Asia

HHD established an office in Bangkok in 2003 to focus on health, education, and income-generating initiatives in Asia. Our current projects extend beyond Thailand to Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, China, Taiwan, and India. We concentrate on promoting health in workplace and educational settings.

Many of our activities address HIV and AIDS, particularly for orphans and vulnerable children, with programs to continue their education and provide preventive services, care, and support. Increasingly, we are involved in the design and delivery of programs that teach income-generating activities to caregivers and communities. Our approach is to forge collaborations among stakeholders and partners, and work together to design, implement, and monitor projects that will advance healthy human development.

A primary goal is to facilitate communication between corporations in the region and grassroots organizations involved in local communities. We work with companies such as Deutsche Bank, Adidas, and Hewlett-Packard to implement their corporate social responsibility strategies by identifying potential partners and developing programs, such as technology and entrepreneurship trainings for local microenterprises.

Migration is another issue we address in the region. With the United Nations Children’s Fund, we have worked to promote access to education for Burmese child migrants in southern Thailand. In addition, we are part of a public-private partnership that is facilitating the safe labor migration of Chinese workers in Western China to the Eastern coast. A related focus is the welfare of the workers’ children impacted by migration, both those who are left behind and those who migrate with their parents.

HHD’s Asia staff is predominantly native, familiar with the languages and cultures of the region, and committed to making a difference at the local, regional, and global levels. They have expertise in project design and management, needs assessment, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, and partnership formation with public and private sectors.

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