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Our Mission

Hands Across the Americas is committed to reversing the trend of generations living in poverty by providing an integrated health program encompassing quality healthcare, education and economic development to interrupt the cycle of suffering.

In partnership with local health centers, our medical and non-medical volunteers travel to impoverished communities to provide medical care and education to improve the health and quality of life for people living in extreme poverty. Working together we transform lives, strengthen communities and offer hope.

 

First Hands News

2011 marks the 15th year that Hands Across the Americas has been working to change the lives of people living in extreme poverty. When we talked about starting this organization in 1996, Iwe never dreamed that 15 years later we would have so many loyal volunteers and supporters behind us. Read more...
August 2011 | Read More

Medical Missions

Hands Across the Americas has provided medical care and education support to 50,000 people and donated nearly $4 million in medical supplies, equipment and medications. Since the organization began doing medical mission work in 2007, they have kept their commitment to return to the communities they serve year after year to provide continuing medical care. Hands Across the Americas has also expanded the medical services they offer during the Missions. In addition to Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and OB/GYN care, they now do dentisty work and eyecare. For example, ophthalmologists have performed 3,000 cataract surgeries and thousands of people have had cavitities filled, tooth extractions and teeth cleanings for the first time. Read more ...

The Huarcay Project:

First School in Huarcay Launched
in August 2010
Hands Across the Americas is proud to have built the first school in Huarcay, Peru which will host 60 elementary school children from 3 different villages who previously had to walk 3-4 hours each way to attend school. The Colegio de la Esperanza ("The Hope School") will offer a well-rounded curriculum and will also provide teachers in music, arts, language arts and English. The sky is now the limit for these children, who with a proper education will have the opportunity for a bright and fulfilling future. Read more ...

Our Goodwill Ambassador

We are fortunate to have Dr. Benjamin Carson, Director of the Craniofacial Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as our Goodwill Ambassa Read more...