Who We Are:
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“Hands Up Out Of Poverty™” is a development program for women and girls in rural sub-Saharan Africa organized by the J Neysmith – Trust. We finance all our own overhead costs so that 100% of all money donated goes to the people in Africa who are taking part in the projects we support.
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Our Mission:
To partner with strong and resilient women in rural Africa in order to help them produce nutritious, safe and sustainable foods so that they may earn their own incomes from agriculture; to support the high school education of girls; and to assist local health clinics with medical supplies.
What We Do:
EducationFund the purchase of textbooks and basic science laboratory equipment for secondary schools; pay school fees for disadvantaged secondary school girls. We also help to teach young women about female hygiene.
AgricultureSupport dairy goat milk production; supply food grain seeds; fund the construction of greenhouses and the purchase of water collection and storage tanks for irrigation.
HealthShip medical supplies and wheelchairs to rural clinics. Support the electrification of rural health clinics.
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We wish to thank Creative impact Communications, Natalie Muryn, Mikhail Roebuk, and Meron Woldu for the website design
And Thank you Bob Haven and Robert Kruse for use of their photos.