News from INF Canada
The INF Canada Board agreed on April 22, 2017 to transfer a grant of upwards of 70 thousand dollars to contribute to the Grace Project in Western Nepal, a multifaceted approach to impact individuals with disabilities who were affected by the 2015 earthquake.
In this empowering project, INF Canada in collaboration with INF Nepal hopes to contribute to infrastructure development, volunteer capacity building, micro financing, education, and support for complex medical needs.
The official agreement was recently signed in Pokhara, as seen in this photo with Dr. Ganga (Prem) Subedi, INF Nepal Executive Director and Mr. Alastair Seaman, INF International Director.
What we do
Prayer
We mobilise prayer for Nepal and INF’s work among Christians and churches in Canada and provide regular information and resources for prayer. For regular prayer updates
Fund raising
We mobilise funding from individuals, churches, foundations and partner organisations in Canada to resource our life-changing work in Nepal. Our official registrations in Canada allows us to offer tax deductible giving.
Contact our Donor Team in Nepal or
Expertise
We work with experienced partners in Canada to recruit servant-hearted and qualified Christian professional volunteers to support INF’s work in Nepal. Find out more about current service opportunities here.
Diaspora
We help churches and Christians in Canada to befriend and meet the needs of Nepali and Bhutanese migrants. To find out more contact Min Thapa.
How you can help
We need you! The work of INF Canada is carried out by a team of volunteers with administrative and logistical support from INF’s Kathmandu office. We are actively looking and praying for volunteers in Canada to join our team, including:
- Committed individual with financial expertise to serve on the board as treasurer
- Communicators who are excited to tell the stories of what God is doing in INF and Nepal; online, through social media and to groups and individuals
- Prayer mobilizers
- Networkers who can help us connect with people who’d love to know about and support our work
- Strategic thinkers, organizers and administrators
If you are interested in any of these roles or are simply excited by the vision but not sure yet how you can help then we’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch.
INF Canada works with the following partner missions in Canada:
INF Canada board members:
Alastair Seaman - Chairperson
Alastair lived and worked in Nepal with his family for a number of years, supporting INF’s community work. He has experience in the business, non-profit, education and environmental sectors and in his spare time loves mountains, forests and any excuse to be outdoors.
Ivan Wannamaker
Ivan was introduced to Nepal in 2006 through his local church and Canadian surgeon working in Nepal. He is engaged with a local Nepali NGO focusing on patient navigation in the health care system, and working with the disabled and poor of Nepal. He has travelled to Nepal regularly and throughout the country. He currently is a Director, National Sales located in Calgary Alberta.
Carol Scovil
Carol worked with INF as a rehabilitation engineer at Green Pastures Hospital in 2008-2009, helping find more appropriate wheelchair options for Nepal’s rugged terrain. Since then, she has returned with several short-term medical teams to continue to support rehabilitation in Nepal. She currently works in the Assistive Technology Clinic at Toronto Rehab’s Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Centre.
Catherine-Anne Miller
Catherine-Anne worked with INF as a nursing advisor in 2004-2005 in Ghorahi, Dang. She currently works as faculty lecturer in the Ingram School of Nursing at McGill University and continues to have a passion for global health equity. In her spare time, she loves painting, dancing, and playing with her two young kids.
Jenny Ibbotson
Indu Shah
Indu is a community development professional who has worked with INF-Nepal in Nepalgung and United Mission to Nepal. She moved from Nepal to Canada in 2011, completed her studies in International Development in Toronto, and now works for the Christian Children’s Fund of Canada as a Marketing and Communications Coordinator. She lives in Toronto with her husband and son.
Bob McLeod
After serving in missions as a ‘visual communicator’ (video & multi-media) for 23 years globally, Bob and his wife Gail settled in Nepal in 2008 where they became INF Associate members. For the next 8 years Bob produced evangelistic and discipleship development material for the Nepali church. Now based in Canada, Bob still works internationally with Media Matters Ministries.
INF Canada
E-mail: caoffice@ca.inf.org
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Postal address:
1000, 888 – 3rd Street SW
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