HAND IN HAND USA

Hand in Hand International has an Advisory Council in the US. Hand in Hand USA is in the process of registering as a non proifit corporation under Washington DC law. In the meantime it collaborates with Hand in Hand International.

What We Believe In

We are pro-poor and we always interact with the poor in a way that provides hope, dignity, and individual choice.

We believe in supplying fishing rods rather than fish by supporting job creation among the poor.

We tackle poverty holistically with an integrated approach.

We lift communities by getting children out of labour and into schools, improving health services, creating access to IT, and implementing sustainable environmental practices.

We have a bottom-up approach, where models emerge locally, and then spread globally.

We meet best business practice in terms of efficiency, transparency, and accountability, and combine the best of civil society and business.

Board of directors

Chairperson – Bruce Grant

Bruce Grant is an American businessman and entrepreneur with strong roots in Scandinavia. His management-consulting firm Applied Value LLC advises boards and top management teams of Global Fortune 500 corporations on turnarounds, restructurings and cost- and capital efficiency programmes. His investment company Garden Growth Capital owns small private companies in medical devices, Telecoms equipment, and metal fabrication. He is Chairperson of HumanCare and Note, as well as board director of Stille, all Swedish public companies. He founded Arthur D Little’s Scandinavian practice and went on to become its president of North America. He has served as Chairperson of Tele2 and Board Director of Kinnevik, Korsnäs, Metro International, and Transcom, all large Swedish public companies. Bruce and Applied Value are donors to Hand in Hand.

President – Maria Borelius
Vice President – Eva Hafström
Secretary – Leni Söderberg