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Global Hand Principles

Global Hand, and its parent NGO, Crossroads Foundation, aims to ensure that aid given is good aid. You can find a range of standards, specific to sectors of the disaster and development spectrum, in our Standards, Guidelines and Toolkits section. A high level summary of Global Hand's standards...

New version of Global Hand - January, 2010

Following the launch of the new United Nations site (business.un.org), built by Global Hand, we have re-launched our own website at the end of January, 2010. This happens to fall in the immediate wake of the tragedy in Haiti which is necessitating rapid global response, given the breadth of...

Developing Successful Global Health Alliances

Developing Successful Global Health Alliances, a study by McKinsey&Company at the request of the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation, assesses the state of global health alliances. The study reviewed whether alliances are appropriate, whether initiatives were progressing toward their stated...

Partnering in today’s world: a new website for Global Hand

The world is not as it was when Global Hand began. Times have changed and we are changing with them. Global Hand came into being as a ‘matching’ website: connecting for-profits and non-profits to respond to world need.

Pfizer's Global Health Fellows Programme - an established and comprehensive cross-border service initiative

Pfizer’s Global Health Fellows Program (GHF) is an international corporate volunteer program that places Pfizer colleagues in three to six month assignments with international development organizations designed to address global health issues and improve care for underserved populations.

Global Hand European Conference - January, 2005

Global Hand European conference, Vienna, February 4th and 5th, 2005.

Global Hand On The Silk Road - August, 2004

Global Hand introduced in Central Asia.

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.

Global Operations and Development (GO&D)

Global Operations and Development (GO) is committed to assisting children and refugees by providing relief, medical supplies, and development for individuals, families and communities. GO&D works to promote family sustainability, economic independence, and self-sufficiency so that children...

The Global Natural Healthcare Trust

The Global Natural Healthcare Trust is a UK-based charity that runs a healthcare centre, Orange Farm, outside Johannesburg. The workers based at Orange Farm provide care and support to orphans and vulnerable children, many of whom are infected with HIV/AIDS. The charity promotes treatment with...

Global Service Corps

Global Service Corps is an international volunteer service-learning and community development organization that taps into the talents and generosity of its volunteer participants, staff, partners and advisors, both in the developed and developing world. GSC’s programs are grounded in a philosophy...

Global Rescue Network

Global Rescue Network (GRNet) is an Indonesian based, non-profit organization focusing on search and rescue mission. It is involved in a wide array of humanitarian activities such as its efforts in the Tsunami-wrecked Aceh. GRNet volunteers include retired army general, logistic companies and...

Global Source Net - Azerbaijan

Global SourceNet (GSN) is an international development organization whose aim is to assist vulnerable population segments of Azerbaijan. GSN's projects and programs provide assistance in emerging economies through the implementation and management of development projects and programs. Some of...

Global Village of Beijing Environmental Education Center

Global Village of Beijing Environmental Education Center(GVB) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working on issues regarding sustainable development in the People's Republic of China mainly through environmental education in the form of production and distribution of multimedia...

ONE Campaign

The ONE Campaign is an international, nonpartisan, non-profit organization which aims to increase government funding for and effectiveness of international aid programs. ONE is an organization which attempts to mobilize supporters around its issues and organize them into a lobbying force, with the...

Global Alliance for Africa

Global Alliance for Africa focuses on providing education and care for children who have lost one or both of their parents due to HIV/AIDS. It works in close partnership with local African groups to identify and place orphans in extended family and foster care family homes. To provide...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Philippines

In the Philippines, UNDP fosters human development for peace and prosperity. Working with central and local Governments as well as civil society, and building on global best practices, UNDP strengthens capacities of women, men and institutions to empower them to achieve the Millennium Development...

Global Campaign for Education

The Global Campaign for Education promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilises public pressure on governments and the international community to fulfil their promises to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people; in particular for children, women and all...

Global Volunteers

Global Volunteers are dedicated to building a foundation for world peace by enabling ordinary people to make a contribution through service to others and in the process to enrich the opportunities for mutual international understanding.

Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI)

The Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) at the University of Manchester is an international centre of excellence established to create and share knowledge to end poverty, in both North and South, and to shape policies that deliver real gains for people in poverty. As part of the University of...