IHSAN is a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered in the District of Columbia, USA.  The United States Internal Revenue Service designated IHSAN as a public charity under U.S. Tax Code Section 501 (c) (3) and therefore any contributions to IHSAN are deductible under Section 170 of the Code.

Our Vision
Empowering humanity with the means for survival…through water, sanitation, hygiene, and education.
 
Our Mission
IHSAN's mission is to engage industry, academia, and individuals to form a global alliance committed to empowering disadvantaged communities worldwide.  IHSAN will increase the availability of safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, hygiene, and related education through sustainable development projects, technology, and knowledge sharing.

Our Objectives

• Engage Industry, academia, governments and individuals to support sustainable development projects (water, sanitation, hygiene, education) through funding, knowledge sharing and technological advances.
• Mobilize volunteer members through the creation of IHSAN Regional Affiliates worldwide. Those members will identify and implement sustainable development projects within their respective geographic areas.
• Partner with Industry to identify, fund and carry out social responsibility projects.
• While IHSAN Regional Affiliates worldwide will engage local governments, industries and individuals to identify and fund local projects, the IHSAN mother organization ( USA) will augment locally raised funds and provide central accounting, transparency, auditing and knowledge on a global basis.
• Seek partnerships and knowledge sharing with other NGO's, foundations, and entities with similar goals and objectives.
• Regularly share project results, knowledge, and technology with all global IHSAN Regional Affiliates and members to ensure continued success.
• Create a mechanism for Industry to combine philanthropy with profit generation.

Our Guiding Principles

• We strive to empower humanity through sustainable development projects, technology, and knowledge sharing to globally increase the availability of safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, hygiene, and related education.
• We understand our mission to partner with industry, governments, other NGOs, and individuals to identify, raise funds and pursue these sustainable development projects.
• We recognize our strengths come from the collective technological, business, and academic expertise of our worldwide members.
• We encourage constant dialogue and knowledge sharing by all members.
• We adapt to change and look for alternative solutions to problems.
• We maintain a spirit of volunteer work and collective ownership on all projects and initiatives.
• We understand the long-term nature of our mission.
• We promote transparency, credibility, audit ability, feasibility, and cost effectiveness.
• We maintain a non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian ethos.
• We represent a true global alliance with a clear vision, a critical mission and dedicated volunteer members.
• We respect that the individual interests of our Industry partners and those of local communities may be divergent and we seek means to develop win-win solutions.
• We will not quit until all of humanity has sustainable access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation and hygiene and related education.

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