Who are we?

We are regular people who want to make a difference in someone's life. Help change their standard of living, and enjoy while doing so.

Hands 4 Zero Poverty (H4ZP) is a group of volunteers—anyone is welcome to join. We all give our time and effort to help people and develop a nonprofit, an organization run and managed by its members. We are a small community of people who believe we can make a difference in the world regardless of the scale.

We develop, launch, and manage campaigns centered on our core values—health, education, and empowerment. We believe with these three main ingredients, we can provide the means necessary for people to improve their standard of living. (Or what we refer to tools to help break them out of the cycle.)

We want to develop a movement that encourages people to get together to build communities, friendships, partnerships to offer help to others. And how we can do this? By showing that helping can be as simple as friends and family working together on a common purpose. Big nonprofits, which often look, seem, or operate as for-profit companies, are not the only solution to make a difference.

Imagine how awesome the world would be if everyone took time from their busy life and got together to work on giving to others.

Yes, we know—we started to sound like another boring nonprofit. Fair! Perhaps the best way to learn about us is by sharing with you a few odd questions we have gotten along with our answers. Here we go!

Does the non-India-based team (or volunteers) fly business class to India using donation money?

Answer: (Not kidding; this was a real question.) No, they pay from their own pocket money. We sure hope they can afford business class tickets, that would be nice!

Do you think you can "really" solve poverty issues in India or worldwide?

Answer: of course not. But if we can pull one person or a family out of poverty or give them the tools to do so, that would mean gold to us; and this can be achieved. And—if we can create a movement where people get together to help others (helping and leading them to a better standard of living), it would mean the universe to us. 

Are you a bunch of minorities from the U.S. with money trying to pretend you are helping the world?

Answer: no, we are not. H4ZP is anyone who wants to join, regardless of background or country we live in. The majority of our supporters, in fact, are not minorities from the U.S.

In summary, we are your regular day-to-day women and men who care for others and want to help. We want our hard work to create a positive—long-lasting—impact on someone's life. If you do not believe us, come join us on a future campaign. We promise you will enjoy it.