It’s at the grassroots level that things start to grow. Projects such as village water initiatives, child nutrition in local schools, or training women in small business skills, all plant seeds to help communities grow and develop. We love helping donors put tools in the hands of local NGOs running community projects, often giving strategic goods that would be difficult or too expensive to buy in remote or rural areas. For many years, CGVUK has worked with one such Global Hand member, Guildance Foundation, helping match goods donated in the UK with their projects in rural Nigeria. In 2020, we facilitated donations to Guildance that included: 

• More than 3,000 water purification tablets from UNICEF in the UK 

• Waterproof boots and other footwear from a UK food manufacturing company 
• Landline telephones, useful in their local administration offices, from a UK government agency 
• Reuseable face masks from a UK NGO 

Guildance Foundation is just one of the many Global Hand member NGOs worldwide who frequently request goods from our network. We can help your NGO connect, too! Visit www.globalhand.org to find out how to join.