Ong ou association création en 2015 ;
Langue de travail: anglais; arabe;

Objectives: HDA mission is to promote social, economic and rural development in Lebanon and the region and to contribute in building a responsible civil society that promotes democratic values, justice, pluralism and moderation.
Activities: Women Empowerment .
HDA Believes in women’s power and advocate for women’s inclusion in all the decision making positions. HDA implemented several projects of social cohesion, peacebuilding and conflict resolution at the country level (either with Syrian refugees and Lebanese). HDA works in Strengthening women capacities in order to empower them and include them in the job market, to have an important role in the economic growth. Supported women during the municipal and parliament election through capacity building: leadership and communication skills.

Child protection .
HDA is an active member in the child protection sector in Lebanon and do provide Psychosocial support for the vulnerable children regardless of their nationalities.
HDA provide support for children and their caregivers.
HDA provides case managment for the persons in need and coordinate with different stakeholders and NGOs for referrals.
Different recreational activities are provided all over Lebanon in order to help and support children and their caregivers to improve their psychosocial well bein

Education
HDA is an active member in the Education Working group at the National Level.
HDA supports the Public schools by doing the needed renovation.
During the Syrian crisis, HDA was involved in the RACE project and supported MEHE in the outreach and the UNICEF campaign in enrolling the drop out children.

Protection .
Protection is one of the imporatnt sectors that HDA is working on.
HDA provide all the protection needs for vulnerable persons regardless of their nationalities.
HDA team work with DO NO HARM and respect the confidentiality of the persons.
PSEA is an important component in all the projects that are implemented by HDA .
HDA respects gender equality and advocate for it.
During the Syrian crisis, HDA provided protection to the Refugees and was in close coordination with UNHCR and the other partners.

Mental Health
HDA provide Mental Health services in it premises. HDA implements several projects on Mental Health with different donors and partners. HDA is an active member in the National Mental Health strategy.
Psychologists and professionals provide very high quality services.

Shelter .
HDA is an active member in the Shelter working group at the National level.
HDA implemented several projects related to upgrading of shelters and providing shelters for vulnerable people.
During the Syrian crisis, HDA supported in improving the condition of the informal settlements and the collective shelters.
HDA supported in construction of Latrines in the informal settlements and to avoid floading.

Solid Waste Management .
HDA is an active member in the Solid Management task force group.
HDA implemented several Solid Waste Management project such as the “Bahr Bala Plastic” in the region of Chekka-North of Lebanon and funded by the EU . The objective of this project was to reduce the use of the single used plastic, upcycling, and recycling. Another project was implemented in the Chouf area; the objective of this project was to raise awareness on sorting at the source and distribution of bins for the municipalities to support them in enhancing their solid Waste management.