Empowering Ability While Transforming Disabilities

GICAM (Groupe International Chirurgiens Amis de la Main) was founded in 1998 as an international non-governmental organisation (NGO). In 2023, it became a Foundation, based in Lugano, Switzerland.

In 27 years of activity, GICAM has carried out 90 missions, involving 264 volunteers from 10 different nationalities. The missions have been held in 10 countries — including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, India and Ecuador — reaching a total of 76,895 people visited and performing surgical interventions on 11,010 patients affected by hand disabilities.