HISG is working with an organization in Chengdu, Sichuan, China to provide aid to the victims of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that shook the area on May 12, 2008. Read more...

HISG is engaging in disaster relief in Southeast Asia in the country of Myanmar. A cyclone has killed at least 77,000 people and left thousands of others needing food and water to survive. Read more...

This is an eye-opening look at the different amounts of food consumed by families in different parts of the world each week. Includes families from Germany, the United States, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Egypt, Ecuador, Bhutan and Chad. Read more...

HISG has subject matter experts who travel around the world to train communities on how to respond to large-scale disasters in their community. This service helps to minimize the impact of these natural disasters because people are prepared for a coordinated and effective response. Read more...

The Pulse Report is the newsletter produced by HISG. If you would like to subscribe to the Pulse Report to receive regular e-mail updates about HISG and HISG activities, please email Kyle Adams (kadams@hisg.org). Read more...

This article is about an entire people group in Kenya that is living in tents after a flood wiped out their village. HISG is partnering with a local organization to build a medical clinic for these people. Read more...

HISG projects now stretch across 70 different countries, and there are always more needs to meet. In order to better connect with people all around the world, HISG has opened five new international offices. Read more...

The Pulse Report is the newsletter produced by HISG. If you would like to subscribe to the Pulse Report to receive regular e-mail updates about HISG and HISG activities, please email Kyle Adams (kadams@hisg.org). Read more...

One of the programs that HISG is using to support community development worldwide is a warehouse in Fort Collins, Colorado. This warehouse has shipped supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indonesia tsunami, as well as countless other needy people all over the world. Read more...

The HISG Global Operations Center has sent Mark Sprenger to the Federal Joint Field Office in Pasadena to assist in connecting the private sector to the disaster response. Read more...

HISG has accomplished a lot in its first six years. There have been success stories of all shapes and sizes, but there is always more work to be done. HISG is adding new staff to expand our reach into more disaster zones and help more suffering people. HISG has tapped into expertise from all walks of life, and the new staff recently came together in Colorado Springs, Colorado to discuss all the new roles and possibilities. Read more...

This is an update on the progress of a coffee shop in Yemen. This HISG development project is making a positive impact on its community, but there is still much work to be done in Yemen. Read more...

The Pulse Report is the newsletter produced by HISG. If you would like to subscribe to the Pulse Report to receive regular e-mail updates about HISG and HISG activities, please email Kyle Adams (kadams@hisg.org). Read more...

Darfur. Most readers never get beyond the headlines. Most people could not say much about this region of western Sudan other than "things are bad there." It is true, life is hard in Darfur, but HISG and other humanitarians are saving lives everyday with simple projects that have significant impact. Here is a brief description of HISG's work in Darfur and the rest of Sudan. Read more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) -- Among the honorees being celebrated by President George W. Bush yesterday at the White House to recognize Asian Pacific American Heritage Month was Mr. Kay Hiramine of the Englewood, Colorado-based Humanitarian International Service Group (HISG). Read more...

Kay Hiramine, HISG founder and CEO, received the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Bush in May of 2007. This is the White House Press Secretary’s official transcript of the award ceremony. Read more...

In early 2006, I traveled to a small town near the capital of Jayapura in Papua New Guinea. I was privileged to stay with a family that has been working to help the indigenous people of the region for over 20 years. This is an amazing family with everyone participating to serve the poor and needy. Read more...

In the last five years; since our first informal meeting starting HISG on September 10, 2001, HISG has been committed to serving the poor, orphans and widows around the world. Our team has traveled to dozens of countries every year, meeting with indigenous humanitarian NGO leaders who are working in desperate conditions in the context of war and famine, to see how we can marshal resources to build sustainable solutions. Read more...

ENGLEWOOD COLORADO (ANS) -- In the last five years since its first informal meeting in September 2001, from Albania to Zimbabawe, Humanitarian International Services Group (HISG) -- whose stated mission is "Connecting Resources to Needs" -- has been committed to serving the poor, orphans and widows around the world. Read more...

On the surface, the sights and fragrances of the Uzbek capitol please the senses and inspire the soul. The aroma of strong coffee and freshly baked bread wafts and winds its way through the dusty streets of Tashkent. Read more...

HISG is a proud member of USAID’s Volunteers for Prosperity. VFP is committed to mobilizing highly skilled professionals in serving abroad. This USAID program under a Presidential Directive mobilizes hundreds of NGOs to send thousands of volunteers overseas, representing the best values of the USA. Compassion, professional commitment to excellence and initiative. Read more...

Humanitarian Coordinator, Larry Hollingworth, in Beirut, Lebanon. Mr. Kay Hiramine (left) and Mike McCausland (right) drove in from Damascus, Syria to help connect multiple, indigenous NGOs to a network designed to support the UN in relief and recovery operations in Southern Lebanon. Read more...

Angol Girls School in Thiet, South Sudan is not only a girls' school. In fact, it has more boys than girls, with an enrolment of 485 boys and 356 girls. But in a community that is still heavily male dominated, the number of girls in this school is impressive. Read more...

More than 6,200 people have died as a result of Indonesia’s Java region earthquake. The magnitude 6.3 quake that struck soon after dawn on May 27 destroyed more than 135,000 houses and displaced an estimated 647,000 people, according to the Associated Press. Read more...

In April 2006, HISG escorted a group of friends and fellow Americans into China to assess the needs of the impoverished people of the rural countryside and to evaluate existing humanitarian aid projects. During its journey, the group met with NGO members in Beijing and other northern cities. After visiting a children’s shelter, the group was exceedingly encouraged by the healthy and happy condition of the children. Read more...

In January, the HISG team attended a conference in Malta aimed at uniting delegates from neighboring nations. Representatives from Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya met to report on the state of their nations and the needs of their citizens, an ideal forum for pursuing friendships and formulating bonds for future humanitarian aid work in North Africa. Read more...

HISG teamed with a supporting foundation in November 2005, to visit the war-ravaged region of Darfur in The Sudan. Read more...

The HISG team of two flew into Nairobi, Kenya from London to meet with local counterparts, in October 2005. We weren’t prepared for the sobering reality of what we were to witness - the widespread poverty, the 70% unemployment rate, and the rampant AIDS epidemic. Read more...

HISG Executive Director, Kay Hiramine, spoke on the September 22, 2005 Neil Cavuto Show on the FOX News network. He shared how the Private Sector and Faith based groups worked together synergistically in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read more...

HISG Executive Director, Kay Hiramine, spoke on the September 22, 2005 Neil Cavuto Show on the FOX News network. He shared how members of the Private Sector and Faith-Based groups worked together synergistically in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read more...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (ANS) -- Americans have responded with overwhelming generosity to meet relief needs in the wake of the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in Asia. But how do they know their donations are being used as they intended? Read more...

This past year has been very busy for the HISG team! We have logged tens of thousands of miles on planes and driven through countless dusty villages and cities all over the world. We have met people in great need and it has been a joy to help them. Please be sure to look at our photo album to see shots of us in different countries around the world. Read more...

Thursday, November 29, 2001 - EAGLE - Some 5,000 designer ski jackets, vests and pants from eight Colorado resorts are packed in boxes waiting to be sent to Afghans in refugee camps who fled their war-torn country with little to keep them warm as winter approaches. Read more...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (ANS) -- In a first-ever project where Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the US government worked together to send over 8 containers of supplies valued at $3 million to a humanitarian exercise in the Philippines, Humanitarian International Services Group (HISG) of Colorado Springs,CO, provided the donated supplies and the US government paid for the shipping. Read more...