About
Hope for Single Mothers with Disabilities (HSMD Hopes) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering single mothers and girls with disabilities through skills development, economic empowerment, advocacy, and social support. The organization promotes inclusion, equal opportunities, and sustainable livelihoods by providing training, raising awareness, and supporting women and their families to build independent, dignified, and brighter futures.
Mission. To ensure that every single mother with disabilities has all the rights as that of any other person, is equipped and empowered with the skills, information that will help them out of dependency and a hopeless life"
Focus areas
- Education
- Health
- Gender equality
- Human rights
- Disability inclusion
- Livelihoods and employment
- Climate and environment
- Child protection
- Digital inclusion
- Governance
Activities and approach
Approaches
- Community mobilisation
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Advocacy and campaigning
- Research and evidence
- Policy influencing
- Convening and networking
- Direct service delivery
- Systems strengthening
Capabilities
- Lead programme delivery
- Local implementation
- Consortium leadership
- Consortium membership
- Community access and relationships
- Technical expertise
- Research and evidence
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Policy and advocacy
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Grant management
- Convening
- In-kind or professional support
Populations served
- Adolescents and young people
- Women and girls
- People with disabilities
- Health workers
- Other underserved communities
- Indigenous communities
- Entrepreneurs and small businesses
Support sought
- Grants
- Investment
- Partnerships
- Non-financial assistance
- Flexible or core funding
- Project or programme funding
- Contracts
- Consortium opportunities
- Delivery partners
- Research partners
- Investment