A Whirlwind Month
October was a very busy month and also a very fruitful one. Ian and I landed in the US on October 1st and got home 25 days later. A week after our arrival in Georgia, we had eight 7th and 8th grade students (Lucy, Deborah, Joseph, Elisha, Levi, Rose, Abigail and Jeremiah) join us, along […]
What’s the Difference Between a Registered Charity, a Nonprofit, and an NGO in Canada?
If you’ve ever searched for a charity to support, you’ve probably noticed that the same few words keep coming up: registered charity, nonprofit, NGO. They often get used as though they mean the same thing, and when you’re deciding where your gift will go, it’s fair to want to know whether they do. In Canada, […]
Does Having a Job Actually Lift a Family Out of Poverty? What We See in Eswatini, Africa
After 20 years of working in Eswatini, our answer is yes, and we see the proof at Project Canaan, where more than 450 people now have steady work. A job brings in an income, and an income is what lets a family plan: for next week’s food, for next term’s school costs, and for the […]
We are building possibilities.
For most Canadian families, the question is not whether their child will have a high school to attend. It is which courses they will take, which sports or activities they will join, and what they might do after graduation. We send a child to Grade 8 assuming that Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 will […]
Corporate Charitable Giving in Canada: What Business Owners Need to Know
Most business owners think about charitable giving as something personal, a decision made with their own money, on their own time. But if you’re incorporated, your company has its own set of tools for giving, and they work differently than personal donations do. Understanding the difference can change both what your gift actually costs and […]
Building the High School That Will Get These Kids to Graduation
Several hundred children walk into class at Project Canaan Academy (PCA) every school day, and for many of them, no one else in their family has ever finished the grade they’re now sitting in. September 8th is International Literacy Day, a day UNESCO created to point at exactly this gap: the distance between a child […]
New babies
It’s been a very difficult year with our decision to not accept babies due to lack of funding and full-to-overflowing homes. We have turned away too many to count, and then the calls stop coming because the social welfare officers know that we really aren’t accepting babies. After much prayer and discussion, we recently made […]
Beyond Your Will: The Tax-Smart Way to Leave a Charitable Gift in Canada
Did you know you can name a charity as the direct beneficiary of your RRSP, RRIF, TFSA, or life insurance policy, without changing a word of your will? Most Canadians who want to include a charitable gift in their estate plans think first about their will. But some of the simplest (and most tax-efficient) ways […]
What Does It Mean to Leave a Legacy? A Guide to Charitable Giving in Your Will
If you’ve been meaning to sit down and write a will for years, you’re not the only one. According to a 2026 CIBC and Ipsos poll, 94% of Canadians believe everyone should have a will. Only 52% actually have one. Most of us aren’t putting it off because we don’t care. We’re putting it off […]
A Lifelong Commitment: How We Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children at Project Canaan
There are over 140 million orphaned children in the world today, with more than 52 million living in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Kingdom of Eswatini, where we work, nearly one in four children has lost one or both parents, the direct result of decades of HIV and AIDS dismantling a generation of families. For every […]