HAI’s focus on enabling the grassroots NGOs towards disaster risk reduction and mitigation is a unique one. It is commendable that HAI is working towards the national agenda of community level preparedness and their resilience building to be able to respond to a bigger disaster

HAI has been playing a constructive and effective role in mitigating disasters facing the communities. It’s efforts to initiate processes, that ensure greater access to funds to local organizations in pursuing disaster linked activities need active support from all stakeholders who care for such a cause.

HAI is trying to fill a vacuum that has always been very tangible to us. It is surely an uphill task, but a meaningful one. Like the billion odd souls that define the idea of India, it is the support of individuals like you and me who can help HAI on its journey to help our own people. Remember, charity starts at home and India is our home.

It’s been a pleasure working with Humanitarian Aid International. This pioneering organisation constructively challenges and changes disfunction in the system. Their contributions to the wider sector, and the Start Network membership and network development in specific, remain an inspiration for me.

HAI has been able to take the learnings from its programme experience to successfully influence national and international policy debates. From its foundation a mere year ago HAI is now recognised in international policy fora as a respected and authoritative organisation.

Through HAI’s constructive input, thoughtful insight, in-depth experience and bold interventions, HAI has helped to shape policies and recommendations at the international level, including the first Annual Synthesis Report on progress against the Agenda for Humanity since the World Humanitarian Summit.