Partners & Network
Helping Hands Academy e.V. does not work alone. Our projects and structures grow through cooperation – with people and organisations in Gambia, Germany, Italy and beyond.
Not every connection takes the same form. Some organisations and companies work directly with us or support specific structures. In addition, Helping Hands Academy is verified and approved for international nonprofit programmes and platforms that provide access to technology, knowledge, corporate donations and further opportunities.
Together, we can achieve more – and put existing resources to use where they are truly needed.
Making more possible together
UNILAB Group
Mediterranea Hub
Through our structures in Gambia, Helping Hands Academy works with UNILAB Group and Mediterranea Hub in Italian language teaching and certification.
Under this agreement, Helping Hands Academy was recognised as a reference and examination centre for CECOL – Certificazione di Competenza Linguistica in italiano come Lingua Straniera.
The CECOL centre at Mediterranea Hub is accredited by Università per Stranieri „Dante Alighieri“ di Reggio Calabria. The examinations lead to language certifications at the various levels of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Salesianer Don Boscos
Don Bosco Netzwerk
Helping Hands Academy e.V. works with structures of Salesianer Don Boscos on a project basis.
Our education and WASH projects in particular create direct connections with local institutions and those responsible. This allows projects to be embedded in existing local structures and long-term responsibility to be considered from the outset.
One specific example is our St. Francis School – WASH Project, which is developed and implemented together with those responsible locally.
GAM Group Company Ltd – Gambia
GAM Group Company Ltd is a business structure in Gambia with close ties to our team.
Its many years of local activity give Helping Hands Academy access to experience, contacts and practical structures that help us prepare and carry out our work.
We benefit from this experience particularly in organisation, local processes, contacts and assessing what works under the actual conditions in Gambia.
BA Trading – Deutschland
BA Trading supports Helping Hands Academy e.V. in Germany by sharing existing office and working facilities.
Office space and existing working facilities are available to Helping Hands Academy for organisational and administrative activities. This allows existing resources to be shared and additional administrative costs to be avoided.
Funded and supported
Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt
Helping Hands Academy e.V. has already worked with Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt (DSEE) and received funding through a support programme. DSEE strengthens nonprofit organisations and volunteering through funding, advice and training.
Registered & connected
Alongside specific collaborations, Helping Hands Academy e.V. is verified and approved for various international and national nonprofit programmes and platforms.
This does not automatically make these organisations partners of Helping Hands Academy. Rather, they provide infrastructure, technology, access and opportunities specifically intended for recognised nonprofit organisations.
Google for Nonprofits
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is verified and approved for Google for Nonprofits.
This enables us to use specific digital services and resources that Google makes available to nonprofit organisations.
Microsoft for Nonprofits
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is verified and approved for Microsoft for Nonprofits.
This gives us access to technology and software offerings provided specifically for nonprofit organisations.
Benevity
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is verified and approved in the Benevity Causes Portal.
This allows employees of participating companies to find our organisation through their respective employer programmes and support it, for example through employee donations, matching programmes or corporate giving.
TechSoup
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is registered as a nonprofit organisation through TechSoup and has its own organisation ID.
TechSoup connects nonprofit organisations worldwide with technology, software and digital offerings.In Germany, Stifter-helfen is a partner of the international TechSoup Global Network.
Goodstack
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is verified and approved as a nonprofit organisation with Goodstack.
This enables us to access programmes, funding opportunities and offerings specifically provided for recognised nonprofit organisations, and to reliably demonstrate our nonprofit status to participating companies and platforms.
Haus des Stiftens / Stifter-helfen
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is fully verified and approved as a nonprofit organisation with Haus des Stiftens / Stifter-helfen.
The platform gives nonprofit organisations access to technology, software, cloud solutions and other special terms that support their digital and organisational work.
PayPal Giving Fund
Helping Hands Academy e.V. is registered as a nonprofit organisation with PayPal and approved for the relevant nonprofit fundraising offerings.
This enables us to use specific digital donation options and make our organisation visible to supporters through connected fundraising and donation programmes.
Vostel
Helping Hands Academy e.V. uses Vostel to recruit committed people for volunteer roles and long-term involvement in our international team.
Through the platform, we have already reached new team members and brought a range of professional skills into our association’s work and projects in a targeted way.
youvo
Helping Hands Academy e.V. uses youvo to work with creative professionals and specialists who contribute their professional skills pro bono to nonprofit projects.
Skilled volunteer support has already enabled specific tasks in areas such as web development, design and communication to be completed.
Working efficiently, using resources where they matter
Our team uses professional digital tools so that we can collaborate in a structured, efficient way across locations. At the same time, we aim to keep ongoing administrative and overhead costs as low as possible.
That is why we make targeted use of nonprofit programmes, free NGO licences and discounted offerings from established platforms. Where these opportunities exist, we pass them directly on to the people actively working for Helping Hands Academy e.V. – for example through free or discounted professional licences for our team members.
This allows us to create a high-performing working environment with high-quality software solutions, without unnecessarily tying up funds needed for our actual project work.
Our digital tools
Making a difference together
Good projects grow through cooperation.
Companies, foundations, organisations and committed individuals can support Helping Hands Academy e.V. in many ways – through expertise, in-kind contributions, contacts, financial support or joint projects.
If you see opportunities to work together, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Together for a better future.