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the Hands goals... |
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 If
you could sail the world
where would you go, what would you do?
When T.L. and Harriet Linskey went bluewater cruising on their
28-foot sailboat, freelance, in the late 1980s they
sailed 15,000 miles through Mexico and the South Pacific,
discovering countless beautiful islands — and finding
many local communities greatly in need of educational and
healthcare supplies and professional help. That's why today
the Linskeys are using their 46-foot catamaran, named Hands
Across the Sea, to bring supplies and volunteer professionals
in the healthcare, medical, and enviromental fields to out-of-the-way
communitites. Here are the Hands goals:
» Procure, transport, and
deliver educational, healthcare, and environmental materials
and other needed supplies to local villages and aid groups
» Host volunteer professionals — doctors, educators,
social workers, and environmental experts — onboard so
they can carry out their work in remote areas
» Coordinate with and assist aid organizations to help
them achieve their goals
» Network with other sailors so that they can bring
needed materials and professionals to communities in need
and tell us where and how Hands can help
» Raise awareness and support for Hands programs through
magazine articles, the Hands website, and the "Hands
Log" e-mail newsletter
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education help... |
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 Many
schools in less-developed countries lack basic education supplies,
such as textbooks, reference books, writing supplies, and
modern teaching aids from calculators to computers and software.
Also, local communities may lack a library. Hands Across the
Sea works to solicit in-kind donations of educational materials
and to deliver them where they are needed. The
Hands crew has the ability and credentials to teach subjects
such as English and entrepreneurship (Organizations such as
Making Cents provide a curriculum of entrepreneurship for
developing countries.) Hands's Web development and marketing
skills are useful additions to a curriculum of entrepreneurship.
Hands can deliver this curriculum in places where there is
an opportunity for economic growth. We also host education
professionals onboard our boat, giving them a base from which
they can carry out their work ashore (see working
Hands-on! below to arrange a Hands-on stay).
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healthcare help... |
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Basic healthcare supplies, from first-aid kits to anitbiotics
and dressings, are in short supply at many local clinics. Because
the Hands crew is on-scene, sometimes in places that do not
have an easily reachable airport or road transportation system,
we can identify what is needed and to whom it should go, whether
that be to a local physican or a local group (such as a church)
that will work within their established distribution channels.
Please contact Hands to tell
us what you are able to donate.
working Hands-on
If you are a medical professional
or a student with a healthcare skill set and wish to volunteer
your help in remote areas. Please see working
Hands-on! below.
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girls'
empowerment... |
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Research shows that helping girls to learn and prosper in a
community lifts the entire community. The YWCA is an organization
with branches throughout the world that we can support with
our teaching, marketing and web development skills. Please contact
Hands to help us bring girls' empowerment curriculum to
local communities.
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conservation
work... |
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Because we are "on scene" in less-visited islands
and coastal communities, we can report on local conservation
issues and offer an entry point from which environmental professionals
can conduct research. Please contact
Hands to tell us how we can assist you to help protect the
environment.
working Hands-onIf you are in the conservation
or environmental field, working Hands-on is another way to help
local communities with environmental issues. Please see working
Hands-on! below.
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working Hands-on! |
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 working
Hands-on!
If you are a professional or student from the educational, medical,
and environmental fields, we may be able to host you onboard
our boat so that you can lend a hand in remote areas. Stays
are usually one week, and we require a modest daily contribution
toward food and fuel. Our 46-foot catamaran, Hands Across
the Sea, is equipped with satcom communication gear (satellite
telephone, e-mail access, and satellite Internet connection)
and a ham radio rig that will help maximize your visit's outcome
for the local population.
And it is highly likely that we will ask you to help us raise
the anchor, sail to the next port, and brainstorm about the
next Hands project. For information on our boat, including the
accommodations for Hands-on volunteers, please click
here. But the first step to working Hands-on! is to contact
Hands.
network with Hands
If you have a project in which
Hands can help — or if you want to help with projects near
your location that we know about — contact
us!
join the Hands eNews group
If you would like to receive the Hands
Log (e-mail newsletter) please click
here.
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