Projects
Stitching our Stories, Restitching our Lives
See information about our current, featured project»
Link Hands for Humanity is working to improve conditions for people throughout the world.
Each of our projects is designed to make maximum impact by investing in individuals' and communities' capacity for leadership. We believe that communities are best helped when they are empowered to help themselves, for inside of every community is the medicine for the people, a medicine that inherently respects the cultural values and traditions that are themselves part of this earth’s great heritage.
One hundred percent of every dollar goes directly to its goal. We have supported projects in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and America. View a map showing the areas in which we work.
Thailand
In Huey Pu Keang village, near the Burmese border, we provided emergency rations for hungry families; mosquito nets to prevent the spread of malaria; as well as funding for malaria prevention training and the establishment of a medical clinic. We also purchased land on which villagers built houses, and created a farm.
The Nai Soi Community Learning Center has been our second effort. The center educates migrant students, opening the door to a college education and a better future. We have funded a mud brick cottage industry to provide long-term financial independence and sustainability; curricular materials, including books and a technology center; building renovations; and an organic garden project.
India
Link Hands has provided support to communities throughout India. Our projects have supported: the construction of eight medical clinics and the donation of medicines to several more; the start of six vocational education programs that give marginalized women the means to support their families; an orphanage and two schools for the poor; the reparation of homes destroyed by mudslides; surgeries for sick children; grants and micro-loans for the handicapped to start home businesses; relief for children orphaned by the typhoons; and an adopt-a-block program in Calcutta to provide medical care for the homeless.
Cambodia
Link Hands assisted in building a rural clinic and school outside Siem Rep; donated funds to the children’s hospitals in Siem Reap; and provided school supplies to impoverished children. We maintain a scholarships fund for college students who are willing to dedicate part of their work to rebuilding Cambodia.
Africa
Through the Water for Women project in South Africa, women are developing water supply systems for household use. Water in Africa is life. Having a supply directly in the home frees women from hours spent transporting the water necessary for cooking, drinking, and cleaning, opening energy and time to better care for the needs of their children.
Israel
Because of the conflicts of war, some of the Bedouin settlements in Israel are not recognized by the government and therefore receive no water, electricity, or medical care. Funds from Link Hands were used to help finance a mobile, solar powered clinic to give medical assistance where none is available. Additional funds helped hire teachers and other facilitators working with abused women in shelters, helping them reacquire the life skills needed after long periods of suffering.
Europe and America
In Europe and America, Link Hands provides financial support to the elderly and others who find themselves left outside of society’s safety net. In America, Link Hands looks for teachers and administrators who are creating proactive solutions to the challenges of poverty. In Louisiana, we provided money for school supplies, medicine and clothing for the children and families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. In New Mexico, we have worked with some of the poorest school populations in the nation, creating innovative teacher development programs. We also work with communities of doctors who are dedicated to providing humanitarian service in their professional practices.