WELCOME

Everyone on the GO! Team donates 100% of their time and energies to helping our projects succeed. Since inception, GO! members and directors have dedicated thousands of hours to help our projects become a reality.

Sounds unbelievable but it’s true! Funds raised do not go towards office space, airfare or any other non-project related expenses. GO! founder, Amanda Furst covers all her expenses (including airfare, visas, insurance, vaccinations, and living costs) while volunteering for GO! whether in Canada or East Africa. GO!’s administrative expenses are minor and mainly consist of website-related expenses. Our fundraising and marketing expenses are extremely minimal thanks to our incredible volunteers and corporate sponsorships and partnerships.

GO! projects are the dreams and visions of the its partners. It is the partners that envision the project and are dedicated to make it work, day in and day out. Our role is not to impose ideas but rather collaborate with our partners in the planning, funding, and implementing of every project to ensure it becomes sustainable and self-sufficient.

While some organizations prefer to focus on pain and poverty to raise funds, that is not and will never be GO!’s approach. The GO! team has seen first-hand all the amazing people in East Africa who are committed to making their community a better place. We prefer to focus on the positive and on all the potential that we see every day. Thanks to the dedication of GO!’s partners, children have the opportunity to learn, play, grow and be loved!

GO! believes in creating projects that are not only sustainable, meaning they have the ability to continue on year after year, but also self-sufficient. Relying on constant donor funding is not an ideal situation and something that we work hard to avoid when planning and implementing a project. We provide the initial funding and ongoing support for projects but work with our partners to implement income-generating initiatives so their projects can become self-reliant in the future.

While local governments and other non-government organizations often focus on urban centres, GO! seeks to implement projects in the remote, rural areas. We work in areas where basic necessities such as running water and consistent electricity have yet to reach. Our goal is to provide children in impoverished rural areas many of the same opportunities as those living in the more wealthy urban centres.