HOPE AND SERVICE TO MANKIND FOUNDATION (Hope For Rural Dwellers) is a Voluntary, Non-profit, Charitable, Social, Non-political, Non-governmental, Inter-faith and Welfare Organisation Registered in Ghana Under section 27 and 28 of 1963 Companies Code (Act 179) with registration number G-35, 853. We aim to inspire a sense of active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young people and to involve them in shaping their future and that of their communities at large. We believe volunteers help address many of the most important challenges facing global communities and we involve international volunteers through a youth/sports/cultural exchange programmes for positive change in our communities. INTERVENTION AREA * POVERTY * ENVIRONMENT * WOMEN AND CHILDREN * DISABILITY(PWDs) * HIV/AIDS * HOMELESSNESS *DIABETES * EDUCATION (Basic,Informal,Vocational,WomenYouth,Adult, PWDs and the Girl Child with ICT) VISION A healthy and prosperous society based on gender equality and equity in every walk of life by improving the lives of the poor through education, economic and social development programs. We share the vision of a world where all forms of disability can be avoided, healed or integrated and in which the rights of people with disabilities are respected and applied. MISSION We are committed to serving MANKIND by providing the basic amenities of life to the helpless and needy people of all communities and also by encouraging Girl child, People with Disabilities and Youth education. VALUE We believe in gender equality and equity in every walk of life regardless of race, color, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant condition. We bring together literate and non-literate, towns, villages, people in common respect for each other and for manual work to promote and encourage the development of the spirit of voluntarism among the youth and people of all communities by organising workcamps towards physical projects, literacy work, and establishing demonstrational camps and farms, Leadership training, camping activities and International Cultural Exchange Programmes. We support and help the destitute, the poor, the needy, and orphans without family support by training and giving skills to equip the youth to be involved in activities leading to the alleviation of poverty in their communities e.g. Tie and dye batik, bee keeping, snail rearing, establishment of small businesses, general farming and ICT Provision of information on marketable skill for sustainable life development. We educate communities and individuals about disaster management, by providing adequate information to members and the general public. We promote psycho-social counseling for all people living with HIV/AIDS, empower the individual physically, mentally, spiritually, and financially by providing adequate support and above all to give them hope, that all is not lost. We organising camps for people living with chronic diseases to meet medical professionals for free care, support, advice, checkups and treatment, and also to meet other people living with the same chronic disease. We help people living in poverty, transition and homelessness rebuild their lives by connecting them to jobs, housing, information and hope. TARGET POPULATION: • The poor and the unemployed in society • Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) • Commercial sex workers • People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIVA) • People living with other chronic diseases • Youth in and out of school • Migrant workers • Disaster victims . The Disables See less HOPE AND SERVICE TO MANKIND FOUNDATION provide machinery for bringing Ghanaian communities into contact with Volunteers in other parts of the World for Work-camps and International Cultural Exchange activities.