
Opportunity for funding for environmental initiatives 2025
Purpose of funding Aim: to support projects which help mitigate the impact of climate change and those which help people adapt and build resilience to the inevitable consequences of environmental change. Theme: The theme for... Read more »

Project update: Providing food in response to Zambia drought
Pamodzi Ndi Ana | ZambiaZambia has experienced an extreme drought over the past year, causing widespread hunger and malnutrition. The ongoing drought is affecting millions of people and significantly impacting the most vulnerable, including women, children and persons with... Read more »

Partner update: Pamodzi Ndi Ana, Zambia
Pamodzi Ndi Ana | ZambiaHands Around the World (HATW) works in partnership with Pamodzi Ndi Ana (PNA) in Zambia. PNA specifically supports children with disabilities affected by spina bifida, cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus and works in collaboration with the... Read more »

Partner update: Kenya Special Schools
Kenya Special Schools | KenyaIrindiro Special School in Meru County, Kenya provides residential education and essential support to children with disabilities and special needs. The school provides a life-enhancing service to 115 children, delivering a special academic curriculum tailored... Read more »

HATW film celebrating 30 years
The new Hands Around the World film was launched at our 30 year anniversary celebration event. We would encourage you to watch it if you haven’t seen it already, and to share with friends and... Read more »

HATW Christmas Appeal 2024
Kenya Special Schools | KenyaThis Christmas HATW would like to raise money to support 334 visually impaired students attending St Lucy’s Primary and Secondary Schools for the Blind in Kenya. The schools are in need of essential IT equipment... Read more »

HATW 30 year celebration event
We are so grateful to all those who came to the event in November at Bridges Community Centre, Monmouth, and to those who volunteered their time to help make it a success. The event was... Read more »

Partner update: New Life Centre, India
New Life Centre | IndiaThe New Life Centre School incorporates a Vocational Training Centre which operates in the afternoon when the school day is over. Local women complete a Tailoring course at the VTC under the guidance of Chumpa... Read more »

Partner update: HATWJ and schools, Rwanda
HATWJ and Partner Schools | RwandaYou’re a sky full of stars ‘You’re a sky full of stars’ is a joyful ballad by the British Rock Band, Coldplay. Its lyrics are full of hope and positivity, depicting an image of someone... Read more »

Celebrating 30 years: Suzie’s story
“What’s the gravy ladle for?” I enquired curiously, as we stood in theatre, scrubbed and ready to start operating on a young man suspected of having sustained a ruptured spleen in a road accident. “You’ll... Read more »

Celebrating 30 years: Annie’s story
Pamodzi Ndi Ana | ZambiaSimonetta from our partner project in Zambia, Pamodzi Ndi Ana, introduces Annie: “Annie started her journey with us as a volunteer in 2005. She got to know us thanks to a project on nutrition we were carrying... Read more »