Our mission is to promote social well-being in Puerto Rico through community-based projects working towards equity and quality of life.
We partner with community-based organizations to build a network of projects that promote the social well-being of communities across the archipelago of Puerto Rico. We are building a network of local actions that share resources and responsibilities to stimulate equity and quality of life. Our services strengthen these actions by working with individuals, groups and organizations looking to achieve change in alignment with our mission.
PROGRAMS
Our work is organized in three main areas: Alliances, Accompaniment and Collaborations. You can read more about our Mission and Strategy here.
NETWORK OF ACTIONS
We create alliances with other non-profit corporations to complete charitable projects that are in alignment with our missions and follow tax-exempt fund regulations at the local and federal levels. HASER, Inc. is a compliant nonprofit home, providing administrative infrastructure, and sharing best practices in nonprofit management to implement actions that advance our mission.
ACCOMPANIMENT
Learning activities for groups, community-based organizations, and individuals interested in implementing projects that promote social well-being and managing non-profit organizations. The goal is to: (1) facilitate an informed and self-directed process of organization, (2) build capacity in nonprofit management, and (3) connect groups and individuals working for equity and quality of life in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
COLLABORATIONS
We collaborate with individuals, organizations, institutions, or companies with a common goal that strengthen and advance our vision and mission.
ACTIONS & PROJECTS
We build our services and activities on three fundamental actions:
Sharing of Knowledge and Experiences. Processes for education and the exchange of knowledge and experiences aligned with emancipating practices focused on critical thinking, learning, creativity, management, and freedom to eradicate oppressive social, colonial, political, economic, and cultural structures.
Access. Actions that facilitate or give way to people, groups, communities, and collectives having access to information and resources to lead their strategies for equity and quality of life.
Advocacy. Advocacy of and participation in public processes on public policies and social causes that affect the equity and quality of life in Puerto Rico, and in the local actions of individuals, communities, and entities to improve equity and quality of life.
AREAS OF FOCUS
We support local actions that stimulate equity and quality of life in these four areas:
Food Sovereignty: Food sovereignty is the right of the people to define their agricultural and food policy, prioritizing access to locally produced food, grown with no chemical.
Conservation of Natural Areas: Conservation is the act of protecting the natural resources of the Earth for current and future generations.
Social and Environmental Justice: Social and Environmental Justice is fair access to resources, opportunities, and rights, as well as the fair distribution of responsibilities and benefits with respect to material goods, basic services, the environment in the quest for a dignified, healthy, sustainable, and equitable collective life.
Art and Culture: Art and culture develop in interactions within common spaces, whether geographical, historical aesthetic, identity, experience, or conviction spaces. They activate collective processes of imagination, invention, amusement, intervention, and interpretation of our environment to outline ways to relate and exist on the planet.
