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Toronto, June 18, 2024 – Good Neighbours Canada, a core alliance of Good Neighbors Global Partnership, has actively implemented a series of educational events across Ontario, engaging with young students during the children’s water festivals.
Collectively, these festivals involved interactions with over 8,200 students, where students learned about the importance of water conservation, protection, awareness, respect, science technology, history, and health.
At these events, Good Neighbours Canada addressed global water access challenges, particularly highlighting conditions in Zambia. In Zambia, many children may travel up to four hours daily to collect water from sources that are often contaminated and shared with local wildlife, posing a risk of waterborne diseases.
One key initiative, the Step4Water activity, was implemented to simulate the challenges faced by Zambian children. This activity involved Ontario students carrying a bucket of water across a short distance of approximately 10 steps, aimed at fostering appreciation for the readily available water resources in Ontario and illustrating the stark contrast with conditions in Zambia.
Additionally, the Virtual Reality Experience at one of the festivals provided students with an immersive view of water collection from wells built by Good Neighbours Canada under its Wishing Well Project. This experience prompted students to consider how they might use the time saved by having closer water sources.
Feedback from the festivals has been positive, with educators noting the importance of raising awareness about water issues. For instance, a teacher from the Peel Children’s Water Festival described the activity as remarkably informative.
Good Neighbours Canada’s Wishing Well project continues to provide families with access to clean water, helping children pursue education without the daily burden of water collection. For more information about its efforts to build Wishing Wells in rural Africa, please visit the campaign page: https://goodneighbourscanada.ca/wishing-well.
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Good Neighbours Canada was founded in 2017 in London, Ontario, with the mission to raise awareness and funds for partner countries. Our primary objective is to work closely with communities, fostering collaboration and understanding to empower people and transform lives. We implement projects that support education, health, water and sanitation, income generation, and emergency relief campaigns. Recognizing that women and girls are disproportionately affected by crises, we emphasize gender equality and the empowerment of marginalized groups.
From the beginning, we have strived to strengthen our connections with nonprofit partners and donors and enhance our ability to support both international partners and marginalized people within Canada. Notably, we assisted over 100 Ukrainian refugees affected by the war in safely relocating to Canada.
Currently, Good Neighbours Canada is positively impacting communities through our Better Life for Girls, Child Sponsorship, Clean Water, and Social Enterprise projects. We aim to create a world free of poverty, discrimination, and harm, continuously engaging and supporting local communities to foster sustainable development and social cohesion. We collaborate with Global Affairs Canada, the City of Toronto, Employment and Social Development Canada, and other funding partners.
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