Hands With Heart Foundation

Creating lasting access to
healthcare, education and inclusion
for people with disabilities worldwide.

Working alongside communities and professionals to turn care into lasting impact.

Hands With Heart healthcare work in the community
96Missions
636Volunteers
5,511Beneficiaries
9,547Sessions

More than numbers. Years of learning.

Experience that has shaped how we understand care.

Every mission, every session and every person we have worked alongside has shaped the way we understand care, disability and human connection.

What began in the field has become years of shared experience—experience that today allows us to transform what we have learned into knowledge that can travel further.

Recognized byTHE UNITED NATIONSas an Example of Good Practices supporting the Sustainable Development Goals · 2021
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
GOALS
3 Good health4 Education5 Equality10 Inclusion17 Partnerships

Our global reach

Care moves.
Knowledge stays.

Our field experience has taken us across countries, cultures and communities, working alongside people with disabilities, families, professionals and local organisations.

Each place has allowed us not only to contribute, but to listen, learn and build knowledge together.

Health missionsAdaptive Surf
Detailed political world map with national borders
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How we work

The Hands With Heart approach.

Before we act, we listen.

Our work begins with presence, permission and human connection. We meet the person before the condition, listen before assuming and work alongside rather than simply intervene.

International healthcare professionals work alongside local practitioners, schools, universities and community organisations. Care responds to each person’s needs and the realities of their environment.

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Healthcare

Free multidisciplinary support for children and adults with disabilities, delivered with respect and human connection.

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Education

Training, mentorship and practical knowledge shared with professionals and communities.

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Inclusion

Programs that remove barriers and expand participation, opportunity and visibility.

Hands With Heart Academy

We teach where the textbook ends.

Knowledge built from experience.

Hands With Heart Academy brings together evidence, field experience and lived experience to create practical learning rooted in real human experience. What we have learned in the field can now be shared with professionals, students and communities around the world.

Talks · Masterclasses · Field Ready · Professional Learning

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Global health programs

Care in context.

Bali and Costa Rica bring international and local professionals together around disability care, rehabilitation and knowledge transfer.

These are places where Hands With Heart acts, collaborates, listens and learns alongside local communities.

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Hands With Heart team sharing knowledge during the Bali program

Bali · Indonesia

Healthcare and training, side by side.

Specialised care, rehabilitation and professional learning rooted in local collaboration.

Discover Bali
Hands With Heart team travelling by river with local partners in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Community health across regions.

Disability care, family support and healthcare education with local partners.

Discover Costa Rica

Inclusion · Community initiatives

Participation changes what is possible.

Para Surf and future community initiatives create spaces where healthcare, sport, visibility and belonging reinforce one another.

Explore Para Surf
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Stories of impact

Every number has a name.

Stories from communities, professionals and people rebuilding their lives show what long-term care and shared knowledge can make possible.

Many ways to take part. One shared purpose.

Find your place in the Hands With Heart community.