Advocating for equality and justice
Your support helps us elevate the voice of our local partners
In a noisy world, we do our best to elevate the voice of local people
HART stands in solidarity with people who are caught in the crossfire of conflict. We witness their courage in the face of adversity. We seek their advice on priorities for development. We celebrate their vision for a brighter future. Local people are best placed to identify, understand and fulfil their own needs. HART advocates on the basis of sustained engagement and first-hand experience.
When I speak in the House of Lords, people listen because I don’t just read someone else's report. I’ve been to conflict zones and seen what I report about. Authenticity is going in person where big aid organisations can’t or won’t go. I don’t believe in those borders.
Baroness Cox, Founder President
Where communities suffer from protracted conflict and poverty, aid must go hand-in-hand with advocacy. We gather first-hand evidence of oppression and injustice. We take time to understand people’s needs and priorities. We promote locally-led solutions for a robust international response.
We witnessed the aftermath of a massacre in the Dinka village of Kolom, where armed Misseriya killed and injured villagers, abducted children, destroyed the local church and clinic, and burned homes. We combined aid with advocacy to support the local people and shine a spotlight on their suffering.
We strive to elevate the voice of ordinary Syrians who, after years of violent conflict, are badly impacted by economic sanctions. People across the country tell us how sanctions restrict access to food supplies and accelerate the local currency’s devaluation, contributing to skyrocketing prices and falling wages.
We campaign on behalf of Armenian prisoners of war and civilian detainees who are vulnerable to killings, torture, indefinite imprisonment or enslavement – with reports of humiliating treatment and desecration of corpses by Azerbaijani soldiers, in actions captured on videos and circulated on social media.
Thank you HART for telling our story. You have given us this rare opportunity to have access to the outside world.
Benjamin Barnaba in Blue Nile, Sudan
Please tell the world about our situation. Of all the ‘trouble-spots’ in the world, this is one of the least known. We just want to live peacefully and have no more war. We want our children to grow up in the village.
Marusya, aged 86, Syunik province in Armenia
There are no reporters in the region to tell the world what is happening and it takes three or four days for local leaders to send news to Juba.
Community leader, Abyei
Thank you so much for coming – after many years of suffering, I now have the chance to tell my story.
Tarika Women’s Centre, Bangalore
Your eyewitness accounts, photographs, moving testimonies and deep personal compassion speak in ways that go beyond words.
Benjamin Kwashi, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Jos in Nigeria
Advocating for equality and justice
Your support helps us elevate the voice of our local partners