Global Hand stories

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Indonesia: Disaster Response

On the 28th of September 2018, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Donggala District Central Sulawesi, Indonesia followed by repeated...

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Developing corporate partnerships

One of the most powerful trends in recent years is the way in which companies are making their expertise...

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Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming the world

"No plan B because there is no planet b!" Ban Ki-moon put it best. "We don’t have a plan B...

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Fair Trade with Yunnan, Haiti and Mongolia

Fair Trade Buys Goats Yunnan, South-Western China When is a goat worth more than a goat? An odd question, perhaps, but...

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Global Hand helps UN fight Ebola crisis

The statistics on the West African Ebola outbreak have been terrifying: more than 10,000 people dead and thousands more currently infected. The...

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Hero of Hope: Haiti Earthquake Victim Becomes Olympic Athlete

He had to be one of the least likely candidates in London’s 2012 Paralympics. In 2010, Haiti’s massive earthquake had...

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‘Confidence to face the future’ UN chief

The United Nations’ Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, tells a poignant story of his childhood. “I grew up in a...

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Global Hand Match Helps Fight Human Trafficking

When we think of ‘slavery’, we easily picture 18th century shiploads of people in appalling conditions, or Roman captives...

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RWANDA: Still battling a deadly legacy

When Rwanda suffered its inimitable ethnic fighting, the result was not simply war. It was genocide. In 100 days,...

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