Hands and Feet Project exists to care for orphans and abandoned children of the world with the love of Christ.
Our Vision:
To raise a generation of orphans who will grow into men and women who will have a relationship with Christ and be leaders in their communities. It is also our vision to give people from our country the chance to experience the mission field and therefore be changed for the better.
Hands and Feet Project , a 501c3 non-profit organization, is a children's village in Jacmel, Haiti that was started by the band Audio Adrenaline in 2004 The land was purchased in late 2004, and construction began in early 2005. Our first little girl arrived in the spring of 2005, and we now care for 40 children ranging in age from 2 months to 9 years old.
We are currently building more houses in order to be able to help more children who have been abandoned and will probably have over 50 children by the end of this year. We are hoping to replicate the model that brings artists/bands and orphanages together, with our next project starting soon in Nicaragua.
*We beleive that the best thing for a child is to stay with their parents if it is a good situation. We will make every attempt to keep a child with their parents and will only adopt them into our children's village if they have been orphaned or abandoned and have nowhere else to go.
* Excellence, integrity and accountability in everything we do.
* Love - We believe that children need to be raised in a loving environment based on the love of Christ.
* Long-term commitment. We are committing to raise our children until they no longer need our assistance.
* Education/vocation. Our children will attend the best possible schools in order to learn and give back to their community, and give them every opportunity to excel in their gifts.
* Family model. We will strive to give our children a consistent family type atmosphere by keeping them with the same primary caretakers for as long as possible and housing them with the same other children. Our goal is to never remove kids out of that family unit.
* Partnership with other organizations who are the best at what they do.
* Commitment to the local community through:
- export of area specific goods that promote growth of the local economy and help orphanage become self-sufficient
- use of local resources and labor.