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Your generosity can change a life this week.
Perhaps you have wanted to help, but wondered whether your gift would really reach anyone. Give once or every month through a registered Canadian charity with 24 years of work in 21 countries, carried out by local leaders who know their communities by name.
Give where needed most
Make your gift
One-time or monthly · takes about two minutes
Amounts above show what a gift like yours can provide. Gifts to where needed most are used for the program with the greatest need.
Welcome, friend in the United States. Give in US dollars through Bridges of Hope USA:
- Choose your amount and how often: once, weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quarterly or yearly.
- Pay securely online.
- Your confirmation arrives by email. Questions about your gift or receipt? Call 1 877 460 6036.
Opens our US giving page, with the secure form in US dollars.
You are not alone in asking
Perhaps you have wondered about this too.
Many generous people hold back for the same three reasons. You deserve clear answers before you give.
“Will my gift actually reach anyone?”
Every program is run by local leaders under a written agreement with Bridges of Hope, and every gift goes to our own charitable programs.
“Is this organization trustworthy?”
We have been a registered Canadian charity for 24 years, governed by a volunteer board. Our registration and public filings are listed with the Canada Revenue Agency. See our CRA listing
“Will I ever know what happened?”
You receive a receipt, then stories and updates from the programs you support. You will see faces, places and results.
Imagine a different future
Beyond charity. Beyond poverty.
Charity as usual keeps people waiting for the next gift, and dependency grows quietly, one handout at a time. We believe in a different ending: the day a mother no longer needs help, because she has become the one who gives it.
becomes a benefactor
The girl who once received a school uniform grows up to pay a teacher’s wage. The family that once received food now feeds its neighbours.
can care for themselves
Skills, health and education let a mother and father provide for their own children, with their heads held high.
becomes a livelihood
A small loan becomes a tailor’s shop or a market stall. The loan is repaid, and it lifts the next family.
This is already happening. Through Hope Enterprises, our economic development programs, Bridges of Hope works in Burkina Faso with our microfinance partner ACFIME, in a wider network of partners that includes Kiva. Together, more than 14,000 entrepreneurs have received a loan to start or grow a business, nearly 9 in 10 of them women, with a repayment rate of 99.97%. Thousands of microcredits are freeing families from poverty. Meet ACFIME See Hope Enterprises
That is the moment we move beyond charity. When one family takes that step, its children inherit a different story. When a whole community takes it, a thousand generations inherit a different future. That is how we move beyond poverty.
Every Bridges of Hope program exists for one purpose, our mission: To promote poverty relief and community empowerment among the poorest nations of the earth.
Choose where your gift goes
Point your generosity where your heart is.
Where needed most
One gift, sent to the program with the most urgent need right now.
Give aboveSponsor a child
School fees, meals and health care for a child in Burkina Faso or Uganda.
Sponsor a childHealthy Child Africa
Our flagship: health, nutrition and education for children.
Give to the flagshipClose to home
Meals, shelter, winter coats and a first welcome for newcomers in Canada.
See local giftsChoose a program
More than 50 programs in 21 countries. Pick the one that moves you.
Explore programsThe Gift Catalogue
Honour someone you love with a gift that means something.
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Monthly partners
Be the steady hand behind the work.
A monthly gift is the most powerful gift you can give. It lets a nurse, a teacher or a youth mentor count on tomorrow.
- Local leaders can plan ahead. Salaries, school terms and food programs run on steady support.
- You stay close to the story. Updates from the programs you care about, through the year.
- You stay in control. Change, pause or stop your monthly gift at any time by contacting us.
Ways to give
Give the way that suits you.
Today, every month, at a celebration, through your church or workplace, or as a legacy that outlives you.
Become a monthly partner
Choose “monthly” in the form. Steady gifts let local leaders plan ahead.
Why monthlye-Transfer from your bank
Send to [email protected]. In the message, add your full name, mailing address and the program you prefer.
Mail a cheque
Payable to Bridges of Hope. PO Box 81, Stn Main, Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Y3. Note your preferred program on the memo line.
Give from the US
Give in US dollars, once or on your own schedule, through our secure US giving page.
Give from the USGive a meaningful gift
Choose from more than 130 gifts, from a hot meal in Lethbridge to a nurse’s wage in Burkina Faso, with a free honour card.
Shop the giftsIn honour or in memory
Mark a birthday, a wedding or a life well lived. Create a personal link and invite others to give in their name.
Create a tribute linkGive up your birthday
Ask friends to skip the presents and choose a gift that changes a life instead.
Start in a minuteHold a giving campaign
Make the Gift Catalogue your Thanksgiving, Advent or mission Sunday campaign. We will help you prepare.
