by Jacqui McCarty | Jun 30, 2021 | All News
Girls in Kenya are often forced to miss school on the days of their menstrual cycle if they do not have access to the necessary feminine hygiene products or suitable toilet facilities at school. ABW’s Girls Need You project focuses on providing girls with reusable...
by Admin | Jun 4, 2021 | All News
A non-profit program supporting Red Deer students with much-needed food and health services has been deemed a success. A Better World Canada (ABW), an international development organization based in Lacombe, developed a Student Wellbeing program that has made a...
by Jacqui McCarty | Mar 16, 2021 | All News
Brianna Ericson of Lacombe, a longtime supporter of A Better World, has received the regional Violet Richardson Award from Soroptimist International of Central Alberta for 2021. In addition to the $500 grant for the Lacombe Composite High School student, the award...
by Jacqui McCarty | Mar 8, 2021 | All News
For International Women’s Day, we’re excited to share this post from Copper Lane Hair Studio: “Last year, in partnership with A Better World – Canada and 11 other female-owned local businesses, we set out to raise $10,000 to provide reusable...
by Admin | Feb 27, 2021 | All News
The co-founders of a Lacombe-based humanitarian aid group are among 98 Canadians being honoured for their exceptional deeds to help others. Eric Rajah and Brian Leavitt with A Better World Canada have been awarded Meritorious Service Medals (Civil Division) by the...
by Jacqui McCarty | Feb 24, 2021 | All News
By LAURA TESTER Five volunteers, $5,000 and an idea.That’s what it took to create A Better World Canada and the mission to spark incremental, positive change within East Africa and beyond. Since being launched in 1990, ABW has produced monumental impacts in health,...
