‘Hands That Shape Humanity’ - Consumer Products Collection 
Ordinary Products with Extraordinary Messages

Our Product Manifesto

01 PASSION
Purpose and Inspiration
We are passionate about people. Infinite possibility exists within all of us.

02 GROWTH
And Evolution
We embrace evolution, growth and positive change. We provide a platform for individuals to grow and evolve into their chosen field of choice.

03 INTEGRITY
We care about the social, ethical and environmental origins of our products. We embrace fair trade, sustainable and low impact practice in every step of the process. We seek to add values to our world without depleting its valuable resource.

04 CONNECTION
We look to connect with people in an integrated, honest and holistic way. We value community and being connected – locally and globally and we care about the impact we have on each other.

OUR PEOPLE – OUR COLLECTIVE
We are proud to be associated with an inspired group of individuals, be they designers, product developers, marketers, production, sourcing or marketing and brand specialists. The team is made up of passionate, gifted people that care about what they do and how this impacts the community, society and humanity.

Publishing
Hands That Shape Humanity ‘Little Book Of Wisdom’ - We have published a Little Book Of Wisdom’ that presents our participants inspirational messages. We are looking for a publisher for this book so if you know of anyone - anywhere, please let us know. We’re also looking to publish a larger coffee table book based on ‘Hands’ extraordinary photographs and messages of wisdom. 

City Of Sydney - We are in the process of gaining official City and Lord Mayor Of Sydney, Clover Moore’s written endorsement for bringing ‘Hands’ to Sydney. Stay tuned for the letter from the Lord Mayor which we hope to have shortly. 

The Smith Family. We recently met with Elaine Henry, CEO of The Smith Family in Sydney. They have a strong strategic alignment with ‘Hands’ especially in mentoring youth. The Smith Family is a national, independent, social enterprise that supports disadvantaged Australian children to create a better future through education. The Smith Family matches students on Learning for Life tertiary scholarships with mentors who have achieved professional success in the students’ chosen field of interest. Mentor_Fact_Sheet_0507_CE0A7.pdf

OASIS. We met with Paul Moulds of Oasis who recently appeared on ABC TV with this inspirational and moving documentary on this work with the homeless youth of Sydney. Paul wholeheartedly supports ‘Hands’ and would like to be involved in our programmatic works moving forward. THE OASIS MOVIE
http://www.theoasismovie.com.au/om/about/trailer.php

Participants – Cathy Freeman. We are in the process of arranging a filmed interview Cathy as part of the second round of ‘Hands’ Participants filming. catherinefreemanfoundation.com

The Oslo Hands exhibition has been a great success!

February 2008
The Hands That Shape Humanity Exhibition launched in Oslo, Norway in February. 

“The arrival of such a universally appealing and inspirational program as ‘Hands’ in Oslo comes at the perfect time, as the Norwegian Royal Ministry of Culture has proclaimed 2008 to be the “Year of Cultural Diversity.” Based on the original Cape Town exhibition, the Oslo exhibit was wholly funded, curated, implemented and presented under the guidance and support of a Norwegian Government Organization named FK Norway as well as a Norwegian NGO, DSV – both entities are known in the cultural and political communities for their commitment to the development of educational and humanitarian programs for youth worldwide.

The inaugural festivities kicked off with a heart-warming introduction by the patron and visionary genius behind Hands, Desmond Tutu, amidst the backdrop of the Gallery of the City Hall – a building deeply rooted in the politics and culture of Oslo, Norway.