Church campaign kitEmployer matching and payroll
Many employers match gifts or offer payroll giving. Ask your HR team and tell us if you need details from us.
Ask us for detailsCorporate partnership
Bring your company alongside a program, a shared gift or a season of giving.
Start a conversationGifts of stocks or mutual funds
Donating publicly traded securities directly can bring a better tax result than selling first. Talk with your advisor, then contact us for transfer details.
Request transfer detailsRecommend a grant
Have a donor-advised fund? Recommend a grant to Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies, charity 863616843RR0001.
A gift in your will
Leave a lasting gift that serves families long after your lifetime. See suggested wording below.
Suggested wordingInsurance, RRSP, RRIF or TFSA
Name Bridges of Hope as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or registered plan. Your advisor can help.
Let us knowGive your time and skills
Serve with a program, join a trip, or bring your team alongside the work.
Get involvedA gift in your will
Leave a legacy of hope.
Share this wording with your lawyer or notary. A gift in your will may also reduce the taxes on your estate. Please tell us about your plans so we can thank you.
“I give to Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies, charitable registration number 863616843RR0001, of Lethbridge, Alberta, the sum of $______ (or ____ percent of the residue of my estate), to be used for its charitable purposes.”
Bridges of Hope USA
Giving from the USA is simple.
Many of our partners live south of the border. Through Bridges of Hope USA you can give in US dollars, once or on a schedule that suits you, and stay connected to the same programs.
- US dollars, secure checkout. Our US giving page is built for donors in the United States.
- Your schedule. Give once, weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quarterly or yearly.
- Everything else works too. Share tribute and birthday links, and invite your church to hold a giving campaign.
- Real people to talk to. Questions about your gift or receipt: 1 877 460 6036 or [email protected].
Bridges of Hope USA
Ready when you are.
Choose your amount and frequency on our secure US giving page. It takes about two minutes.
Your donor experience
What happens after you give.
Right away
A confirmation arrives by email the moment your gift is complete.
Your receipt
Your official tax receipt for eligible gifts is sent by email. Gifts by cheque or e-Transfer are receipted as they are processed.
Your gift at work
Your gift is directed to the Bridges of Hope program you chose, carried out by local leaders under a written agreement.
Stories and updates
You hear back: photos, stories and results from the field, so you can see the difference you make.
Our promise to you
Donor care
Questions? We are here.
When will I receive my tax receipt?
Online card gifts receive an official receipt by email for eligible gifts. For e-Transfers and cheques, please include your full name and mailing address so we can issue your receipt.
How do I change or cancel a monthly gift?
Contact us at [email protected] or 877 460 6036 and we will update it for you, any time.
Can I choose the program my gift supports?
Yes. Give from a program’s own page, or note your preferred program with your e-Transfer or cheque. As required by CRA guidelines, the final decision on the use of funds rests with Bridges of Hope, and if a program is fully funded your gift is used where it is needed most.
Can Bridges of Hope issue receipts on behalf of another charity?
No. Bridges of Hope issues receipts only for gifts to Bridges of Hope and its own programs.
I live in the United States. How can I give?
Choose “From the USA” at the top of this page, or go straight to our secure US giving page, where you can give in US dollars once or on a schedule. For questions about your gift or receipt, call 1 877 460 6036 or email [email protected]. Give from the US
Is my information safe?
Card payments are processed securely by our payment provider. We never sell or trade donor information.
What is at stake
Your gift decides what happens next.
If no one gives
- A clinic shelf stays empty and a nurse goes unpaid.
- A newcomer family spends its first winter without the basics.
- A gifted child leaves school for lack of fees.
When you give
- Children learn, heal and eat well, close to home and far away.
- Local leaders keep serving their own communities.
- You become part of a story of dignity, not dependency.
“A single straw of a broom can be broken easily, but the straws together are not easily broken.”
Disclaimer: Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies (BOHINDA) is a registered Canadian charity. Donors may indicate a preference for how their donation will be used; however, the final decision on the use of all funds rests with BOHINDA. In accordance with CRA guidelines, if BOHINDA is unable to use the donation as the donor prefers, the donation will not be returned, but will be applied to the organization’s charitable purposes where it is needed most.
Be the reason someone’s year turns around.
Why we do what we do
In Jesus’ name. For the glory of God.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”Matthew 25:35–36, 40 (NIV)
Six people Christ asks us to see. Six ways we answer.
Matthew 25 is our inspiration: we answer the call of Christ to care for the poor, the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the stranger and the prisoner, with compassion, love, justice and mercy, and we serve every person with dignity, whatever their faith. Every plate, well, classroom and loan is an act of worship. To God be the glory.