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GTO - Big Difference, Little Lives

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GTO

Generating Tomorrow's Opportunities

About us

GTO is a globally run charity, formed in 2003 to improve the quality of life of vulnerable children worldwide.  GTO cares about and is focused on sustainable development in all we do. GTO is one of the supported charities of WSP Global Inc.

How We
Began

In the early 2000’s Golder Associates expanded its consulting operations into Africa and became aware of the havoc that the AIDS pandemic was wreaking on the healthy development of ...

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Vision, Mission, Objectives

To support and partner with organisations who improve the quality of life of vulnerable children and young adults in under-served
communities.

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Our Goals

Our focus is to grow awareness of the Trust on a global level, while building meaningful connections with relevant ESG teams and partners. At the same time, we are working to grow our monthly donor base to 2,000 supporters and get our volunteer projects fully up and running again after the disruption of COVID.

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Watch Our Video See what the GTO is all about, the projects we are involved in and how you can help us make a difference.

GTO - Big Difference, Little Lives
GTO - Big Difference, Little Lives
GTO - Big Difference, Little Lives
GTO - Big Difference, Little Lives

Newsletters

We invite you to download and view our newsletters, to see what we have been up to.

Pass The World Cup Joy

Pass the Joy helped turn the excitement of the World Cup into something children could feel for themselves. By donating official balls, supporters gave young people more than equipment, they gave them the chance to play, belong and share in the joy of the game.

Holiday Smiles 2026

Holiday Smiles helped bring a little extra joy to children and families over the festive season. From small gifts and treats to the everyday essentials that make this time of year feel a bit brighter, supporters helped turn simple acts of giving into moments of real happiness.

Little Big Wishlist 2025

The Little Big Wishlist invited supporters to help provide the everyday essentials children need to thrive, from school shoes and textbooks to food, bicycles and baby care items.

Bricks2Beds 2025 Update

Thanks to your support, Bricks2Beds has helped turn unfinished dorms into safe, welcoming spaces where ACET Zimbabwe’s Youth Skills students can rest, learn and keep building their futures.

Bricks2Beds 2025

Bricks2Beds helped ACET Zimbabwe’s Youth Skills Program turn unfinished dorms into safe, welcoming rooms for students who needed more than just a place to sleep.

January
2024

GTO has organised volunteer projects for the past 13 years. Building alongside the NGOs, GTO has supported the..

February
2024

The GTO’s Impact on the Nokuphila School Nutrition Programme. Children who are well-fed ...

March
2024

WSP employees have an opportunity to get involved in helping Kenyan secondary school ...

April
2024

Integrating Farming for Sustenance and Education at Lewa Children's Home The integration of a farm ...

May
2024

Lindsey Bevan, Proposal Coordinator with WSP in Victoria (Canada), generously volunteered....

June
2024

Welcome to The Big Dierence, our new monthly update that’ll keep you in the loop on our latest fundraising...

July
2024

The Holiday Smiles event was a resounding success, as it always is, with the participation of all the....

November
2024

On September 27, WSP Adelaide office had a blast hosting a trivia night with around 40 trivia buffs ...

January
2023

GTO made it possible to set up a Technology Training Centre at our high school premises in Bulembu a few years ...

February
2023

The GTO is excited to announce that Jose Maria Barrau is joining our Board of Trustees as our European ...

March
2023

Nokuphila Primary School is paving the way towards achieving South Africa's commitment to the United Nations ...

April
2023

Thank you to everybody who attended the Chilli Cook-O at our Sudbury oce to taste and vote. We raised a total of ...

May
2023

Lewa’s Children Home provides a loving environment, nutritious food, clean water, education, care ...

June
2023

We at ACET have succeeded in transforming and improving our local communities. Some ...

July
2023

The Guijirabes Association consists of a group of friends who grew up together in the Senegalese village ...

August
2023

Lindsey Bevan, the Victoria Oce Champion, organised an ice cream summer sale and, despite the recent oce ...

September
2023

In 2003, the employees of Golder Associates formed the GTO -- Generating Tomorrow's Op...

October
2023

Sue Longo from the Calgary oce in Canada kicked o the Telethon on the 17th of October

July/August
2022

The GTO team visited Willard Ndlovu ACET Team Leader - Zimbabwe a couple of weeks ago to see Gwandavale ...

August/September
2022

The Gorgas Project in Alabama, USA, held a silent auction fundraiser for the GTO. The Gorgas project, WSP,...

September/October
2022

The GTO - formerly known as Golder Trust for Orphans and now, Generating Tomorrow’s Opportunities, is ...

October/November
2022

After three years of working remotely, we were excited to have our first face-to-face trustee and NGO meeting on ...

November/December
2022

We sat down with Laura Hampson, our Vancouver Oce Champion, and this is what she had to say. "I first heard about ...

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Check Out Our Projects

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