Humana People to People

Humana People to People is a movement that focuses its attention on creating development together with the poor people in this world. It does not compare itself to anything or to anybody but itself. Luckily this places the organization completely outside any sort of competition - left or right. It has done its own things - and still does.

The inspiration to start what is today Humana People to People in 1977, came from years of travel done by teachers and participants at the first “Traveling Folk High School”- meeting people around the world in their often horrible conditions. This first meeting inspired action. Ever since the first actions, it has been the reality facing fellow human beings that have inspired to fierce competition - do more, to become better, to raise the quality, to reach more people ...... And that is still where the inspiration comes from.

Ideas for projects and actions are provokingly simple and uncomplicated to understand and take their point of departure in the fundamental issue of bringing about humanizing conditions for people in need. These needs are often very basic, and it is not lack of know-how or technology that prevents them from being met. We know how to drill a bore hole, how to prevent and treat diseases, how to grow nutritious food, how to build schools, how to clean water, how to build houses, etc. So somehow it is a matter of just doing it - placing the needs of fellow human beings at the center, building capacity, and uniting with as many people as possible in creating a better world.

Today, there are 28 national associations connected to the Humana People to People Movement. The associations are working in 34 countries around the world, operating over 200 projects, and involving more than 5 million people on a daily basis.

The majority of the projects of Humana People to People have so far been in Africa, which is the poorest continent in the world. 30 years of efforts by dedicated people have on one hand produced huge results and improved the lives of millions of people, and then on the other hand poverty is still a very real and present reality of the majority of the people in Africa. So the work will continue and intensify in Africa.

In 2007, Humana People to People started up the first projects in a Latin America.This is the beginning of a number of projects to be established in the years to come under the common headline “Fight Poverty” calling upon all the people of the Americas - north and south - to join forced in the fight against poverty.