Our Mission

The Foundation was established in 1996 and seeks out children's issues in Canada and in Zambia, provides financial and organizational assistance, and visits the projects on an annual basis.

As The Foundation receives a special donation to cover all of the administrative expenses 100% of donations go directly to the children.

About Our Charity:

                                     OUR ZAMBIAN PROJECTS

Water Well project:

The Foundation has drilled over 600 water wells greatly assisting in the control of the many water borne diseases.

Community School Project

The Foundation has built 9 schools consisting of a two to three classroom school block, staff houses, and toilet facilities and each school is sometimes equipped with solar lighting. Inevitably the enrollment increases and we have from time to time added additional classrooms and staff houses and have assisted with some of the school supplies needed.

Health Center Project

The Foundation has built 10 clinics and totally renovated an existing clinic. The result is a huge increase in demand for the services provided and we have added staff houses, maternity wards, mothers' shelters as needed. The clinics are supplied with medical equipment, solar lighting and in some cases running water. 

The eye surgery project

The Foundation holds up to 30 eye clinics per year for between 6-8 children each at the Luska Eye Hospital helping with a whole range of issues. These include cataract surgery (blind from birth) and these operations allow the children to see for the first time.

The Chishawasha Orphanage Project now known as the Colin B Glassco School

Over the years in step with Government policies we transitioned away from having children stay at the orphanage and the 6 residences we built have been repurposed as classrooms, an early learning center and a library. The school is now being run by another group and it has shown tremendous growth.....since 2023 the number of students has grown from 320 to over 875. 

The school has continued with our original policy of offering an education to vulnerable children with the goal to have as many as 15% in the program.

The Glassco Foundation continues to support some of the activities.

Sustainability Agricultural Project

The rural villages usually only grow a single crop so are very susceptible to drought and flooding. Our program introduces them to alternate farming methods (chickens, goats, tree programs and cash crops) which give the villagers stability.

Immunization Project

The Foundation supports two immunization drives per year reaching up to 90% of the children

                                          OUR CANADIAN PROJECTS

The Breakfast Program

We provide breakfast for the approximate 50 children in a small Dene community called Lutsel K'e on the eastern arm of great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. We work with a nutritionist to ensure that this most important meal provides the proper balance to their traditional diet. The program has resulted in the enrollment increasing.