Global Ministries and Relief Canada http://gmrcanada.com

Based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, GMR CANADA is a local division of an international charitable non-profit organization. Previously their main focus was to send gift packs of toiletries, toys, and school supplies around the world to children in need. The Joomla CMS site coincides with an expanded vision and bigger projects with GMR USA and their ground teams in Africa. Projects include fixing broken water wells in villages, delivering medical supplies to fight AIDS, and raising funds to build a 20 thousand square foot Institute of Technology in Malawi, Africa.

A representative from GMR CANADA explained that for years they were using a service that set up their web site and ran it for them at the cost of CND 40 dollars a month. 40 dollars a month goes a long way to helping orphans in Africa. Upon discovering the open source Joomla CMS a presentation was made to the directors of GMR. They were impressed with Joomla and its easy maintenance. They were also delighted when they discovered that their costs could be dramatically reduced by using Joomla and moving to another less expensive hosting service that meets all their needs.

The new Joomla site has quickly surpassed their previous one in content and style. The site can be updated as fast new information comes in from their ground crew in Malawi. Visitors and supporters of the site can see things that happened yesterday. The Joomla open source content management system has already proven to be more effective for people who wish to apply as volunteers and missionaries. Donations can also be made through the site for those desiring to support them financially. The well organized and easy to navigate Joomla site helps spread their vision to more people giving a wider audience the opportunity to partner with them. Incredibly, after two years their original site received only 1300 hits. In it's first month online, the new Joomla site surpassed 19,000 hits.

Two individuals from GMR CANADA with no previous web site development experience were able to write articles, upload pictures, create menus, and modify their Joomla template creating a professional looking content management system with the help of