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Mines Awareness Trust - April, 2004

The killer that keeps on killing...

South Asia Earthquake: Product on Offer - October, 2005

Goods and shipping offered to registered Global Hand members.

A Global Hand for Tsunami Victims - April, 2005

Companies reach out to offer goods to those affected.

More Donated Product On Global Hand - September, 2004

New developments underway! This is a longer news article than usual.

Q & A

Questions you may be asking. h4. "Why Global Hand?":/en/about/qa_why_global_hand h4. "What is Global Hand?":/en/about/qa_what_is_global_hand h4. "Which organisations refer corporate provision to Global Hand?":/en/about/qa_which_orgs_refer_to_gh h4. "What is Global Hand's budget/business...

Do offers made on the site go live immediately?

Almost. Whenever a new offer appears, our team of specialists is alerted. They undertake due diligence by checking it before they release it for public view. Should there be any problem, they make contact with the person who placed the offer and discuss options. What might make an offer...

What if I have a bad experience with a partner I find through Global Hand?

Please make contact with our office using the "general feedback form":/en/feedback or by email to our "general enquiries":mailto:enquiries@globalhand.org address.

South Asia: Earthquake & Tsunami Dec 2004 Maps - ARCHIVED

Maps of relevance to the Asia quake/tsunami situation.

Cemex makes home improvements accessible for the poor in Mexican slums

Construmex is one of CEMEX's vanguard social initiatives. It was launched following the company's experience resulting from Patrimonio Hoy, a preceding low-income market and socially minded business initiative. Since its inception in 2001, Construmex has helped more than 14,000 Mexican migrants in...

United Kingdom Humanitarian Customs Regulations

This informations was submitted in response to a questionnaire distributed by Global Hand regarding humanitarian customs information for importing humanitarian aid into the United Kingdom.

Directory & Search Engine Of The World's Embassies & Consulates

This website provides contact details of embassies and consulates around the world, and allows these embassies to be sorted by host country, or by the nation represented.

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) - meetings and conferences

The ISDR is a programme of the UN which aims at building disaster-resilient communities by promoting increased awareness of the importance of disaster reduction as an integral component of sustainable development -- with the goal of reducing human, social, economic and environmental losses due to...

Taxman International Gateway to Tax and Customs Administrations on the Internet

Taxman International provides an extensive country-by-country list of government tax and customs websites. Some of these sites have information on regulations relating to humanitarian aid, and contact details for further queries.

Jordanian Yellow Pages

The Jordanian Yellow Pages allow for a search under "NGO" which provides a list of local charities with contact details. Using this directory you can search by name, activity, area and city.

The Community Chest of Hong Kong Member Agencies

The Community Chest of Hong Kong is a non-profit organisation and a network of HK based member agencies. It obtains donations through fund raising and distribute the funds to member social welfare agencies. This web page lists its 120+ member organisations, all working to help those in need in Hong...

BBC Action Network

The Action Network is a place for UK citizens to address issues that concern them and to make contact with like-minded individuals.

Diplomatic List: Embassy and Consular Contacts in the USA

The Office of the Chief of Protocol publishes the Diplomatic List, which contains a complete list of the accredited diplomatic officers of foreign embassies within the United States, and publishes Foreign Consular Offices, a complete listing of the foreign consular offices in the United States.

UNOCHA Customs Directory

To assist those requiring information for shipping goods during disasters, UNOCHA provides contact details for the state customs departments. Where available, this online directory also lists customs regulations that are relevant to humanitarian cargo.

Baltic Sea Customs Conference - Lithuania

Representatives from the customs administrations of the Baltic Sea States together with the EU Commission attended this conference. They discussed and evaluated the progress made since the previous Conference in 1999. The site contains contact details for customs offices in Lithuania and ten other...

World Travel Guide - Iraq page

An impressive, well structured country-by-country travel guide, with an entry for every nation in the world. The Iraq page has an overview of the country as well as detailed information on accommodation, climate, currency, obtaining visas, internal and international travel, international dialling...