KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Worldwide Healing Hands, the organization dedicated to eliminating maternal and infant mortality in developing areas of the world, is proud to announce its fourth annual Hike 4 Healing event to take place from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 29.

Participants will hike six miles round-trip over 1,600 feet of elevation on the Wright Summit Trail on Mount Konocti in California’s Lake County.

Hikers are asked to donate $25 for their participation and encouraged to get friends and employers to additionally sponsor their “boots on the ground” efforts.

All donations will directly benefit Worldwide Healing Hands and its mission to deliver critical health care services to underserved areas of the world.

“The annual Hike 4 Healing event was launched four years ago as a fundraiser for Worldwide Healing Hands’ mission,” says Hike 4 Healing coordinator Anthy O’Brien, a Worldwide Healing Hands board member and supporter. “Each year has brought more supporters who have chosen to dedicate a day to hike Mount Konocti so that mothers and children in far-flung areas can have a chance at life.”

Worldwide Healing Hands works to stop the needless deaths of mothers who are dying of preventable causes and is dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare for women and children in the most underserved areas of the world.

The organization is led by Dr. Paula Dhanda, an obstetrician and gynecologist based in Kelseyville.

The missions of her and her fellow physician and nurse volunteers to Uganda, Nepal, Chad and Haiti have met with extraordinary success with countless lives saved.

Hike 4 Healing is a fundraising event to perpetuate the ongoing efforts of Dhanda and WHH.

Participants are encouraged to sign up or get additional information by calling 888-627-1262 or visiting http://worldwidehealinghands.org .