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GFA World Cites Growing Tragedy of COVID ‘Widow-Maker’

July 14, 2021

Widows 'locked in room with husbands' corpses' says new report on International Widows Day, June 23

COVID-19 is making a heart-wrenching situation even worse for abused and outcast widows around the world, says a new report for International Widows Day, June 23, an annual awareness event.

The pandemic is a widow-maker for thousands of the world’s most vulnerable women, causing them an “unbearable level” of sorrow and suffering, says the report — Coronavirus Intensifies Hardships for Widows — by Canadian-based humanitarian agency GFA World.

Our Hearts Go Out

“The pandemic is crushing widows around the globe, and …

GFA World Joins Battle Against ‘Stinkiest’ Global Health Crisis

May 21, 2021

GFA World Calls for ‘Eleventh Hour’ Prayer Amid ‘Tsunami of COVID Suffering’

May 3, 2021

GFA World-Spotlights ‘Other Vaccine Shot The World’s Waiting For’

April 26, 2021

GFA World Launches Its First-Ever Mission in Africa

April 14, 2021

Water: ‘Biggest Crisis No One Is Talking About’

March 25, 2021

Global Toilet Crisis Kills More Than COVID-19

Dec. 18, 2020

More people will die from diseases linked to lack of toilets and poor sanitation than from COVID-19 this year.

GFA Helps 70,000 Families Defy Covid-19 Starvation

Oct. 30, 2020

With the number of Covid-19 cases in India surging past eight million and climbing rapidly, ongoing hunger relief efforts continue to stave off starvation acro…

Social Media Led Her to the Truth

Feb. 5, 2020

It was supposed to be Lochani’s first day of school, but it was not a happy day for her. Her family had lost everything in a fire that day—and now her parents …

From Picking Trash to Picking a College

Aug. 7, 2019

Discussing the life of Bir and the rest of the children in his village, who, despite the challenges of poverty and the difficulties in school, were given hope …