Accountability & Transparency
The Federation for Associations connected to the International Humana People to People Movement (the Federation) is a Swiss-registered association. It follows Swiss standards for policies and procedures, risk assessment, and internal controls. Berney Associés SA audits our accounts according to Swiss law and under the International Standards of Auditing.
People affected by tropical cyclones in central Mozambique receiving farming tools for land preparation and garden farming.
The General Assembly ultimately oversees the Federation and comprises the 29 member associations. The Federation’s Committee is accountable for both financial and operational activities, with reporting responsibility to all members. Members of the Federation are audited according to international financial and reporting standards. This includes funds received by global partners, which are also accounted for according to the determinations in the partnership agreements.
As a Federation, we are primarily accountable to two groups: first, our members, who carry out their work in some of the most challenging regions of the world together with their partners. Second, we are accountable to the people we reach through these programmes. We take this accountability very seriously and respond to it through rigorous monitoring, auditing, and reporting of all activities, in addition to financials.
Sources of Funding
48.4%
Governments
23.0%
Funds raised through secondhand clothing
15.0%
Multilateral support
9.1%
Companies, foundations and NGOs
4.7%
Other income
TOTAL
100%
Expenditure of Funding
51.4%
Health
27.3%
Education
11.2%
Community Development
10.2%
Agriculture & Environment
TOTAL
100%
In 2024, our members spent approximately US$123 million on education and social development projects worldwide. Income raised through development partnerships constituted the majority of our total income at 72.3%, while 23% was generated through the collection and sale of second-hand clothes. Other income represents the remaining 4.7%.
Good Governance
We are committed to the highest accountability, transparency and good governance standards. The Federation Humana People to People has been certified through an external audit by ACPO SA of Switzerland for governance policies and procedures and their implementation, using the NGO Governance Benchmark by NGO Governance Standards SA of Geneva, Switzerland.
The standard was developed by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) to provide non-governmental organisations with a management tool dedicated to highlighting their key strengths and weaknesses in their functioning. It targets three key objectives:
1. Show evidence of accountability
2. Strengthen trust concerning their donors
3. Highlight areas of improvement to foster operational efficiency
Our organisation had its first certification in 2018, renewed in 2021 by SGS, and ranked among the top 5% of organisations certified under that system.
Partnership
The projects and activities presented in this Progress Report are all results of partnerships that we value immensely. Partnerships between Humana People to People members and public and private funders make the investment in social, economic and human development possible. The members and the partners enter into a symbiotic cooperation, building on common visions and ideas and ending in activities and projects where energy, experience and resources make things happen. Truly people to people efforts.
The Federation and its members are proud to work with partners, including national and local governments, foundations, the private
sector, multilateral agencies and international organisations.
We want to thank all our partners for their continued support and commitment to working with the people on the ground and pursuing much-needed development for positive, lasting change.
