Our Mission is to join communities, build and strengthen neighbor relations, and work side by side with residents to address community-wide concerns linking them to the resources supportive of a healthy, safe and economically vibrant standard of living.

Featured Programs

 Provides meals to children in Applachia during the summer months when school is not in session.

EDUCATION PROGRAM

Offers children academic assistance, school supplies and the support they need to be successful in school.

HOME REHABILITATION

Provides families with safe and stable housing, including repairing roofs, floors, rotting porches and stairs and more .

Our Partners

Our Impact

Smiles and Medical Care in Appalachia

Smiles and Medical Care in Appalachia

Children in Appalachia face among the highest rates of dental caries in the country, primarily due to a high intake of sugary foods and soft drinks – as well as a lack of dental care products at home.  At Americans Helping Americans® we have been working to...

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Bare Feet…providing shoes to hundreds of children

Bare Feet…providing shoes to hundreds of children

Having a nice new pair of shoes (or several) that actually fit and are not pretty much worn out before even putting them on for the first time is something most kids in the U.S. take for granted, especially with the start of a new school year and the coming of the...

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Students’ Vision Boards Motivate Our Work

Students’ Vision Boards Motivate Our Work

A vision board is a collage of images and words representing a person’s wishes or goals, intended to serve as inspiration or motivation which is designed to help an individual visualize their success in the future. In the case of children in rural Appalachia, such as...

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Where We Work