KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – “How far would you walk for health care?”

With that question, Worldwide Healing Hands invites individuals of all ages to take part in the second annual “Hike 4 Healing” on April 25.

In addition, Worldwide Healing Hands seeks sponsors for the event and for hikers.

Sponsors will be recognized in print and broadcast releases about the event as well as acknowledged on information available at the hike.

All donations will help support the Worldwide Healing Hands’ goals and missions to provide quality health care to women and children, especially those who do not have access to such care.

Hike participants will traverse the Wright Summit Trail on Mount Konocti, a little more than six miles round-trip and an elevation gain of 1,600 feet.

Entrance fee for the hike is $25 per person. There is no charge for children under the age of 12 to participate.

Participants may register on EventBrite, https://eventbrite.com/event/15794115625/ .

The Hike 4 Healing was launched last year as a fundraiser for Worldwide Healing Hands’ missions, according to Hike 4 Healing coordinator Anthy O’Brien, one of the group's board members and a supporter.

Led by Dr. Paula Dhanda, an obstetrician and gynecologist based in Kelseyville, Worldwide Healing Hands provides health care services to women and children in underserved areas of the world.

Worldwide Healing Hands teams have traveled to Nepal, Chad and Haiti to deliver health services.

The organization's volunteer medical teams also have provided free health screenings to homeless in Lake County.

Worldwide Healing Hands recently sent a team of volunteers to Haiti for a week-long mission in conjunction with Project Medishare.

While in Port-au-Prince, the Worldwide Healing Hands doctors and nurses conducted cervical cancer screenings and treatment for dozens of Haitian women and provided training to Haitian physicians and midwives.

The Worldwide Healing Hands Board of Directors is considering the next mission and is proposing Uganda as the location.

“We will need funds to acquire equipment and supplies for a clinic in Uganda,” said Dhanda.

Doctors, nurses and staff who accompany Dhanda on the Worldwide Healing Hands missions are not paid for their time; they donate their services.

However, there are other costs incurred, mainly for much-needed supplies and medicine, according to Dhanda.

“Please join us on our Hike 4 Healing this year so that we may help many more women and children with the health care they need and deserve,” O’Brien said.

The hike is not a race nor competition, she added. “Your prize is the satisfaction of completing the hike and helping a worthy cause.”

For more information about the Hike 4 Healing, call 707-279-8733.

Visit Worldwide Healing Hands’ Web site, www.worldwidehealinghands.org , to read more about the organization.