HDI believes that:
- Through connected and integrated research, needs assessment, collaboration and coordination with stakeholders, partners and beneficiaries is ; community humanitarian and development gaps can be addressed effectively
- Building a resilient and sustainable systems for humanitarian development comes from building the local capacity of individuals, families, communities and local governments/partners to identify their problems and address their needs with the available resources.
- Individuals and families can live healthy and peaceful lives, and plan for their families when they have knowledge of the right to healthy life, environment, their roles and responsibilities, where and how to access the basic affordable social services they require within their communities.