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Albert Aure has been part of the HATW story since 2003 when he hosted the first of several group volunteer projects in West Nile Province (Uganda), at Aluka Secondary School in Warr of which he... Read more »

I have always been impressed with the holistic education in the New Life Centre school and, as a retired teacher, I recognise how invaluable it is to get to know all the talents of the... Read more »

Pallabi is a former student of the New Life Centre, Sarberia, India. Using snippets from her regular updates over the years, project coordinator, Tess Molloy tells us Pallabi’s story.    Pallabi’s story It has been... Read more »

It all started with an article in the local paper asking for volunteers for a Hands Around The World project to install electricity in a remote clinic in Zambia, in 1994. A year later I... Read more »

After family and a working life in London I escaped to Uganda as a volunteer with VSO. I loved it! Retired now to Herefordshire I was mulling over what to do locally and there, in... Read more »

Phillimon lives in a rural village near Chipata, in the Eastern province of  Zambia. Born with spina bifida he has never been able to walk, and has been fully dependant on his mother for any... Read more »

HANDS AROUND THE WORLD is a charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Monmouth UK, working with partners in Africa and India to support and help disadvantaged children reach their potential. The charity is led by... Read more »

Kieran’s story I was first introduced to HATW back in 2017 through my friend and colleague James Powell. James, husband of HATW Ops Manager Jane Powell, had explained all about the charity at one... Read more »

Claude is a participant of the street children’s program in Bugarama, Rwanda, which HATW supports. Like many of the children that the program supports, poverty led him into paid work with gangs so that he... Read more »

In 2007 David Steiner came to Jersey to set up a local branch of Hands Around The World. I had known him for many years through the Community Work project scheme for Jersey Overseas Aid... Read more »

HATW has continued to support Muko school to provide much needed food to street children in Bugarama, Rwanda. This invaluable support is now providing 328 street children with two meals a day, seven days a... Read more »

My name is Bebeto Malambo, a fifth year medical student at Mulungushi University in Zambia. I grew up with a lot of hardships due to the passing of my father in 2005. I attended school... Read more »