Hope and Aid Direct, UK Registered Charity No. 1077146

HOPE AND AID DIRECT
The charity that takes aid, not sides

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What is Hope and Aid Direct?
Founded in 1999, Hope and Aid Direct is a 100% voluntary, humanitarian aid charity whose team members raise their own funds, obtain donations of aid, transport that aid in convoys of lorries twice a year, and give it out directly into the hands of the people who need it the most. Those who make donations include the public, churches, clubs, schools and companies.

The convoys often carry out humanitarian work whilst they are away. Hope and Aid Direct has been involved in projects such as rebuilding bombed schools, renovating orphanages,  and delivering aid for third parties who would not be as welcome in some areas.

Volunteers come from every corner of the UK and from all walks of life. Whilst in recent years most of our work has been carried out in Kosovo, we have also distributed humanitarian aid in Romania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. Four of our team joined workers in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Tsunami, one of the worst natural disasters seen by any of us. We also have an ongoing project in Nigeria.

No one involved in Hope and Aid Direct takes a salary, or charges for their time and most of the team don't even claim back any expenses they may incur. Volunteers give up their spare time raising the funds needed to hire, fill and then take trucks on the convoys, often using up some of their precious annual leave to travel to the Balkans and distribute the aid, ensuring it actually gets to those for which it was intended.

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If you are a UK taxpayer you can increase any donation you make to Hope and Aid Direct by completing a
Gift Aid Donation Form
this increases your donation by 28% at no cost to you.
Learn more about Gift Aid

Why do we do what we do?
We can all be moved by the plight of the people we see on our television screens almost every day, the reasons for their problems are clearly illustrated on these pages.

But whilst many of us are willing to put the odd few coins in a collection box, or go along to the local charity car boot sale on a Sunday morning - what prompts the rest of us to do something about it, in a hands-on way?

For the founders of Hope and Aid Direct, it was the worry that not all the money they had donated was going where they intended it should - to the people who needed it. Examples can been seen below and on the other pages within this web site. Please take the time to browse and find out more.

The additional humanitarian work carried out by our teams  includes assisting in projects such as rebuilding bombed schools, renovating orphanages, setting up co-operatives and supplying medical equipment to the General Hospital in Pristina.

Hope and Aid Direct is working directly with the survivors and assisting in resettlement. We do not use outside agencies to distribute our aid. However, we will often work hand in hand with outside organisations such as the British Army to help distribute the aid.

Elderly lady accepting aid from a convoyer

Hope and Aid Direct takes aid, not sides and take it where the need is greatest.
Distribution of humanitarian aid

The UK Charity Hope and Aid Direct Code of Conduct
This code was developed and agreed upon by eight of the world's largest disaster response agencies in the summer of 1994 and represents a huge leap forward in setting standards for disaster response. It is being used by the International Federation to monitor its own standards of relief delivery and to encourage other agencies to set similar standards.