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Award-winning capacity building training for humanitarian professionals

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A non-governmental organisation with international presence

HAD is an academy of excellence that enhances NGOs through its learning and development, research and development and talent development departments. In turn arming humanitarians, practitioners and leaders with the skills and resources necessary to better support beneficiaries.

HAD in numbers

43

countries training participants have hailed from

22

Research partnerships with national and international universities

120+

Young humanitarian careers developed through internships

Strengthening the humanitarian and development sector worldwide

Through our Learning and Development department HAD merges over 30 years of practitioner experience with the latest thinking derived from our Research and Development department. L&D designs and delivers general and humanitarian training as well as offering tailored consultancy.

Through our Research and Development department we carry out original research on humanitarian response and international development, utilising on the ground data and international partnerships to provide industry changing research.

Through our Talent Development department we engage and develop humanitarian talent, through our internship schemes we train and develop future humanitarians who share our values and believe in our mission.

Had in numbers

1461

participants trained since 2013

21

publications in the field of humanitarian development action

One

of the first graduate schemes in the humanitarian sector

Our Story

Strengthening the humanitarian and
international development sector worldwide

Initially established in 2013 as the leadership and development arm of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), the Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) is now a centre of global excellence, serving the leadership, research and talent development needs of the international development and humanitarian sector.

Through innovative training, cutting-edge applied research and leadership development, we build the capacity of practitioners and professionals in NGOs, relief and development aid agencies. HAD equips its clients with the necessary tools and training to continue providing life-saving professional assistance in the humanitarian and development sector.

We help organisations become stronger by strengthening leadership, governance and financial management to maximise frontline effectiveness, thereby aiding their transformation into more robust and sustainable organisations. Post-training, our clients are then able to withstand various internal and external challenges prevalent within the sector.

We are the first ever humanitarian organisation to gain the Princess Royal training award.

Supporters of

Learning &
Development

Developing and delivering training courses tailored for the development and humanitarian sector worldwide. Learning and Development deliver humanitarian training, general training and tailored consultancy.

Talent
Development

We engage, train and develop humanitarian talent through experiential learning. We do this through our internship programme, graduate scheme and global internship programme.

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Meet our Interns

Through our various talent development internship schemes we’ve built the capacity of some amazing future humanitarians and become a part of their success stories. Some of our interns moved on to play vital roles within the international development and humanitarian sector, and some have even landing a role here at HAD!

Meet our interns and hear first-hand what our internship schemes are all about.