OUR VISION AND MISSION

Hand in Hand’s aim is to eliminate poverty through an integrated community development programme.

Our work is founded on the concept of help to self-help, through participation at the grassroots level. We believe there should be social, economic, and environmental sustainability in everything we do, and our work is aligned with the UN Millennium Development Goals.

Vision

Hand in Hand’s vision is a world free of extreme poverty and child labour.

Mission

Our mission is to work through education, employment, income generation, and empowerment for the eradication of child and bonded labour by mainstreaming deprived children into regular schools.

We also work for the empowerment of women by creating micro-enterprises and by promoting income-generating activities and jobs for growth.

Additionally, Hand in Hand focuses on strengthening grassroots involvement and democracy by setting up Citizens’ Centres.

Finally, we promote health and hygiene among rural populations, and work to protect the local environment through watershed projects and solid waste management interventions.

Principles

• Pro-poor, bottom-up approach
• Participatory learning
• Gender mainstreaming in all activities
• Transparency and accountability in all actions
• Working in coordination with local institutions