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At A Glance

The Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) helps people affected by humanitarian crises—including the climate crisis—to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. HHF is now at work in crisis-affected countries as well as communities throughout Europe and the Americas. We deliver lasting impact by providing health care, helping children learn, and empowering individuals and communities to become self-reliant, always seeking to address the inequalities facing women and girls.

8 Reasons to give to the Helping Hand Foundation

  • 1 We help people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.
  • 2 Ingenuity, fortitude and optimism remain at the heart of who we are and how we work.
  • 3 We are rapidly responding to the triple threat refugees are facing right now—ongoing conflict, the spread of COVID-19 and climate change.
  • 4 We help people in some of the toughest places on Earth, like Afghanistan, Ukraine as well as Yemen, Syria and Somalia.
  • 5 We have developed and are implementing a revolutionary new approach to treating malnutrition in children.
  • 6 We are responding to complex health emergencies and disease outbreaks. We are helping to contain the spread, protect communities and care for people affected by the virus.
  • 7 We work in more than many countries, including Afghanistan. We help people in Afghanistan with services, including education and safe spaces for girls. We are determined to stay and deliver life-changing support as long as we are needed.
  • 8 We adapt to the challenges in front of us with courage and resilience and we never, ever give up on refugees and displaced families.
A group of people standing around each other.

At A Glance

The Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) helps people affected by humanitarian crises—including the climate crisis—to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. HHF is now at work in crisis-affected countries as well as communities throughout Europe and the Americas. We deliver lasting impact by providing health care, helping children learn, and empowering individuals and communities to become self-reliant, always seeking to address the inequalities facing women and girls.

8 Reasons to give to the Helping Hand Foundation

  • 1 We help people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.
  • 2 Ingenuity, fortitude and optimism remain at the heart of who we are and how we work.
  • 3 We are rapidly responding to the triple threat refugees are facing right now—ongoing conflict, the spread of COVID-19 and climate change.
  • 4 We help people in some of the toughest places on Earth, like Afghanistan, Ukraine as well as Yemen, Syria and Somalia.
  • 5 We have developed and are implementing a revolutionary new approach to treating malnutrition in children.
  • 6 We are responding to complex health emergencies and disease outbreaks. We are helping to contain the spread, protect communities and care for people affected by the virus.
  • 7 We work in more than many countries, including Afghanistan. We help people in Afghanistan with services, including education and safe spaces for girls. We are determined to stay and deliver life-changing support as long as we are needed.
  • 8 We adapt to the challenges in front of us with courage and resilience and we never, ever give up on refugees and displaced families.
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Our Strategy

We focus our support in five areas: ensuring safety from harm, improving health, increasing access to education, improving economic wellbeing, and ensuring people have the power to influence decisions that affect their lives. In all our programming, we address the unique needs of women and girls (who represent the majority of those displaced)—and the barriers to progress everywhere we work.

Changing Needs

The world has changed and so have the needs of the people we serve. Today a staggering 82.4 million people are displaced as result of conflict, persecution and crisis, including 26.4 million refugees, a record 48 million internally displaced persons, and 4.1 million asylum seekers. People are displaced for longer periods than ever (most for over a decade) as conflicts (such as that in Afghanistan) average 20 years in length. The climate crisis, projected to displace as many as 150 million people by 2050, further exacerbates these trends, as does COVID-19

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Vision In Action

Our goal is to make our programs a model for the global humanitarian response. We aim to deliver high-quality, cost-effective programs—on our own and with local partners. We will combine research on programs that work best with insights driven by those we serve, to reshape the way the world helps those in need. With this we want to make empowerment and lasting change the norm.