30 Years, 30 Stories
To mark Hands Around the World’s amazing milestone of 30 years, we have compiled the stories of 30 people whose lives have been changed through our work.
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Celebrating 30 years: David V’s story
David wrote this piece in 2003, following his trip to Pandipieri in Kisumu, Kenya “It’s taken me two trips to Africa with HANDS AROUND THE WORLD to clearly understand the merits of being part of... Read more »
Celebrating 30 years: David’s story
David’s Story As a family, we spent a year at St. Francis Hospital, Katete, Zambia in the early nineties. I was working as a medical officer, both in the hospital and one day a week... Read more »
Celebrating 30 years: Florence’s Story
HATWJ and Partner Schools | RwandaFlorence is a student at GS St Paul Muko School, Burgarama, Rwanda, which is located on the border of the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). She did well at school, but due to lack of... Read more »
Celebrating 30 years: Albert’s story
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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Gillian’s story
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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Liz’s Story
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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Phillimon’s story
Pamodzi Ndi Ana | ZambiaPhillimon 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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Kieran’s Story
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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Claude’s story
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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Mike’s story
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 »
Celebrating 30 years: Bebeto’s Story
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 »