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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.
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.
New Partnership with the United Nations - January, 2010
(14 January 2010) Today sees the launch of a new website which Global Hand has built for the United Nations: business.un.org
A Sounder Sleep for Children in Eastern Europe: a match through Global Hand
After the fall of Romania's communist government, the world’s press got its first look at the horrendous conditions that Romanian orphans had been living in. Lack of basic care and attention left many of the children despondent, uncommunicative and emotionally crippled.
Global Hand at DIHAD, Dubai - April, 2008
“Collaboration is not an option, it is a necessity. Only by working together can we further our ability to alleviate suffering, and help to restore a measure of hope and humanity to a world sorely in need of both.” – Sir John Holmes, Under-Secretary General for UNOCHA at the 2008 DIHAD: Dubai...
Job Creation - June, 2003
Unemployment figures have reached tragic levels - in their 70's, 80's and 90's - in some of the world's worst hit economies. In response, many humanitarian groups are moving towards projects that create jobs. Global Hand has put together a listing of organisations involved in microenterprise...
People Power - June, 2003
Do you need people in your organisation? Many non-profits struggle to find enough hands for the job. In fact, delegates at our Global Hand Consultation in Budapest identified a shortage of labour as one of their greatest problems. In response, Global Hand has opened a section called "Volunteer...
More Donated Product On Global Hand - September, 2004
New developments underway! This is a longer news article than usual.
Brothers' Keepers? Media and Forgotten Disasters - February, 2008
Global Hand began this year by attending the International Aid and Trade event in Geneva. Sally Begbie spoke at the meeting on Media and Forgotten Disasters.
Trade, Aid or Traid? Getting it right with the private sector - May, 2008
We are regularly being asked to broaden Global Hand's services. While retaining our traditional 'matching' activity, many have enquired if Global Hand can support the wider engagement between for-profit and non-profit entities in today's landscape of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and...
Improved Funding Offering - January, 2004
Funding continues to remain the big issue for many of us as we look to the year ahead. So Global Hand has continued research, digging out further names of organisations that specialise in funding activities in the humanitarian arena.
Money Matters - May, 2003
Money really does matter in the humanitarian aid business. Even if we deal in donated product, we still need to pay the bills. But where do we go to find funding?
Raising the Bar: Media Social Responsibility
This article, originally published two years ago, has now been adapted to include more recent research.
Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami
On Friday 11th March, a 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan and caused a massive tsunami. The devastation that has occurred has caused Japan's Prime Minister to declare this the most severe crisis to hit Japan since World War II.
Pakistan floods - July 2010
Heavy monsoon rains at the end of July triggered massive floods that rapidly moved southwards from Pakistan’s northwest, inundating hundreds of villages and claiming more than sixteen hundred lives. More than 14 million people have been affected, with countless others missing, whilst agriculture...
European Organisations - September, 2003
Are you based in Europe? Working in Europe? Needing European contacts?