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 Swiss Foundation, based in Lugano.

In 28 years of activity, GICAM has carried out 95 missions, involving 264 volunteers from 12 different nationalities. The missions have been conducted in 11 countries — including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, India, Ecuador and Laos — treating 77,100 patients and performing 11,180 surgical procedures on people affected by hand disabilities.