Hope and Aid Direct

Hope and Aid Direct is a humanitarian aid charity based in the UK. It was co-founded in 1999 by Charles Storer MBE, after driving trucks full of humanitarian aid to Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia from 1996 to 1999. Their motto is "Taking Hope and Aid not Sides".

Hope and Aid Direct is a 100% voluntary humanitarian aid charity whose team members raise their own funds and compile aid donations. The aid received is transported in convoys of lorries twice a year, and handed out directly to the people who need it the most.

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 Amateur Radio Society.

The Charity has links with the Mother Teresa Organization in Kosovo and various charities in Greece and Lesbos.

Volunteers consist of a diverse group of people from across the UK. In recent years most work has been carried out in Kosovo. Humanitarian aid has also been distributed in Romania, Bosnia, Croatia and Nigeria. Convoys of aid were regularly being delivered to mainland Greece, Lesbos, Chios and Serbia.

In 2004, four team members joined workers in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

In late 2015 the charity shifted focus and began supporting Syrian Refugees across Europe.