About Us

All For Humanity is a registered Canadian charity and registered NGO in Ghana, Africa.  We are a small group of friends who came together a few years ago with a genuine passion to truly make a difference. We have full time jobs; we are mothers and small business owners, committed to fostering change, focusing on the small by helping one child at a time. We have challenged every comfort level possible while carrying out our work, in both Ghana and Colombia. 

At AFH we envision a world where the family unit is supported. Where individual differences are cherished and each gender is worthy. Where children live in a safe environment, can develop through play and have access to opportunity, education, safe drinking water and enough to eat. Our approach is entirely grass roots and hands on as this approach allows us the benefit of seeing firsthand the impact of our actions, as well as ensuring that the money we raise goes directly to the children we are helping. Before moving forward on any project, a significant portion of our discovery is confirming the validity of a situation, and being able to navigate and truly distinguish the reality of the need. We feel this strategy fosters genuine change.

The underlying current in every situation and project we take on in both Ghana and Colombia is water. Just because of where these children and their families live in the world they do not have access to safe, clean, drinking water; and by all accounts this issue for them is only going to get worse. For the many children and families they must walk for hours to what is nothing more than a filthy pond to retrieve their drinking water. Causing these children to become sick with bellies full of worms and parasites that can lead to blindness and death. Through CAWST we are working to make clean, safe drinking water a priority everywhere we work in these countries. 

In most cases our assistance comes in the form of basic resources such as food and water filters, improved shelter, clothing, educational supplies and medical support. We are firm believers that a child's chances in life shouldn't depend so starkly on where they are born. We believe that all children should have the opportunity to fulfill their potential; to develop their talents, to work towards their goals, to have ambitions and a means to achieve them. We feel that we can always do more, if only by aiding one child at a time. The poverty these children face is more than just lack of money, it is a lack of opportunity. A child who does not have access to clean water, learning, family support, or the basic necessities of life is disadvantaged from the start.

AFH supports the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, an agreement under international law, that is the backdrop for civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children world wide. The agreement expressly recognizes that parents have the most important role bringing up children. Historical evidence shows that institutionalizing children has not solved the problems of poor families in the past, and it will not do so today. One of our aims is to eliminate the misconceptions that have made orphanages the automatic response for caring for vulnerable children. No family, no mother wants to give up their child. However, when faced with absolute poverty, illness and lack of opportunity, these families and parents are faced with extreme circumstances, that require extreme choices. We try to work with the understanding that the separation from parents, combined with the poor quality of care, violence, abuse and exploitation found in most care institutions is extreme and has a lasting profound effect on children and society. This is a message we carry with us as we work through the villages and communities.

We feel that our dedication to the children we help must be measured by more than just the money we provide our projects. We feel the true signature of success is not whether we are just a source of aid that helps people simply exist - it is whether we are partners in creating sustainable positive change, that enhances the potential of those we are helping. Through our work in these countries we have also had the opportunity to meet amazing individuals doing great things for their communities.

We understand that change takes time and requires much patience. We certainly do not profess to have all the answers whatsoever. But this change needs to begin somewhere and with groups like ours filling in the gaps with community based collaborative efforts - we are helping those who may not otherwise be helped. If we can begin by slowly impacting one child at a time, the potential is so promising, with the ripple effect far-reaching - we have seen it! And like many, many others, this is our small way of doing what we can so that these children are not forgotten.