Non profit Charity Foundation
About Openhand Relief Alliance
Since 1999 we have stood beside children and families — in classrooms, clinics and crisis zones — with practical help and lasting hope.
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Building Brighter Futures Through Kindness.
A Small Team With A World-Sized Heart
Openhand Relief Alliance began in 1999 with a single community kitchen and a borrowed classroom. Today our volunteers run school-meal programs, rural water projects, mobile clinics and emergency relief drives across three continents — always led by local people who know their neighbours by name.
27
Years serving
1,840
Projects funded
5m+
Lives touched
What guides every decision
Our Values In Action
Children First
Every program starts with one question: what does the child in front of us need today?
Local Leadership
Communities lead; we support. Our field teams are hired from the villages they serve.
Radical Transparency
92 cents of every dollar reaches the field, and every project reports back publicly.
Stay Until Done
We do not leave when cameras do. Wells are maintained, schools staffed, clinics stocked.
Milestones we are proud of
The Road From One Kitchen To Thousands
1999
First community kitchen opens, serving 40 children a day.
2008
Our 100th classroom built; mobile clinic fleet launches.
2017
Clean-water program passes 500 villages with maintained wells.
2025
5 million lives touched; emergency teams active in 12 regions.
Become a part of the next chapter
Volunteer, fundraise or give monthly — every hand lightens the load.