Our programs
Practical solutions for urgent needs and lasting resilience.
HSDF brings humanitarian response and sustainable development together through programs shaped by local priorities.
Core program areas
Four priorities. One integrated approach.
Each program combines practical delivery with community ownership, accountability, and long-term resilience.
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
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
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
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 focus
- Humanitarian emergency response
- Climate resilience & environmental protection
- Protection & gender equality
- Peacebuilding & social cohesion
- Economic empowerment
- Civic engagement
Across every program
- Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)
- Do No Harm and conflict sensitivity
- Community accountability and feedback
- Climate and environmental safeguards