Who is New Life World Aid?

There are 4.8 billion people in the world’s developing countries. Three-fifths lack basic sanitation, almost a third lack access to clean water, and a quarter don’t have adequate housing. Right now more than 5 million people are homeless as a result of a natural disaster. Turn on any television channel. Read any newspaper. War. Flood. Famine. Everyday we awake to a crisis somewhere in the world. Who will help the family forced from their home? The starving child squatting in the street? The mother sifting through the rubble? So many needs. So much pain. How can one person —even one agency— possibly make a difference?

New Life World Aid, (NLWA), exists to demonstrate the love of God - through word and deed  - to hurting and needy people around the world through relief and development projects. Whatever the need, be it food, shelter, medical supplies or development assistance, NLWA innovatively links individuals and groups worldwide, sourcing critical commodities and mobilizing people for an effective response.

Operation Carelift, a division of NLWA, reaches out to people in former Soviet Republics. For two weeks each winter and again during the summer, hundreds of Carelift volunteers help deliver humanitarian aid to families and children in orphanages. They also conduct Sunday School programs and outreaches, pastors training, literature distribution, medical and dental camps and hygiene training.

Crossroads, a division of NLWA, exists to support, train and resource national movements and partnering organizations with strategies to address felt or societal needs [such as HIV/AIDs, violence] with educational and spiritual solutions and by focusing on the development of values and character.

...three are stronger than one.

New Life World Aid strives to eliminate the duplication of services amongst aid organizations by cooperating and working together with like-minded agencies. We believe in the unity of strengths and resources of each partnering agency into a single, efficient, global effort.

GAiN Canada, our implementation partner, helps to mobilize and facilitate resources for our projects around the world.

Our partners in Europe, GAiN Germany, provide acquisition and transportation of humanitarian aid supplies to countries throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Africa.

New Life World Aid is willing to go where it needs to go and do whatever it takes to bring relief and hope to the suffering. New Life World Aid's key areas of focus include the following:

Reaching leaders:   Merely delivering aid is not always enough. Often the ground must be prepared first by forming relationships with government leaders and other key decision-makers to foster an atmosphere of openness and trust before aid or development work can begin.

Benin — After meeting with the First Lady of Benin an agreement was made to work with GAiN Canada and Campus pour Christ, Benin to drill water wells which will provide clean drinking water, which in turn improves the quality of life.
 

Emergency Disaster Response:   Turn on any television channel. Read any newspaper. It seems like every day we awake to a new crisis some where in the world. New Life World Aid is always ready to mobilize resources when disaster strikes.


Iraq – New Life World Aid is currently involved in delivering emergency “Boxes of Blessing” containing food items such as rice, beans, canned, dried and other non-perishable food items in response to the war in Iraq. Four truckloads of food and clothing have already been delivered to Northern and Central Iraq .  This is an ongoing project.


Liberia – Years of civil war in Liberia have created hundreds of thousands of displaced people and refugees.  New Life World Aid is currently working with local churches in Liberia to provide hot meals to needy people. Over 140,000 hot meals were served in phase I of this project between September and October 2003.
 

Ongoing Disaster relief:   Immediate response to disaster while important is not the whole story. When people are displaced from their homes through conflicts or natural disasters they need ongoing support as they work to rebuild their lives. New Life World Aid strives to ensure that people continue to receive aid long after the crisis is over. 


Development Aid:   Long-term economic development is the key to building stable, sustainable societies that are better able to withstand the shocks of war and strife. One of New Life World Aid's key mandates is to share the technology of developed nations with people from developing countries.


Africa and Asia – “Water for Life Initiative”, a joint project between New Life World Aid and GAiN Canada is providing fresh water wells to communities throughout Asia and Africa.
 

Global Alliance (GA)

New Life World Aid is a founding member of the Global Alliance. The Global Alliance is a network of CCCI partners committed to relief and development. Each partner has the goal of presenting the love of God in a tangible way through relief and development work, as well as facilitating the presentation of the message of God’s love and forgiveness. The primary conduit for these efforts is CCCI national offices.