Helping Hands has developed a model that has proved to be very successful over the past 15 years of operation.  We have developed programs in AIDS prevention, AIDS patient care, Orphan Intervention, Foster Care, Poverty Alleviation, Social Grant Access, After School Study Centers and more.   Our Rural Pastors Empowerment Program is aimed at training and equipping village churches to duplicate this model in their churches and communities.   It takes about two years to fully implement the model after which time the village church is equipped to run the programs themselves and access funds from government and other agencies to sustain it.  The outworking of this will be that the widows and orphans are cared for in their community by their community.  They will be given the correct information about how not to be infected with HIV,  the children will learn their morals and ethics from the Church, thereby adopting healthy life choices and slowing the pace of the infection rate.  At the time of Africa’s greatest need, the Church will be its rock of safety.

How Can You Get Involved
Become a partner by helping us implement this model through our Project. We aim to raise $40,000 per village. This money will provide:

• Food Security for about 200 children daily
• Orphan Intervention for 200 children per year
• Support for a village pastor
• Training and Equipping for the rural village church
• AIDS Prevention and counseling in the village
• Care for AIDS patients in the village
• Social Grant Access in the village
• After School Centers in the village

Mission statement
Helping Hands is dedicated to restoring hope for the future in disadvantaged communities by providing opportunities for individuals in the community to develop skills that will equip them to take responsibility for their own economic, health, educational, social and spiritual upliftment.