Food
Community kitchens
Around 1,200 hot meals a week, cooked and served in the communities where the children live.
A registered non-profit in Mozambique · On the ground
since 2014
We work so that no child in Mozambique grows up hungry, sick, or without a school.
Hands for Africa is a registered non-profit association based in Maputo, with field teams across northern and central Mozambique. Since 2014 we have run community kitchens, rural schools and basic health care for children in 23 communities, working directly with local schools, clinics and community leaders.
Support our work
Hands for Africa runs on the generosity of people who believe no child should grow up hungry or without a school.
A donation, of any size and whenever you are ready, helps keep our kitchens, classrooms and clinics open.
- ✓ 92% goes directly to programs
- ✓ Independently audited every year
- ✓ Secure, encrypted payment
- ✓ Tax deductible in eligible countries
Registered NGOAssociação No. 042/MJ/2014
Independently auditedBy BDO Moçambique, yearly
92% to programsDirect to the field
Secure paymentBank-level encryption
Our mission
Our mission is that every child in the communities we serve wakes up fed, healthy, and able to go to school. We pursue it with no middlemen. Our own teams live and work where the children do, and we measure our work by the futures we help build, not by the emotions we can stir.
Who we are
Hands for Africa began in 2014 in a single classroom in Nampula, northern Mozambique, where a handful of teachers and nurses set out to keep children fed and in school. What started as one daily meal for forty children has grown into food, health and education programs across 23 communities.
We are not a distant office sending money abroad. Our teams live and work where the children do. Every meal, every vaccine and every school book is delivered by our own people on the ground.
What donations support
Donations sustain three long-running programs, delivered year round by our field teams.
Education
Rural schools
Books, scholarships and support for local teachers, so that schooling stays within a child's reach.
Health
Basic health care
Vaccines, checkups and clean water that help prevent common, treatable illnesses.
Donate to the children who need it most
These are children our field teams are supporting right now. Your gift goes directly to the program caring for them.
Baraka, 4
Urgent
NeedsNutrition support and checkups
ConditionUnderweight for his age, in recovery program
LocationCabo Delgado province
At four years old, Baraka weighs what a two-year-old should. Malnutrition at his age doesn't just cause hunger, it quietly steals the growth of his body and brain. Our nutrition program gives him therapeutic meals and monthly checkups.
Tendai, 6
Urgent
NeedsClean water and hygiene kits
ConditionRecurrent infections from unsafe water
LocationNampula province
Tendai falls ill again and again because his village's only water source is a contaminated open well. He loses weeks of school to recurring intestinal infections. Clean water and a hygiene kit cut this preventable illness off at the root.
Nyeleti, 7
Urgent
NeedsDaily meals and school supplies
ConditionMalnourished, out of school since 2025
LocationNampula province
Nyeleti often goes a whole day on a single meal, and hunger has already pulled her out of school once. A place in our community kitchen and a set of school supplies put her back in the classroom, fed and ready to stay there.
Farai, 5
Urgent
NeedsBasic medicine and a medical follow-up
ConditionUntreated ear and chest infection
LocationZambézia province
Farai has an ear and chest infection that basic medicine would clear, but the family can't reach a clinic. Our field team provides the exam, the medicine, and the follow-up, stopping a simple illness from becoming permanent hearing loss.
Zawadi, 9
High need
NeedsA scholarship to stay in school
ConditionOrphaned, cared for by her grandmother
LocationCabo Delgado province
Zawadi lost both parents and now lives with her grandmother, who sells vegetables to keep them both alive. A scholarship keeps Zawadi in the classroom instead of the fields.
Makena, 8
High need
NeedsSchool books and a uniform
ConditionWalks 6 km to school, sharing one book
LocationZambézia province
Makena walks 6 km to school every morning, barefoot, to share a single tattered book with three other children. Her own books and a uniform mean she stops copying from others and starts writing her own future.
Before and after Hands for Africa
Look at these faces twice. On the left, a class of 30 children sharing a handful of worn-out books, sitting on the bare ground, one bad season away from dropping out forever. On the right, the same kind of classroom after your generosity arrives: every child with their own books, a supported teacher, and a real chance at a future. This is not a miracle. It is what a donation does.
A child does not choose where they are born. But you can choose what happens next. Which side of this picture will your donation write?
Accountability and transparency
We account for every dollar. On average, 92 cents of every dollar reach children directly on the ground. The rest keeps our field teams running and helps us reach the next community.
Our accounts are reviewed every year by an independent external auditor, BDO Moçambique. We are a registered non-profit association in Mozambique (Associação No. 042/MJ/2014), governed by a board, and our annual financial reports are public.
| Year | Donations received | Spent on mission |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $318,200 | $301,900 |
| 2024 | $429,700 | $412,500 |
| 2025 | $512,400 | $498,200 |
Audited figures, in US dollars.
Our work so far
1,860
Children supported
214k
Meals served in 2025
23
Communities
Cumulative results from our most recent annual report.
Frequently asked questions
92% of every donation goes directly to food, health and education programs on the ground. The remaining 8% covers administrative costs that are audited annually.
An independent board and an external auditor review all accounts every year. Our financial reports are public on the Transparency page.
Yes. We work directly on the ground with no intermediaries. Funds go straight to our own field teams, who put food, medicine and school into the hands of a child.
All payments use the same encryption that banks use. We never store your card details on our servers.
Yes. Donations are tax deductible in eligible countries, and you will receive your receipt by email automatically.
After donating you will get updates with photos and stories showing exactly how your gift is changing a child's life.
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