly how your donation transforms lives, with real-time updates, photos, and stories from the communities you're helping.
Your gift will help fund four desperately needed water sources: two in India, two in Ghana. But before we talk about solutions, meet the people waiting for this change.
At nine months pregnant, most women are supposed to rest. But in Thambuganipalli, India, pregnancy doesn't protect Abinayasree from the burden of fetching water for her family. She walks nearly two kilometers each way, spending four hours every day collecting water.
"Daily I am facing problem about water," she explains. "I am nine-months pregnant. I am drinking this water and getting many health issues. When it will rectify, I don't know."
Abinayasree in India, nine months pregnant, currently has to walk long distances to collect untreated water for her family. Your Giving Tuesday donations will ensure her community will get fresh, clean water near her home.
For forty-five years, water has defined Jagadamba's days. "I am sometimes vomiting because of drinking this unclean water," she says. "I can't go and come (sometimes) because my knee and backbone have worn out. I am facing this problem from 35 years."
Jagadama, in India, has been collecting dirty water for decades. Despite sickness and the strain on her body, she has no choice but to collect water that is kilometers away. A new well will change that.
Thousands of kilometers away in Kampong, Ghana, twelve-year-old Hamidau's education depends on a dried-up dam. "In the morning, I go to fetch water 3 times and when I close from school, I go to fetch water one more time," she explains. "When our dam dries up, we travel even further. By the time I return, I won't be able to go to school again and I miss lessons."
Twelve year old Hamidau, in Ghana, spends much of her day fetching water and often misses school. A new water system is expected to dramatically increase local student attendance.
Her mother Sanatu knows the water isn't safe. "There are germs in this water, and it is unhealthy for us and even our animals. I have no option even though I know it is not safe."
Hamidau’s mother, Sanatu at the dirty pond which is their water source. The water makes them sick but they have no choice. Access to clean water will increase community health.
I've witnessed this reality firsthand. In one Ghana community, I walked the 6km round trip with some of the women—and briefly experienced what it’s like to carry 25L of water on my head.
Imagine oppressive heat, walking rough ground in flip-flops, feeling the vulnerability of being far from your home and in fear of being assaulted by strangers. Or keeping watch for snakes, insects, and even alligators along your path. And then there's the water itself: skimmed from a shallow pond, brown and muddy, something you know isn’t safe to drink, but you have no choice. And then hauling a full bucket of water on to your head. The strain in your neck is immediate and unrelenting. The women told me they still feel that soreness on every single trip. It's not just a chore. It's suffering, repeated daily.
This Giving Tuesday, your donation changes everything. You'll join other Canadians to fund four complete water systems providing clean, accessible water to thousands of people. Each system includes deep bore wells, overhead storage tanks, and distribution pipelines to provide safe drinking water close to their homes.