Hospice Africa Ireland
IrelandHealth/Medical
Hospice Africa Ireland (HAI) is a support organisation for Hospice Africa and Hospice Africa Uganda. Since it was founded in 1993, Hospice Africa has supported the provision of palliative care to patients with cancer and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Hospice Africa Uganda has been established as an affordable palliative care service within Uganda, and this model is used to promote this work as an African model throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Today HA has developed links with Malawi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
Hospice By The Sea
United StatesHealth/Medical
Hospice by the Sea, Inc. (HBTS) is a not-for-profit, community-based provider of hospice care, palliative care, caregiver support, bereavement counseling and home health agency services throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties in South Florida. We provide the highest quality medical care for our patients, as well as psychosocial and spiritual support for our patients, their families and caregivers regardless of age, race, creed, diagnosis or ability to pay.
Hospice Caring
United StatesCommunity/Family
Since 1989, Hospice Caring, Inc. has been the only non-medical, volunteer hospice in Montgomery County. Trained and dedicated volunteers provide practical and emotional support to terminally ill adults and children and their families, and to anyone grieving the death of a loved one. All services are provided at no charge. Hospice Caring’s carefully screened and trained caregivers visit homes, hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities wherever they are needed to work directly with patients, families and friends to navigate end-of-life challenges and choices.
Hospital Management Trust
United KingdomHealth/Medical
Founded in 1985, The Hospital Management Trust is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. HMT's management portfolio consists of seven hospitals and homes with a total of 348 beds. In addition to ownership, management and development, the Trust also undertakes extensive consultancy.
Hospitality Action
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Hospitality Action is the trade charity for the hospitality industry. We offer a range of services to past and present employees within the industry. Our grants are aimed at helping individuals,they are awarded for assistance towards the cost of an item or need considered essential for the well being or improving the quality of life of the applicant.
Hospivision
South AfricaCommunity/Family
At HospiVision we assist people to regain as much of their humanity and dignity and integrity as possible, despite their health struggles. Illness impacts both on the individual and those around them. That is why we want to help people get their lives back. We provide emotional, social, spiritual and physical support and trauma counselling to patients and families in hospital. We support children in health crisis and infected or affected by HIV & AIDS in the family.
Hour Children
United StatesWomen
Located in Long Island City, New York, Hour Children is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization that assists incarcerated women and continues to provide the crucial post-release services that prevent recidivism after their release. Their holistic approach, providing services both inside and on the outside, is unique to Hour Children.
House Ear Institute
United StatesHealth/Medical
Welcome to the House Ear Institute (HEI), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing hearing science through research and education to improve quality of life. Established in 1946 by Howard P. House, M.D., as the Los Angeles Foundation of Otology, and later renamed for its founder, the House Ear Institute has been engaged in the scientific exploration of the auditory system from the ear canal to the cortex of the brain for over 60 years. Institute scientists investigate hearing loss and ear disease at the cellular and molecular level, as well as the complex neurological interactions between the auditory system and brain.
House Project Center
United KingdomCommunity/Family
We work with the people of Peacehaven, Telscombe & Saltdean to improve people's quality of life supporting people in the development of self help activities. House Project Center provides facilities for the benefit of the local community bringing the local community together through consultation and involvement in the running and development of the project by local people. We provide a base for practical support, including a volunteer bureau and charity shop, and facilities for the benefit of local groups, including photocopying and word processing.
House Rabbit Network
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
We provide foster care for discarded domestic rabbits and arranging for adoption to permanent indoor homes, and assisting humane societies and shelters with rabbits, while providing spay/neuter surgery and veterinary care through arrangements with area practitioners. We rehabilitate and socialize mistreated or neglected animals, permanently caring for those who cannot be placed in adoptive homes due to serious health or behavioral problems. We also educate the public on responsible pet ownership and humane practices.
Housing Justice
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Housing Justice is the national voice of Christian action in the field of housing and homelessness. We exist because we believe that human dignity is challenged by the lack of decent housing. We support night-shelters, drop-ins and hundreds of practical projects nationwide by providing advice and training for churches and other community groups who work with homeless people. We work by uniting Christians and churches of all denominations across the country to work for change. We embrace partnerships with people of all faiths (and none) who share our values of social justice and compassion.
Houston Food Bank
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Houston Food Bank is the largest source of free and low-cost food for hungry people in 18 southeast Texas counties. A network of more than 400 charities, feeding a total of 137,000 people each week, receives more than 46 million pounds of food and prepared meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and nonperishables are distributed from Herzstein Center, a 73,000 square-foot warehouse, and hot meals are prepared and distributed from Keegan Center, a 15,000 square-foot industrial kitchen. Additional community services range from nutrition education to assistance with food stamp applications and hands-on job training. Red Barrels offer a convenient way for grocery shoppers to donate nonperishables for their neighbors in need. The Houston Food Bank, founded in 1982, is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network. The organization plans to grow to an annual distribution of 120 million pounds of food by 2018.
