How We Show Love

"If you educate a woman, you educate a family. If you educate a girl, you educate the future." - Queen Rania of Jordan

Living in poverty has a wide range of negative effects on the physical and mental health and well-being of our nation’s children. Inadequate nutrition, inadequate childcare and lack of access to health care with unsafe neighborhoods, and under-resourced schools which adversely impact our nation’s children. Part of the vision Hands of Love has is to mentor and coach these girls in order to influence their thinking and plant seeds of hope. South Africa’s tomorrow lies in the hands of these young stars and if not properly developed we miss out on the leaders, doctors, and presidents of tomorrow.

Unsupervised and uncared teens are at greater risk for several negative outcomes such as poor academic achievement, school dropout, abuse and neglect, behavioral and socioemotional problems, physical health problems, and developmental delays. Unsafe neighbourhoods expose children living in low-income households to violence and early sexual engagement which can cause a number of psychosocial difficulties. Violence exposure can also predict future violent behavior in youth which places them at greater risk of injury and mortality and entry into the juvenile justice system. We help teens make better choices with their lives.

The Hand of Love goal is to cover the gap by giving love to these girl teen children and offer the support and love they normally don’t find at home. We motivate and encourage them to use their environment as a push to work hard so they can be notable figures in the future who can come and give back to the society in the same way that Hands of Luv is giving to them.