Open Hands Initiative

The Open Hands Initiative is dedicated to improving people-to-people understanding and international friendship through exchanges and other projects that focus on our basic shared values and common humanity. Our goal is to highlight the common humanity that is shared by all people and all cultures from around the word. We believe that we all have much to share and learn from one another.

The Open Hands Initiative is a US-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded by Jay Snyder.

Our work takes place in the spheres of everyday life - health, culture, education, and recreation - and stresses that each and every country has much to teach and learn from one another. Please visit our Programs page to learn more about our specific projects.