IKEA Foundation provides a $3.8million grant to Refugees United

Refugees United, a non-profit that has developed the world’s first online, mobile phone-enabled tracing service to help reconnect individuals separated by war or natural disaster, announced today it had received a $3.8 million grant from IKEA Foundation. The two year partnership will enable...

The Global Partnership Social Investment Fund seeks investments in Latin America

The NGO Global Partnerships is redefining microfinance and moving beyond the concept of microloans as working capital. It aims to achieve greater impact in reducing poverty by combining these loans with affordable social investments, such as health services, training and low-cost pensions and...

Tangerine Dreams: Boom and Bust in Northern Thailand

This is a documentary about the tangerine cash crop industry in Northern Thailand and how it has shaped the environment and communities.

The Athens Ethical principles

The Athens Ethical Principles were adopted by business companies in Athens on 23 January 2006, to combat human trafficking worldwide by focusing on seven main areas.

Underwear for Eastern Europe: A Global Hand match story

It made no sense. The young widow, a trained teacher in Eastern Europe, had battled for years without employment. Natalka (not her real name) had three children to bring up. A colleague found her a job in a high school where she expected the widow to thrive.

What is Global Hand?

Meet David, one of Global Hand's partners, who shares about the horrific experiences that led to his starting an NGO in northern Uganda. Discover how your company can get involved by giving time, funding, skills or resources to Global Hand partners like David, improving the lives of thousands...

Reducing Disaster Risk

Business Contributions to Disaster Risk Reduction

In March 2015, the UNISDR (The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) is gathering government, business and NGO leaders, from around the world, to develop a framework that will make the world a safer place in today’s disaster...

Syrian refugee crisis

The Global Hand team is responding to the Syrian refugee crisis. We are liaising with NGOs in need of resources and donors wishing to help. Please make contact if we can support you. *Email:* "enquiries@globalhand.org":mailto:enquiries@globalhand.org ...

Challenging Heights

Challenging Heights has over ten years experience working with vulnerable children in the fishing industry. The organization is a Ghanaian-run grassroots NGO, founded in 2003 by James Kofi Annan, who escaped from slavery in Ghana’s fishing industry at the age of 13. For the past 15 years, this NGO...

Coordination SUD

As a national network of French NGOs, Coordination SUD (Coordination Solidarité Urgence et Développement) takes on a double mission of providing support to French NGOs while also representing and promoting the values and positions of NGOs in France and abroad. Created in 1994 by three founding...

Life Link Foundation

Life Link Foundation is a local (NGO) located in Bundibugyo district, it was formed in 2008 with an aim of reducing the sufferings of the poor families affected with problems which among others are diseases, poverty, domestic violence, food insecurity and illiteracy. The organization is now...

Helpline Foundation

Helpline Foundation is a NGO Registered with the society Act, with an moto of helping the poor children and senior citizen. The vision of the NGO is eradication of hunger and illiteracy. The Majority of the Children the Foundation serves come from below Poverty line Family and there are many...

Children Affected By AIDS Foundation (CAAF)

CAAF (Children Affected by AIDS Foundation) is an NGO devoted to providing social, educational, recreational and other critical support programmes to vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in the US and internationally. CAAF provides grants to NGOs throughout the U.S. and also provides funds to...

Kopernik

Kopernik is an on-line marketplace to bridge the gap between innovators, developing communities and financial supporters in order to distribute life-changing technology effectively to the developing world. The website showcases the latest technologies that the local groups (NGOs) can choose what...

Butakoola Village Association for Development

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Butakoola Village Association for Development (BUVAD) is a not for profit organization operational in rural areas of Kayunga District in Uganda (East Africa). BUVAD started its work way back in 2006 as a Community Based Organization (CBO) operational in Kayunga Sub County,...

Common Bond Institute

Common Bond Institute (CBI) is a Non-Government Organization that focuses on increasing skills and services locally to promote social healing and conflict transformation, exploring human consciousness and relationship dynamics, and expanding public dialogue and awareness of critical issues. A...

Africure Community Health Development Organization (ACHDO)

Africure Community Health Development Organization (ACHDO) Is a registered NGO operating in Eastern Uganda. It has a wide range of projects it’s implementing. The organization runs a medical center called Africure International Medical Center as private not for profit (PNFP), founded in November...

Kenya Association for Maternal & Neonatal Health - KAMANEH

The Kenya Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health (KAMANEH) was established in 1997 under the Kenya NGOs Coordination Act of 1990 as a national NGO. KAMANEH’s mandate is to save and improve the lives of underprivileged pregnant women, mothers, infants, children and adolescents in urban slums...

Society for Services

The Society for Services, the operating name of Samachar, an Indian NGO, offers various support services to Indian NGOs. Services include project report preparation, consultancy, information databases, liasing with businesses and government agencies, government registrations, and website design.

Yayasan Bina Mandiri

Yayasan Bina Mandiri (YBM) is a non-governmental foundation specializing in programs designed to transform economically disadvantaged communities to become self-sufficient and enhance their standard of living. Special emphasis is placed toward the education of children, housing for the homeless,...