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Goofirm Foundation (GOOFIRM)

GOOFIRM is an independent Youth-Led Health and Development Non-Profit Organisation founded in 2020 with its mission to support community health through Research, Awareness and Policy Advocacy, while prioritizing vulnerable girls, pregnant women, infant and children, sustainable development, equal...

Local Sustainable Communities Organization (LOSCO)

LOSCO is a Church not-for- profit Non- Government Organisation founded to bring about practical inclusive development through promoting inclusive policies and practices. LOSCO emerged as a result of informal discussions and sharing of experiences between Church Leaders, Social Workers and Local...

Decades of instability: The struggle in Guinea Bissau

An attempted coup was not on the plan when UK aid workers drove their humanitarian cargo half way around the world to help one of the planet’s poorest nations.

Global Hand News - April, 2006

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Jubilee and Olympic mosquito nets to save lives in Africa

Thousands of mosquito nets emblazoned with the Union Jack left over from last year’s Diamond Jubilee and Olympic celebrations will now be helping to save lives in Africa after they were donated through a humanitarian match-making website.

The Veolia Foundation assists children with disabilities to access education in Calcutta

Two Indian NGOs, Calcutta de la Rue a l'Ecole, and Tomorrow's Foundation, have received a grant from the Veolia Foundation that will enable them to install a mobile education unit on a bus which crisscrosses Calcutta every day.

The Veolia Foundation helps to provide new facilities for young people with autism

The Veolia Environnement Foundation supports ADMR Les Maisonnées in the development of a plot of land meant for autists.

Body Shop campaign 'Trafficking is torture' to support the Helen Bamber Foundation.

At least 4,000 women and girls are trafficked into the UK each year and forced into prostitution. Trafficking for sexual exploitation doesn't just affect women, children are trafficked too. NOTE: this video contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing.

Toyota works with National Center for Family Literacy to provide support for family literacy programs

Since 1991, TMA (Toyota Motor North America) has helped the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) develop model programs throughout the country, resulting in the establishment of the Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP), a literacy initiative focused on Hispanic and other immigrant families.

Bayer supports NGOs to fight child labor and develop educational facilities

Bayer actively supports organisations such as the Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights in Brazil, and the Naandi Foundation in India in the fight against child labor.

The Veolia Foundation helps German NGO to change a holiday centre into a place for people with disabilities

The Veolia Foundation has made a grant to the German NGO, Kindererholungszentrum (Children’s Convalescent Center), to adapt former East German children’s holiday centre near the Polish border for the use of people with disabilities.

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.

Micro-credit project for Darfur refugees

The Pilot Light Foundation, an organisation that creates and supports small projects in Africa that have the potential to significantly improve the quality of life for impoverished Africans in non urban areas, and the Sudan Self Help Foundation, an NGO that supports projects aimed at promoting...

Sompo Japan Insurance helps to develop puppet play that teaches disaster awareness

Under its “Education for Disaster Reduction” programme, Sompo Japan Insurance supports non-profits in presenting a puppet show for disaster awareness.

Public-Private Partnership Provides Access to Safe Drinking Water During Disasters

In March 2011 Abt Associates launched a partnership that will help make clean, safe drinking water available in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua in the event of a disaster or emergency.

Office Depot Foundation and Samaritan's Feet International help 40,000 schoolchildren

The Office Depot Foundation has donated 40,000 new sackpacks to Samaritan’s Feet, the humanitarian aid organisation that washes the feet of deserving children and provides them with new shoes.

China Children and Teenagers' Fund

China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF) is an independent, non-profit charity organization supporting disadvantaged children in China. CCTF's mission is to care for, foster and educate children and teenagers, and to assist in developing the education and welfare of children and teenagers,...

Children of the Light

Children of the Light is a group of 20 teenagers from Kampala, Uganda who perform dances to explore God's word. The children are all from deprived backgrounds with limited or no access to education and healthcare. The group has helped the children to grow in confidence and spirituality and has...

Church World Service (CWS) - Uruguay

Church World Service (CWS) is a cooperative ministry of Christian denominations and providing sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world. In Uruguay, the program helps children who work in trash collection to raise their self-esteem and use of...