Who we are

Global Aid Network (GAiN) is
a worldwide humanitarian
organisation

What we do

We involve people in a
hands-on response to
poverty and crisis

Why we do it

Our mission is to
reveal hope and restore life

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Borodyanka, Gateway to Kyiv

Borodyanka, Ukraine. A quiet one-street town, 35 miles to the north of Kyiv, which had roughly 13,000 residents.  It is a strategic place as this narrow route provides passage to the country’s capital. This small town was bombed extensively by the Russian armed forces during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. 

Amira's* Story

On the Road to Damascus

“I remember the sweet moments in my city when the snow was falling just before Christmas 2013. Looking out through my window our children, with their new hats and gloves, playing excitedly in the snow.  

In wasn’t long after that, as the children were getting ready for school that everything changed. The phone rang and a friend warned us not to leave the house as ‘Daesh’ (ISIS) were in the streets nearby.

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Last time we spoke…

It has been a while since we updated you with news about us and our work. We’ve had a number of new staffing updates, news about what’s been happening with our relief work in Greece, new opportunity to give aid to refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a new start to being involved in a development project called Water for Life.

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Refugee Crises in Greece

What a strange year. It was a year of isolation. A year where we were distracted from familiar things, everyday habits, our normal movements, our friends and even family. It has been a year of reflection about what is really necessary and important.

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Rethinking How to Spend Lockdown in a Global Pandemic!

Anais is a Disaster and Emergency Response Team (DART) member and after being in lockdown in London for a while, she began to rethink how she could be spending her time during a global pandemic. In this post, Anais answers some interview questions about how she became a DART member and what’s motivated her to join GAiN’s response to the Corona Virus in Camp Moria.

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GAiN UK Turns 5 & Leadership Handover

This year GAiN UK is turning 5 and in celebration of this milestone, we have held an Online Network Gathering and Celebration Event! Thank you to everyone who attended these events. In this post Sarah Patel has summarised some of what GAiN UK has achieved over the past 5 years. This page will give you the opportunity to respond to our Celebration Event and hear a little about what the next fears year have in store.

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Camp Moria: A Refuge

As we prepared ourselves for what the press is calling “the hell of Moria”, we became more fearful as we read articles, books, saw photos and watched footage of the camp. We prayed for courage, for protection, for provision, for wisdom, for compassion….

We arrived in Lesbos to meet our team and get some informative, relevant and insightful training: a great start to meet such special, dedicated, wise people and feel safe together.

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