Hope and Aid Direct
Hope and Aid Direct is a UK-based humanitarian aid charity delivering aid directly to the Balkans.
The motto of the charity is "Taking Hope and Aid not Sides".
The charity was founded in 1999. The founder and trustees are Charles Storer and Steve Walsh.
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. For the duration of the convoys are fitted out with Pmr Radio equipment serviced and fitted by Maidstone YMCA ARS.
The Charity has links with the Mother Teresa Organisation in Kosovo.[1]
Volunteers come from every corner of the UK and from all walks of life. Whilst in recent years most work has been carried out in Kosovo, humanitarian aid has also been distributed in Romania, Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.
Four team members joined workers in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Tsunami, one of the worst natural disasters seen by any of us. There is also have an ongoing project in Nigeria.