serving communities changing lives

serving communities changing lives

One Night Only Charity Event

Lights down. Curtain up. The stage is set.

On the night of the 19th of May, a cast of performers will be taking to the stage to raise money for vulnerable children living at our hostels in northern Thailand.
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54 Kids. 4 Kilometers. 8 tasks. 1 waterfall.£1000. This sponsored walk was going to be a little bit different. For the most part the children at our hostels are the beneficaries of your support and encouragement. This year we all wanted to do something different. Read more >

Stormy Times for Jeun

With the roof missing from their home and no protection from the elements, Jeun and her grandaughters were temporarily homeless. A powerful, localised storm caused severe damage to many buildings around one of our projects in Northern Thailand including destroying the roof of Jeun's house. Read more >

Flood Situation 08-11-11

As you may be aware, the past 3 months of heavy rains here in Thailand are causing major problems for residents in and around Bangkok. Black, polluted waters are causing many illnesses as people are forced to live their lives amidst the flooding. To date it has been reported that there have been 506 deaths caused by the flooding, many are ill with waterbourne diseases and the situaion looks like it will continue for some time yet. Read more >


Fire Family Funded 08-09-11

On the 3rd of July fire razed a home to the ground in the village of Moo Seur, Chiang Rai. It began because a candle was left to burn, after everybody in the bamboo house had gone to bed. The house was completley destroyed, nothing remained. Luckily other villagers awoke and went to help extinguish the fire before more houses were affected. Read more >


Interns in Training 05-09-11

Last summer we initiated an internship program for young Thai adults to spend a year working and training with us. Currently we have 6 interns based at The Centre in Fang.The interns began a 3 week course in photography and videography, instructed by our resident expert Peter Summers. The course was designed to teach the interns the fundamentals of camera work and photography.Read more >

contact hands: office@handsworld.org hands is a uk registered charity no. 1050848