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 been running community kitchens, rural schools and basic health care for children in 23 communities, working directly with local schools, clinics and community leaders. This page is here so you can get to know who we are, how we work, and how every donation is accounted for.
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
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- ✓Tax deductible in eligible countries
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Registered NGO
Associação No. 042/MJ/2014
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By BDO Moçambique, yearly
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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.
How and where we work
We work across northern and central Mozambique, in the provinces of Nampula, Zambézia and Cabo Delgado, in partnership with local schools, clinics and community leaders. Our coordination office is in Maputo.
Programs are delivered by Mozambican staff who are part of the communities they serve. That keeps our costs low, our accountability close, and our presence steady through the year rather than only in moments of crisis.
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.
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.
Programs: food, health, education92%
Operations & field logistics5%
Fundraising3%
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.
See the full transparency report →| Year | Donations received | Spent on mission |
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| 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% goes directly to programs (food, health, education). The remaining 8% covers independently audited administration and secure payment processing.