HELVETAS USA

HELVETAS USA

Helvetas USA is the US sister organization of the Swiss-based international development NGO Helvetas, headquartered in Washington, United States, and classified as an institutional investor (endowment/foundation) with $1 million in AUM. The organization works with disadvantaged populations across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, focusing on water, food and climate, skills, jobs and income, voice, inclusion and cohesion, bridges and roads, and humanitarian response. Its three-pronged approach combines project work, thematic and methodological advice, and policy dialogue at local, regional, and international levels. Helvetas partners with civil society organizations, private sector actors, and government bodies, promoting exchange among them while building local capacity and autonomy. Its thematic portfolio spans WASH and water governance, water resources management, education and vocational skills, governance and civic space, conflict transformation, private sector development, agriculture and nutrition, market systems development, and climate and disaster resilience. The organization emphasizes proximity to grassroots populations, partnership based on mutual trust, and self-determined development as guiding principles. Helvetas draws on more than six decades of experience working in the Global South and maintains country presence in nations including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Bolivia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Peru, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine.