We try to make meaningful contribution and direct financial support to small, concrete projects where we can make a difference.

The objective is to give direct support to small-scale projects with strong local presence and with focus on education, work, health and environment, through direct involvement and follow up.

Interhands Impact Fund focuses on Program Related Investments, where we seek to activly allocate our capital base to investments that accelarate our mission. This is done via partners as well as directly. Financial dividends and yield goes back to the Foundations main program.

Interhands Impact Fund has recently established a fully owned entity in Hanoi, VieNam: Interhands Foreign Investment Company Ltd (IFIC) with the following mandate:

Invest in sustainable and socially responsible companies, with a focus on developing the companies both business-wise, technologically and in a more sustainable direction (Responsible economic development). The companies must be assessed both from a financial and sustainability perspective in accordance with the Interhands Foundation's purpose:

a.     Improve sustainability and environment issues in the business segment

b.     Improve social responsibility, equality and governance principles

c.     Support underprivileged communities and individuals

d.     Improve situation for disabled people

Invest in graduated students from our Sapa program who have a good business plan, focusing on improving living conditions, increase employment and other social or environmental effects in their local community.