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Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers is a non-profit organization that makes it its mission to improve the quality of life of members of the disabled community. The organization went through a change in 2020 when it moved away from the “Helper Monkeys” model to assist disabled people through technology.

Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers doesn’t just abandon its monkey helpers; they are committed to taking care of its post-service monkeys until the end of their natural lives. The monkeys will remain in natural care in the organization’s monkey living center where they have everything they need to live a brilliant life.

A retirement home for ‘retiree’ monkeys. A Boston nonprofit group that once provided service monkeys to those in need now cares for the animals in their golden years

From Monkeys to Robots: A Nonprofit Evolves – written by Diane Nahabedian for Massnonprofit News, June 1, 2022.

What living with a monkey taught me about motherhood – written by Lisa Brown for Boston Globe Magazine, May 6, 2022.

After over 40 years of training and placing capuchin monkeys to help adults with severe mobility impairments live more independent and engaged lives, we are ceasing future training and placement services.

Helping Hands recipient Kent, and his service monkey, Farah, are in a full-length online article in Parade Magazine!

The monkeys of Helping Hands, in Boston spend much of their lives working with people with paraplegia and quadriplegia who need the daily assistance of a full-time aide.

Helping Hands recipient Travis and his service monkey, Siggy were featured on Animal Planet’s Canadian documentary series Collar of Duty.

The New York Times – Big Love for Little Helpers. Helping Hands is a nonprofit that trains and places capuchin monkeys to assist people with limited physical mobility.

The most intelligent of the small monkeys, capuchins are extremely dexterous and can use their humanlike hands to manipulate objects. Like much bigger chimps, they have very strong arms.

Kasey, the 27-year-old specially trained primate is one of Helping Hands’ 164 helper monkeys, placed with people who have spinal cord injuries or other mobility impairments.