Our Mission

Hands Across the Americas is committed to reversing the trend of generations living in poverty by providing an integrated health program encompassing quality healthcare, education and economic development to interrupt the cycle of suffering.

In partnership with local health centers, our medical and non-medical volunteers travel to impoverished communities to provide medical care and education to improve the health and quality of life for people living in extreme poverty. Working together we transform lives, strengthen communities and offer hope.

Medical Missions

To date, we  have treated more than 25,000 people on our medical  missions.  In August 2010 we are returning  to Cusco, Peru and in January 2011 we are returning to Bucaramanga, Colombia  to provide free medical care in partnership  with local hospitals and health centers . Read more ...

The Huarcay Project:

Paving the Road to the Future
Hands Across the Americas adopted Huarcay, a “forgotten community” of 150 people that are living in extreme poverty without electricity, running water or even a school for the children. We committed to build a school to educate the children, which we believe is the only way to enable them to escape poverty, and are implementing a comprehensive program called Integrated Health. Read more ...

Our Goodwill Ambassador

We are fortunate to have Dr. Benjamin Carson, Director of the Craniofacial Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology and Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as our Goodwill Ambassa Read more...