Helping Hand for Survivors, Inc. was founded in 2012 by Kashoro Nyenyezi and Dr. Jean Claude Luhere, who each survived atrocities committed by militias during the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Having endured the terror of these war crimes and eventually finding asylum in the United States, they were driven by profound empathy and compassion to build an organization dedicated to helping those who suffered as they did. Today, Helping Hand for Survivors, Inc. focuses on providing essential relief and mental health services to victims of rape and HIV, while also raising funds to support health, education, and family placement for children abandoned due to the violence. This mission reflects the founders’ commitment to restoring dignity, opportunity, and hope to those affected by conflict in their homeland.
Helping Hand for Survivors exists to aid and expedite the recovery of victims in war torn communities. HHS focuses upon overall wholeness of the individual by assisting victims to regain strength of mind through teaching mental and emotional healing while simultaneously providing nutrition and medical services for their bodies……