Our programs

Practical solutions for urgent needs and lasting resilience.

HSDF brings humanitarian response and sustainable development together through programs shaped by local priorities.

Strategic priority

Education

HSDF expands access to inclusive, quality education; supports vocational and life skills development; and strengthens school management committees so communities can shape and sustain their own education systems.

Quality learning
Vocational skills
Community ownership

Strategic priority

Health & Nutrition

HSDF improves access to essential health and nutrition services, with emphasis on maternal and child health, prevention and treatment of malnutrition, and rapid response to disease outbreaks.

Maternal and child health
Malnutrition response
Outbreak response

Strategic priority

Food Security & Livelihoods

HSDF supports climate-resilient agriculture, livestock and fisheries, farmer cooperatives, savings and loan groups, and green livelihoods to strengthen food security and household income.

Climate-smart agriculture
Cooperatives and savings
Green livelihoods

Strategic priority

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

HSDF expands equitable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services through community-managed and climate-smart WASH infrastructure.

Safe water
Sanitation and hygiene
Climate-smart infrastructure

Complementary action

Working across the forces that shape wellbeing.

Complex challenges need connected responses. These areas reinforce our four strategic priorities.

Humanitarian emergency response

Climate resilience & environmental protection

Protection & gender equality

Peacebuilding & social cohesion

Economic empowerment

Civic engagement

Across every program

Four safeguards. One consistent standard.

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)

Do No Harm and conflict sensitivity

Community accountability and feedback

Climate and environmental safeguards

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Bring complementary strengths to a shared goal.

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