About Us

Empowering people with the basics of life

Our story

LightWaterLife Global Relief is a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization empowering people with the basics of life.

We are passionate about everyone having light from the darkness, access to clean drinking water, protection from disease, and, most importantly, hope for a better future.

When we started, we knew we were a small blip in a huge crisis in this world. We decided to do something about it by creating humanitarian aid and disaster relief kits.

To truly understand what to be grateful for, we must understand what we have. Many of us are fortunate enough to have abundant access to light, clean water, and the basics of life, yet thousands of people still lack these basic necessities when they are most needed. We ask you to partner with us in our mission.

Our purpose

LightWaterLife Global Relief works to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or natural disasters. Our assistance programs provide direct and targeted assistance to vulnerable and at-risk people in crisis-prone regions by offering humanitarian aid that provides light/power, clean water, illness and disease prevention, first aid, and other life-changing assistance.

LightWaterLife Global Relief believes that the best way to provide life-changing humanitarian aid assistance is through strategic local and global partnerships and to leverage our resources to ensure maximum impact. Each aid project will be initiated with our partners who understand the unique challenges and opportunities in which they serve and welcome our humanitarian aid support.

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Leadership Team

Ivan Klassen

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

As executive director of LightWaterLife Global Relief, Klassen will provide innovative leadership for the strategic implementation of LightWaterLife Global Relief’s mission and goals. He will be collaborating with people the organization serves, the Board of Directors, and all employees, volunteers, and partners. The Executive Director is responsible for all programs, services, and personnel. He is here to maximize the organization’s effectiveness by overseeing the way we work.

Ivan Klassen comes to LightWaterLife Global Relief after serving at the Los Angeles Mission in a series of key leadership roles including executive director of the Los Angeles Mission Foundation, director of community partnerships, and special assistant to the mission’s president since 2007. During his 14-year tenure, Klassen oversaw relationship building, public relations, and major donor development, along with special event planning for the Skid Row Mission. Klassen, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, previously worked as Director of Youth Ministries at two southern California Presbyterian Churches and received a Master of Divinity degree from Azusa Pacific University’s Haggard School of Theology.