Stories ~ Archived stories
Read how grants impacted people's lives, and get a glimpse of the impact of charitable activity.
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Investing into professional development impacts charity February 2, 2010
Dave Blundell, Executive Director for Chilliwack, BC-based charity Hungry for Life was the recipient of a professional development grant sponsored by Bridgeway in 2007. The grant was matched 1:1 by his organization, and funded his education in the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) degree at Trinity Western University. This type of grant is one way of strengthening a charity's ability to become even more effective in the future. But a patient, long-range view is required as benefits are not observed overnight.
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Justice comes to La Paz December 22, 2009
Bridgeway partnered with International Justice Mission to launch its Bolivia field office in 2005. We are now beginning to see the impact of starting this office with four convictions of sexual assult perpetrated against children in 2008.
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Jean Vanier curriculum disseminated to students across Canada December 1, 2009
The Choosing Our Future Project is curriculum prepared for high school students on values, world view, and making choices for the common good based on interviews with celebrated Canadian Jean Vanier. The package, which includes a DVD, is in the process of being introduced to an estimated 379,800 students in over 1150 high schools across Canada by 2010.
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Other options than prostitution found for African women November 2, 2009
Mestu, Ayale, and Azeb were three vulnerable women exploited in prostitution on the streets of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Each had experienced the devastating loss of a parent, a life of severe poverty, and various forms of abuse. As a last resort, they turned to prostitution to supplement income for their families. One day, however, they found a better solution through an Ethiopian grassroots organization sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse Canada.
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Opening the gates for new Canadians March 5, 2009
When Julius Tiangson arrived on Saskatoon’s frigid doorstep, he was ill-prepared for the cultural, and visceral shock of the prairie’s minus 29 degree weather. It’s Tiangson’s own experience of immigrating from tropical Philippines with his family that led him to his role as Executive Director of the Gateway Centre for New Canadians in Mississauga.
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Making strides toward wholeness in Waterloo Region February 2, 2009
Most women in Canada's prisons grew up with challenges including abuse, addiction, mental health problems, poverty and low levels of education. Read how some women in Kitchener are making strides out of these damaging cycles through the help of Community Justice Initiatives.
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Listen Up TV: A television of hope January 1, 2009
She’s one of the invisible; a Vancouver Downtown Eastside resident and a Saulteaux Aboriginal originally from Pine Creek, Manitoba who, one fall day, was given a voice on Listen Up TV.
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Caring for staff diminishes burnout rate at Yonge Street Mission December 1, 2008
An organization creatively serving in Toronto's inner city finds caring for staff diminishes its personnel burnout rate. This project supports a full-time staff care worker who serves as ombudsman, counsellor, and advocate for staff who work on the frontlines.
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Risk and reward in Afghanistan November 6, 2008
Basic medical care and uncomplicated surgery is an assumed right in Canada, but in ragged places like Kabul, Afghanistan, it's the poor who suffer from the lack of these provisions...
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Kindness in action in barrios of Colombia September 2, 2008
Ingrid Angelica Gonzalez Hernandez' brother has Down syndrome. And yet the difficulty this brought to her family crafted in Ingrid a compassionate heart for other families in her neighbourhood who faced similar issues.
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Offering hope to Chinese parents June 27, 2008
David Gotts' compassion for Chinese special needs children was birthed when a skinny disabled Chinese baby was abandoned on his doorstep. Fifteen years later, he heads up a solid and reputable charity that has offices in seven nations.
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RCMP officer frees Cambodian girls June 2, 2008
During the day, Brian McConaghy is an RCMP officer in Vancouver. In the evenings, on weekends, and during vacations, Brian has invested his life into the Cambodian people...
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Value-added faith communities February 21, 2008
The Work Research Foundation is documenting a new understanding of the church’s role in both shaping and giving context to healthy, urban living.
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Expanding education on the west coast February 20, 2008
Regent College concludes its Writing the Next Chapter capital campaign with the assistance of many friends and supporters ...
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Thinking about families February 20, 2008
The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada is becoming a valuable resource for many Canadians -- from government policy makers to young people contemplating marriage ...
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Emerging worship in a New Brunswick town January 7, 2008
Bridgeway is pleased to have partnered with St. Stephen’s University, NB, to help fund the start-up phase of The Institute of Contemporary & Emerging Worship Studies (ICEWS)...
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Rwanda's hope for the future: educating youth December 10, 2007
No family was left unaffected by the 1 million murders that occurred in the genocide of Rwanda in 1994. To bring hope through a healed generation, Wellspring Academy is demonstrating that a Christian school can deliver top-notch education and bring peace and reconciliation ...
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Seeds take root in Sasiga, Ethiopia August 31, 2007
Ato Mohammed Abdurrahman is one of the farmers relocated from Eastern Ethiopia and resettled in the Sasiga District. He was provided with tree seeds (such as Jacaranda, Sasbenia, Eucalyptus and other fruit seeds) and raised 25,000 different kinds of seedlings on his small plot of land.
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Mom, I want to be a real person July 20, 2007
Kevin (name has been changed) has an intellectual delay disability. Although he is a teenager, he is reading at a Grade 1 level. Consequently, he was totally isolated at school and had very few friends.
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Advocating for the homeless on Canadian streets July 20, 2007
From March 29 to April 1, 2006 nearly 350 individuals, representing some 70 organizations from across Canada who are passionately engaged in finding solutions to poverty and homelessness, gathered at a hotel in downtown Ottawa to participate in STREET LEVEL 2006...
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Making candy from discarded bones July 17, 2007
Economics forced José Garcia Paguana out of school at the end of grade 4. He helped support his family by doing odd jobs. Then, when he was 14, a neighbour hired him to make candy...
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Make it a beautiful proposal June 30, 2006
I had been working with Rosi in our publications department for a full day to transform my text into a 'beautiful' proposal with pictures and graphs. After I got it bound and just prior to sending it off to the foundation, I showed it to Rosi...
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