We are our brother’s keeper. After witnessing carnage in their East African country of Kenya in 2008, a registered nurse named Debra Akello, and a financial planner named Joy Burton, decided to “help somebody as they passed along, so their lives would have meaning." With that, Helping Hands International Foundation of Saugus (HHIF) was born. They are a non profit organization, working at the grass roots level with the underprivileged in under served areas around the globe, mainly focusing on women and children.