Communication Workers Union Humanitarian Aid  (Registered Charity Number 1078312)

Our Charity is a direct response to the plight of vulnerable children in other countries. We have sent 30 convoys delivering nearly 2,000 tonnes of much needed aid to hundreds of orphanages, foster & adoption centres and direct to vulnerable families in Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria, Albania and Lithuania. Send an email
We pay no wage, all of the convoy drivers are volunteers. Our volunteers actually deliver the aid direct to the places where it is needed most. This way, Donors can therefore be confident that their generosity will be translated in to aid at the point of need!
The CWUHA office is also run at virtually no cost because thanks to the CWU and BT, we pay no rent, and no phone/email bills.

The 10 lorries and fuel cards are loaned to us free of charge by Royal Mail & BT, along with special leave for the drivers. Our local site for the West Sussex and Hampshire area is www.theaidconvoy.org.

Our next convoy of 10 lorries will be to Panagyurishte Orphanage, Bulgaria, in September 2008.

HOPE AND AID DIRECT

HAD is a volunteer run charity who's main activity is taking aid directly to poor and deprived people such as those found in Kosovo, the destination for the next convoy of trucks. The trucks are loaded with clothing, bedding, toiletries and non-perishable foodstuffs all collected by the volunteers who give up their annual holidays to drive the convoy across Europe to Kosovo. 
For more information: www.hopeandaiddirect.org.uk