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Planning For Tomorrow Youth Organisation
Planning For Tomorrow Youth Organisation (P4T) is an NGO that was started by young people in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Uganda. The organisation aims to unite and develop communities through leadership, education, and social entrepreneurship. Currently, members are involved in capacity...
Alebtong Aged Support Organisation (AASO)
Alebtong Aged Support Organisation (AASO) is a Ugandan NGO that works with the vommunities to support elderly people in line with shelter provision, food for relief and scholastic materials for their well being. AASO also renders support to orphans and vulnerable children in abject areas in...
Hope Charity Organisation
Hope Charity Organisation is a community Based organisation whose main aim is hinged around children-rights advocating cause; to extend the unconditional love of Christ to the world by nurturing the underprivileged young ones to become the future’s best hope. The organization is a foundation based...
Health Concern Initiative Ltd
Health Concern Initiative (HCI) is a civil society organisation incorporated as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) registered in April 2017 under Reg. No 13.176. Among other objectives, the organisation seeks partnerships with government, local and international organizations, learning...
Kyarumba Child Development Centre
Kyarumba Child Development Centre is a church founded non governmental organisation that was established in 2004 to combat the stress from community members in Kasese District, Western Uganda as a result of the 1996 civil war that left devastating results. The women and children were the most...
Hope Development Volunteers
Hope Development Volunteers is an organisation dedicated to supporting development, through linking volunteers and charitable organisations around the world. The organisation offers volunteering projects to international volunteers wanting to volunteer in Africa and work with disadvantaged...
Ikongo Rural Development Association
Ikongo Rural Development Association (IRDA) is a registered Non-Governmental (NGO) that provides Voluntary Social Service. The organisation was registered in 1998 bearing the number S.5914/2211. It was formed by a group of women and Men social Activists who are all experienced in the field of...
South Sudanese Refugees
Crisis has arisen in the north of Uganda and help is greatly needed. The conflict in South Sudan, across its border, has seen over a million refugees pour into its area for safety. Northern Uganda itself, however, has a recent history of a 20 year internal conflict which has stolen the education of...
Global Hand News - April, 2006
We are often asked what kind of activity we see on Global Hand. So we have drawn up a very brief overview which you, too, are welcome to use if it is helpful.
Verified organisations
Non-profit organisations are accredited with Global Hand after undergoing a process of due diligence and verification.
Starbucks and Fair Trade NGOs partner
Starbucks, TransFair USA and Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International join in support of small-scale coffee farmers through a $20 million loan program.
VisionSpring creates a new method of distributing reading glasses in India and other developing countries
This video introduces VisionSpring, a project jointly implemented by the SCOJO Foundation, Goldman Sachs, and various other groups in the private sector.
Coca-Cola joins the fight against HIV/AIDS
Coca-Cola has developed a range of awareness raising initiatives for HIV/AIDS. Working with a range of NGO partners, its programs have reached at risk people in 11 countries.
Starbucks Joins the Conservation International Movement
Since 1998, Starbucks has partnered with Conservation International (CI), a nonprofit organisation, to promote coffee production practices that conserve biodiversity, maintain healthy ecosystems and support economic and social development in coffee production landscapes.
Virgin Atlantic offers Fairtrade tea and coffee aboard all flights
In September 2007, following a series of blind tastings of a variety of Fairtrade teas and coffees, Virgin Atlantic announced a switch to offering passengers a variety of Fairtrade products, including organic green and white teas from QI teas, a range of fresh and instant coffees by Costa Coffee...
Freshfields provides necessary assistance to Crossroads as they ship much-needed goods to aid marginalized populations
The Freshfields Hong Kong office holds volunteer days for Crossroads Foundation, a relief agency that ships goods donated by Hong Kong residents to marginalized populations in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. The office sends personnel to volunteer on a weekly basis to help the charity sort...
Coffeelands assists associate coffee growers who have been affected by landmines
Coffeelands has set up a Landmine Victims Trust in partnership with the Polus Centre for Social and Economic Development to help landmine victims and those who in any way have been impacted by landmines.
Nau works with Mercy Corps in its "Partner for Change" programme
Mercy Corps have been selected by Nau for its "Partner for Change" program, which means that whenever a customer makes a purchase, they donate 2 percent of the sale to Mercy Corps and other nonprofit Partners for Change.
Cisco supports NEPAD E-Schools demonstration project
Cisco is a key participant in the New Partnership for Africa's Development of e-Schools by contributing with both people and financial resources to implement information and communication technology in educational institutions across the continent.