Food hampers to Calgary Families We are passionate about helping Calgary families. In the past two weeks, we kicked off November 2020 with a bang. The volunteers at Wings of Hope for Africa have proudly delivered food hampers to fifty families. We continue our efforts to help people in need as our community struggles with […]
Community Garden Our new group of 70 sponsored families are planting the 7th phase of the Kivumu Community Garden. They are using seed potatoes passed from the families in the 6th phase reinforcing our model of sustainability and teamwork. Our community garden project provides our recipients with the means to eat and make a living. […]
We were interviewed by Global News news on September 11, 2016 Watch Aline Nzeyimana speak about our projects and helping Burundian refugees in Rwanda. Thank you again for the feature, Global Calgary !
A story about our Mahama Camp Refugee Campaign, as published in the Calgary Herald on July 1, 2016. Original link: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-group-to-deliver-goods-to-refugees-in-rwanda Published on: July 1, 2016 | Last Updated: July 1, 2016 7:04 PM MDT Reprinted with permission. By: Alia Dharssi On Wednesday, three Calgarians will board a plane and begin a two-day journey to […]
CBC Radio-Canada recently interviewed our very own Aline Nzeyimana, founder of Wings of Hope for Africa. The interview aired live at 17:40pm, on April 4, 2016. The radio host and Aline discussed our current Refugee Campaign to raise funds for Burundians living in Camp Mahama, Rwanda. Listen to it here: http://bit.ly/1RZZ0tn (in French).
Our first donations in Canada are complete! This Easter weekend, we purchased and donated $5000 of in-kind supplies to the YWCA Calgary. It was quite an undertaking, as you can see! We purchased and delivered over 200lbs of rice, 100lbs of pasta, and many other essentials: cereal, canned food, pasta sauce, baby food, diapers, sanitary […]
We’re excited to announce our new program in Canada! Starting in March 2016, we will begin allocating a portion of our budget back to the local community. It’s a way to carry through with our mission of helping with basic needs of life, right here at home. We are starting by making an in-kind donation of basic supplies […]
Happy New Year 2016! We are excited to announce that we have expanded to operate in the community of Kivumu, Burundi. We have just launched our Community Garden project, a sustainable agriculture project which will help 70 families per year. Our goal for the project is to provide families a starting point from where they […]
Come join us for an evening of celebration as we wrap up our 2015 back to school fundraising campaign! We will be featuring a silent auction, drink tickets for some refreshing local craft beers and a chance to win some great prizes with our raffle draw… What an incredible way to kick start your summer! […]
2014 was a highly successful year for the Wings of Hope for Africa Foundation. We were able to achieve a few major milestones in regards to achieving our fundraising goals of the September Back to School Campaign, Family sponsorships in October and November, the December Shine a light campaign, as well as the Raffle fundraising […]
