Who we are
Humana People to People Laos is an international NGO with a representative office in Laos. The Federation Humana People to People is a network of 29 organizations engaged in international solidarity, cooperation and development in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas which goes back to 1977 Humana People to People Laos is committed to work alongside the poor in a collective process that supports the people to make changes, improve their lives, and solve their problems.
We believe that poverty can be overcome through a coordinated, community-based approach with improved livelihoods, sustainable agriculture, health and disease prevention, increased production and income, education, women’s empowerment, and environmental protection. With the base for the struggle being the poor engaged in changing their own fates, we join forces with them, with governments and progressive forces nationally and internationally in a collective effort to transform and in the long run erase the existing conditions of the poor.
Our work is based on the ethos of Solidary Humanism. We embrace the idea that people are at the center of their own development as the driving force, and that sustainable change is created through a collaborative process. When people go together and engage in common actions, they find better ways. When people are at the center of the decision-making processes and the implementation and evaluation of their work, they create development
HPP Laos implements projects in Bolikhamxay, Oudomxay, Savannakheth, and Khammouane Provinces. Currently, we have 50 dedicated staff and 40 volunteers, and are collaborating closely with government authorities at village, district, and province levels, as well as with project partners. Up to date, a total of 200,000 people in 250 Villages have been reached.
