Just for you: 6 feel-good stories of 2014

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Our Work
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Through our Grey Mist Lifting blog, we’ve had the opportunity to share hundreds of inspiring stories with you. This past year, we heard so many incredible stories from our staff, donors and volunteers. Here are six highlights to check out: After being blind her whole life, a 10-year-old Indian girl named Tabseratun can finally see!… Continue Reading Just for you: 6 feel-good stories of 2014

Three lives forever changed!

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eye Surgery, India, Our Work
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Four years ago, an Indian woman named Arti, then 22 years old, was living a blissful life. She and her husband spent their days farming and looking after their beautiful daughter (who would eventually become a big sister). Life was good – until, one day, things took a dramatic turn for the worse. During a… Continue Reading Three lives forever changed!

No more failing eyesight or failing grades

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Eyeglasses, Ghana, Our Work
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Fourteen-year-old Grace Asempah and her mother, Mercy, live in the small town of Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. Grace attends St. Mary’s School in the same town. Grace used to struggle in school every day. Her teachers became concerned with her poor academic performance, and, after learning of Grace’s failing grades, even Mercy… Continue Reading No more failing eyesight or failing grades

Let’s SEE what we can do together!

| By Brian Foster, Former Executive Director
Categories: India, Our Work
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Next Tuesday is GivingTuesday – a special day dedicated to giving back to the global community. Most people have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two days that kick off the holiday shopping season. But on December 2, those in Canada and across the world will kick off the holiday giving season with GivingTuesday.… Continue Reading Let’s SEE what we can do together!

Borehole brings happiness to all

| By Lynne Dulaney, Former Director of Communications
Categories: Clean Water, Our Work, Zambia
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Christopher Tengwa, 57, lives in the Tulonga village of Sinazongwe district, Zambia. He works as a peasant farmer to provide for his family, including his 11 children. Christopher and his family used to live in the Zambezi floodplain where the land was fertile, but the Zambian government’s construction of the gigantic Kariba Dam forced them… Continue Reading Borehole brings happiness to all