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 Decorations (Civil Division) by...
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,...
by Admin | Jan 3, 2021 | All News
Copper Lane Hair Studios has partnered with central Alberta businesses and raised almost $10,000 for the Girls Need You project. The money will be used support the sewing and disbursement of reusable feminine hygiene kits for girls in Kenya. It’s an area where limited...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2020 | All News
On the 30th year of A Better World, I am reflecting on this year with gratitude. Thank you for your generosity that has enabled over 50,000 children get an education in schools that you have built. The communities these children come from also have access to clean...
by Admin | Dec 16, 2020 | All News
A Better World (ABW) is a Lacombe based non-profit organization that works to help children in developing countries through access to education, healthcare and clean drinking water. Two friends Eric Rajah and Brian Leavitt, who wanted to make a difference in the lives...
by Jacqui McCarty | Oct 29, 2020 | All News
By LAURA TESTER Dr. Victor Misiani Oteki is living his dream to treat less-fortunate people in the operating room. Dr. Victor Oteki, centre, performs surgery on the leg of a girl named Faith in Kenya. Oteki is based in Kisii, a major urban centre in Southwestern Kenya...
