Empowering women to beat the odds
Hand in Hand helps women beat the odds and succeed as entrepreneurs. The money the women earn and the confidence they gain changes everything where whole families and communities rise with them.
SOCIAL IMPACT
We leverage our conscience, passion, and competencies to push the frontiers of social impact
Why Give Back
As a company that works every day to help businesses around the world prosper, we understand our unique capability and responsibility in creating opportunity for those less fortunate. Our giving strategy follows the timeless wisdom of teaching a man to fish: we provide the tools and knowledge necessary to empower communities to achieve sustainable prosperity.
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Focus Areas
Our work directly contributes to 15 out of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Entrepreneurship and Job Creation
Applied Value fosters entrepreneurship and job creation in critical populations through professional and financial support for organizations focused on sustainable economic empowerment
Inclusive and Empowered Communities
Research confirms that societies with strong financial, social, and emotional inclusion demonstrate higher socio-economic profit. We help build inclusive, empowered societies by working with disenfranchised and vulnerable groups
Climate
Climate change hurts the most vulnerable the most. The impacts of climate change could push an additional 100 million people into poverty by 2030 and leave as many as 143 million people as climate migrants by 2050 according to the World Bank
Technology
Technology will play a critical role in scaling and delivering poverty reduction programs in like financial services, educational programs, and digital health tools in hard-to-reach areas
Photo 1 & 4: Georgina Goodwin | Hand in Hand International
Source: United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals
Social Impact Stories
Our team and our partners dedicate time and care to create real and lasting value
Photo: Georgina Goodwin | Hand in Hand International
KRIS educational support helped Eva back into society
Eva, a lifestyle coordinator, was part of the first KRIS Lifestyle Coordinator program in 2009. Read her story on how the program and education transformed her life, and what the support from KRIS meant to her.
Eradicating trafficking and exploitation with Child10
Throughout 2020, Applied Value supported multiple 2020 Child10 Awarded Members as mentors with our expertise. 87 unaccompanied minors living in inhumane conditions were supported, uniting 55 families across Europe.
Our Partners
Strategic Partners
With a firm belief in human resilience, Exodus Transitional Community delivers innovative programming tailored to adults and youth affected by the justice system, and advocates for a society in which all can achieve social, economic, and spiritual well –being.
Hand in Hand connects women in self-helping groups by empowering them to start businesses where the women support each other, save together and share experiences. Hand in Hand also provides business and skills training to help scale up their businesses through small loans and tools needed to get started.
Child10 is a non-governmental organization working to end child trafficking and sexual exploitation of children. Child10 works with grassroots organizations to strengthen them and to jointly develop and advocate for powerful and durable solutions, involving all actors in society to protect children from trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Other Partners
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