Hands Across the Americas

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 approximately 15,000 people on our medical missions.  On July 30-August 8, 2009 we are returning to Cusco, Peru and on January 14-23, 2010 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

Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr., M.D..
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 Ambassador. Read more ...