Programs of The Handa Foundation
We’re proud to champion these inspiring programs that create lasting impact in education, health, sports, and the arts. Click on a program below to learn more.
Handa Medical Center in Battambang, Cambodia
The Handa Medical Center has had several names since 1998 because it has been constantly evolving alongside the community it serves. In originally began as a surgical center managed by an Italian charity, and from that time until now it...
Handa Model Farm in Battambang, Cambodia
The Handa Model Farm was established in 2016 and is located just ten minutes from the Handa Medical Center. It has approximately ten hectares of rich farmland for cultivating tree fruits and vegetables. The center collaborates with many different partners...
Handa Academy in Battambang, Cambodia
The Handa Academy opened in May of 2018 with the mission of helping disadvantaged children in rural Cambodia to break the cycle of poverty by receiving teaching and training in the areas of English and Computers, Sports and Leadership, New...
Handa Nursing School in Vientiane, Laos
In January of 2010, an organization named Worldwide Support for Development, led by Dr. Haruhisa Handa, donated funds to build a new nursing school and dormitory, as well as a new mother and child hospital. In January of 2013, after...
Partnership with Curtin University
In 2014, a new and unique partnership was launched between Curtin University in Western Australia, and the Handa Foundation, called the Go Global Program. The Go Global Program is designed to bring college students in their final year of study...
Partnership with Stanford University
The Handa Foundation began a new partnership in 2015 with Stanford University in California. The primary focus of the program is to teach surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to work as a team and to use a safe surgery checklist that...
Partnerships with Alpha Publishing and BookR
The Handa Foundation began a new partnership with Alpha Publishing in 2022. Alpha Publishing supports the Handa Academy in Battambang, Cambodia by generously providing access to their online eAlpha Learning Platform, which is one of their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)...
Handa Global Scholars Program in London, England
In 2014 The Handa Foundation launched the Handa Global Scholars program in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Scholarships are now provided to allow Cambodian medical professionals to get their Masters Degrees in Public Health from...
Support for the Sentabale Charity in Lesotho, Africa
Sentabale was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso in 2006, and it delivers psychosocial support to adolescents living with HIV, as well as providing care and education to orphans, children living with disabilities and young shepherds, know as ‘herd...