Love and Hands facilitates community-driven development by linking local resources and strengths to address community challenges.

Start with what communities already have and then build on what they have started.

Rural communities hold a diverse wealth of knowledge, skills, resources, and untapped opportunities.. By valuing and using local resources through Asset-Based Community Development, communities design their own sustainable solutions. At Love & Hands, we walk alongside communities and the organisations that serve them to design and lead solutions that start with what is already present. Our approach shifts communities from receiving solutions to leading them thus transforming local skills, assets, and relationships into the foundation for thriving, community-led enterprises, dignified livelihoods, and lasting well-being. Start with what communities already have and then build on what they have started.

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Our impact

Our Approach

The big idea behind our work is that everyone, regardless of the 'labels' placed on them(extreme poor, disabled or vulnerable) have something to contribute to their own development. We believe that when communities are empowered to believe in and use what they have(their own resources), they can drive their development in the most effective, efficient and sustainable ways.





Meet our clients and partners

Kurumbuka Leadership Solutions
Segal Family Foundation
Mastercard Foundation