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Creating Opportunity. Restoring Hope. Changing Lives.
Supporting vulnerable children, families and communities across Africa and Asia through education, healthcare, nutrition, clean water, livelihoods and sustainable development.
Accountable by design
Governance, safeguarding and financial reporting information is published openly for supporters and partners.
Community-led
Programmes are designed and delivered alongside local organisations, leaders and the families they serve.
Built to last
Support is paired with skills, infrastructure and local ownership so progress continues after a project ends.
How can I help?
Three direct ways to take part
Give time, give partnership or fund a project outright — alongside one-off and monthly giving.
Partner
Companies, foundations, schools and community groups can co-design and co-fund programme work.
Become a partnerSponsor a Project
Fund a named project end to end and receive direct reporting on its progress and results.
Sponsor a projectWho we are
We work with communities, not around them.
CharityHand supports children, families, women and young people in underserved communities across Africa and Asia. Our approach starts with listening: local partners and community leaders identify the priority, and we help resource it, measure it and hand ownership back.
We believe people facing hardship should be treated as partners with agency, never as subjects of pity. That principle shapes our programmes, our reporting and the way we tell stories.
A message from our community
Extend a charity hand.
Every act of kindness can change a life. Hear directly from the communities we serve about what your support — big or small — makes possible.
What we do
How we support communities
Six connected areas of support. Each one is listed here as an intended programme area and needs confirmation against the organisation's actual activities.
Education
Helping children and young people access education, school materials, scholarships, training and opportunities for a better future.
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Healthcare
Supporting communities with essential healthcare, maternal and child health initiatives, medical assistance and health education.
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Food & Nutrition
Helping vulnerable families and children access nutritious food while supporting longer-term food security.
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Clean Water & Sanitation
Improving access to safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene education and healthier living conditions.
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Women & Livelihoods
Supporting women and families through vocational training, entrepreneurship, income-generating opportunities and economic empowerment.
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Refugee Training & Protection
Training and protection support for refugees and displaced families — health awareness, protection, life skills and pathways to work.
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Emergency Relief
Providing humanitarian assistance to communities affected by emergencies, displacement, natural disasters and other crises.
Explore our workRequires NGO confirmation: Confirm which of these six areas the organisation genuinely delivers, and remove any that are not active programmes.
Our impact
Progress we can evidence
Impact should be measured, published and open to scrutiny. The figures below are placeholders until verified reporting data is supplied.
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- Volunteers & partners
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Requires NGO confirmation: No impact figures have been verified for this site yet. Replace each placeholder with real organisational data before publishing; animated counters can be enabled once the numbers are confirmed.
Featured projects
Work currently in focus
Project pages give supporters the detail behind the headline: location, activities, budget and progress.
Project name to be confirmed
Location to be confirmed
Placeholder project summary: what the project does, who it serves and how progress is measured.
Sponsor a projectProject name to be confirmed
Location to be confirmed
Placeholder project summary: what the project does, who it serves and how progress is measured.
Sponsor a projectProject name to be confirmed
Location to be confirmed
Placeholder project summary: what the project does, who it serves and how progress is measured.
Sponsor a projectRequires NGO confirmation: Replace these placeholders with verified projects, including real locations, activities and progress reporting.
Stories
Stories of Hope & Change
Change is easiest to understand through the people living it. Stories are published only with informed consent and are never dramatised.
Region to be confirmed — Africa programme
Staying in school
- Challenge
- Placeholder: describe the barrier the young person faced, for example school costs, distance or caring responsibilities.
Region to be confirmed — Asia programme
Building an independent income
- Challenge
- Placeholder: describe the economic challenge the household faced before the programme.
Region to be confirmed — Africa programme
A community water point
- Challenge
- Placeholder: describe the water, health or sanitation challenge the community reported.
Requires NGO confirmation: These are draft story templates, not real people. Photography shows models and does not depict actual beneficiaries or projects. Replace with verified, consent-based stories before publication.
Where we work
Across Africa and Asia
We only publish locations where the organisation genuinely operates. Country details are awaiting confirmation.
Africa
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Add each verified country, the programmes running there and the local partners involved.
Asia
- Country to be confirmed
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Add each verified country, the programmes running there and the local partners involved.
Refugee response — Africa
- Uganda (refugee settlements)
- South Sudan (displacement sites)
Refugee training and protection work: health awareness, protection and skills sessions with refugee-led groups and settlement partners. Districts and partners require confirmation.
Refugee response — Middle East & Eastern Europe
- Syria (displaced communities)
- Ukraine (displaced communities)
Refugee and displacement response covering health awareness, protection referrals and livelihood training. Access, locations and partners require confirmation.
Partners & supporters
We work in coalition
Local organisations, institutional funders and community groups make this work possible.
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Requires NGO confirmation: Partnerships must not be displayed without written permission from each organisation.
Get involved
How you can help
Four practical ways to take part — pick the one that fits the time and resources you have.
Give a donation
Support programmes with a one-off or monthly gift.
Donate nowBecome a volunteer
Offer your time and skills where the organisation has an open volunteer role.
Enquire about volunteeringPartner with us
Institutions, companies and community groups can explore programme partnerships.
Start a conversationSponsor a project
Fund a named project end to end and receive direct reporting on progress and results.
Sponsor a projectVolunteer in refugee support
Register your skills and preferred country for our refugee health, protection and training work.
Register your skillsFundraise
Run an event or challenge and invite your community to support a programme area.
Talk to the teamYour support turns intention into opportunity.
Give once or give monthly. Every gift is directed to the programme areas the organisation runs, and reporting is shared openly with supporters.
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Follow the work, not the noise
Occasional updates on programmes, reporting and ways to help. No pressure, and you can unsubscribe at any time.