Terms and Conditions

Welcome to CHOA!

These Terms and Conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of CHOA’s website, located at christshandsoverafrica.com .

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these Terms and Conditions. Do not continue to use CHOA if you do not agree to all of the Terms and Conditions stated on this page.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to help personalize your online experience. By accessing CHOA, you agree to the use of required cookies.

A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a web server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical or marketing purposes to operate our website. You can accept or decline optional cookies. There are some required cookies that are necessary for our website to operate properly. These cookies do not require your consent, as they are always active. Please note that by accepting required cookies, you may also accept third-party cookies, which may be used via third-party services integrated into our website (for example, a video player provided by third-party companies).

License

Unless otherwise stated, CHOA and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on CHOA. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access CHOA for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out in these Terms and Conditions.

You must not:

• Copy or republish material from CHOA

• Sell, rent, or sub-license material from CHOA

• Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from CHOA

• Redistribute content from CHOA

This Agreement shall take effect on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer users the opportunity to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. CHOA does not filter, edit, publish, or review comments before they appear on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of CHOA, its representatives, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts them. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CHOA shall not be liable for the comments or for any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of comments on this website.

CHOA reserves the right to monitor all comments and to remove any comments that may be considered inappropriate, offensive, or in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

• You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

• The Comments do not infringe any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;

• The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, obscene, or otherwise unlawful material that is an invasion of privacy;

• The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or customers, or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant CHOA a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit, and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.

Hyperlinking to Our Content

The following organizations may link to our website without prior written approval:

• Government agencies;

• Search engines;

• News organizations;

• Online directory distributors may link to our website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the websites of other listed businesses; and

• System-wide accredited businesses, except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our website.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications, or to other website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may also consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

• Commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;

• Dot.com community sites;

• Associations or other groups representing charities;

• Online directory distributors;

• Internet portals;

• Accounting, law, and consulting firms; and

• Educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of CHOA; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page, provided that the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s website.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an email to CHOA. Please include your name, your organization’s name, contact details, and the URL of your website, a list of the URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URLs on our website to which you would like to link. Please allow 2–3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may link to our website as follows:

• By using our corporate name; or

• By using the uniform resource locator (URL) being linked to; or

• By using any other description of our website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s website.

No use of CHOA’s logo or other artwork will be permitted for linking without a trademark license agreement.

Content Liability

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are raised on your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links, or any particular link, to our website. You agree to immediately remove all links to our website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions and the linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our website, you agree to be bound by and comply with these linking terms.

Removal of Links From Our Website

If you find any link on our website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any time. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.

We do not warrant that the information on this website is correct. We do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

• Limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury;

• Limit or exclude liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

• Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

• Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.