Houston Grand Opera
United StatesArts/Culture
Since its inception in 1955, Houston Grand Opera has swiftly grown from a small regional organization into an internationally renowned opera company. The company has a reputation for commissioning and producing new works, including 39 world premieres and six American premieres since 1973. In addition to producing and performing world-class opera, HGO contributes to the cultural enrichment of Houston and the nation through a diverse, innovative and balanced program of performances, events, community and education projects that reaches the widest possible public.
Houston Zoo
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Essentially a small city encompassing a world of ecosystems and experiences, the Houston Zoo is made up of many moving parts. We have over 4,500 permanent residents (our animals) for whom we provide housing, meals, medical care and, yes, even education! In addition, we have 1.6 million guests each year who come to experience our incredible variety of animals and ecosystems, as well as attend special private and public events and entertainment. Our dedicated staff works around the clock to ensure that the Zoo is always running smoothly for the safety and well being of our residents and guests.
HPNI
United StatesHealth/Medical
Since 1982, Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois (HPNI) has provided compassionate end-of-life care to residents in northern Illinois facing terminal illness or life-limiting conditions. We provide the physical, emotional and spiritual support needed to welcome each new day, and help patients realize their quality-of-life and end-of-life goals one day at a time through pain and symptom management, compassionate care, specialized therapies and a range of social services.
Hudson Institute
United StatesResearch/Dev
Hudson Institute challenges conventional thinking and helps manage strategic transitions to the future through interdisciplinary and collaborative studies in defense, international relations, economics, culture, science, technology, and law. Through publications, conferences and policy recommendations, we seek to guide global leaders in government and business. Since our founding in 1961 by the futurist Herman Kahn, Hudson's perspective has been uniquely future-oriented and optimistic. Our research has stood the test of time in a world dramatically transformed by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of China, and the advent of radicalism within Islam. Because Hudson sees the complexities within societies, we focus on the often-overlooked interplay among culture, demography, technology, markets, and political leadership.
Huggs Canada
CanadaChildren/Education
HUGGS Canada sponsors young people who show the potential to continue their studies but whose families do not have the necessary resources. Hugss is committed to providing the educational and support needs of our students. Working closely with our Indian representative HUGGS is responsible for student selection, and for ensuring appropriate educational experiences. Once a student has been accepted HUGGS will provide the resources necessary for each one to succeed.Huggs Canada sponsors young people who show the potential to continue their studies but whose families do not have the necessary resources. HUGGS is committed to providing the educational and support needs of our students.
HULA
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
HULA Animal Rescue is a small registered charity that has been helping animals and their owners since 1972 by a concerned vet, his wife and other animal lovers. HULA was started in a back garden in Luton but due to the rapid increase in the numbers of animals needing help moved to its current site in Aspley Guise in 1978. HULA takes in unwanted and abandoned small animal pets (cats, dogs, rabbits, gerbils, birds etc.) for re-homing, but also rescues large animals and has goats, pigs, Shetland ponies, chickens, ducks, geese, sheep and donkeys as well as two very lively cows which will stay with us for the rest of their lives. Animals come to us in various ways and for a variety of reasons, including domestic break-up, death or infirmity of the owner, hospitalisation, imprisonment, emigration, change of job, moving to new accommodation where pets aren’t allowed and sometimes because they have been abandoned.
Hull Child and Family Services
CanadaCommunity/Family
Hull is a non-profit agency which provides a broad spectrum of specialized services to meet the individual needs of our children, families, adults and communities. Our services range from community-based prevention and early intervention programs, to in-home family counselling, to remedial education, to intensive and secure residential treatment. Our well-educated and highly trained staff offer individual, group and family therapy, remedial education, academic and vocational development, life skills training, parenting support and family counselling. Together, our staff and volunteers ensure that every child feels loved, accepted and worthwhile; we provide hope for the future and opportunities to make life better; we strive to strengthen self-worth, friendships, confidence, responsibility, competence and mastery over their own lives
Human Rights & Justice Group International
NigeriaHuman Rights
Human Rights & Justice Group Int'l (Justice Group) is an independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit voluntary initiative which was established in 1999 by Nigerians from different professional, cultural and social backgrounds to enhance knowledge, respect and observance of human rights, and to encourage exchange of information and experiences for the betterment of the citizenry through the instrumentality of law, education, enlightenment and humanitarianism. Justice Group membership is drawn from a rich blend of activists and other professionals working together on a shared commitment to justice, the rule of law and human dignity. The idea of the group was to build awareness about those rights as well as investigate and advocate various means for securing their implementation. In addition, our programs aim at broadening access of individuals and communities and strengthening their participation in the design and implementation of social and economic policies/programs which affect them. We work with communities and groups that cut across gender, literacy, age and social lines, and use focused group pilot projects to measure the impact our interventions are making in target communities.