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10-Oct-2025

The Man Who Gave Us Hallelujah

Staff and children are seated outside under a tree listening to a health talk at a primary school in Agago District, Uganda

The late, great Canadian songwriter and poet, Leonard Cohen, told us: There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Cohen wrote frankly and often about his mental health challenges. Throughout his career, he confronted stigma, offering empathy to those who endure bleak moments when they see only darkness. Whatever you think of […]

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09-Oct-2025

Reflecting on 2024: Our Impact

Each year we share key information about our progress, growth and impact. We’ve brought it all together in our 2024 Impact Report. From measurable outcomes to the moments that mattered most, it captures our work in 2024. Thank you to Carrie Braes for making it all come together.  

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24-Sep-2025

Peace

21 September is the International Day of Peace - a hand is outstretched and a dove carries an olive branch

Twenty-two years ago, I sat beneath a scrawny, brave little tree in an internally displaced persons camp in Darfur. It was 102 degrees F/38 C, and the Sudanese women I was meeting drew their brightly-patterned headscarves over their mouths to keep the gusts of sand and dust away. They apologised because they had no tea […]

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