Or mission is to stimulate equity and quality of life in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean by supporting local actions with a social, cultural, environmental, artistic and educational focus.  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.

STATEMENT OF NEED

More communities in Puerto Rico are organizing grassroots actions and becoming agents of change, attending to their own needs. These actions are carried out with few resources, creating more barriers in communities that already suffer the effects of the crisis and historical inequalities. Our strategy is to build a network of local actions that share resources and responsibilities to stimulate equity and quality of life and potentiate change. 

WHO WE SERVE

Local actions involve organizations and united people, with personal or community ties, who have identified a specific need and have intentionally come together to address them. These actions stimulate equity and quality of life in four areas: Food Sovereignty, Conservation of Natural Areas, Social and Environmental Justice, and Art and Culture.

SERVICES

Our work is organized in three main areas: Alliances, Capacity Building and Collaborations. You can read more about our Mission and Strategy  here.

We create alliances with other non-profit corporations to complete charitable projects and actions 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.

We provide training, education, and workshops for informal and organized groups, as well as individuals. 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.

We collaborate with individuals, organizations, institutions, or companies with a common goal that strengthen and advance our vision and mission. In a collaboration, economic and administrative resources, knowledge, information, materials, and practices are shared and coordinated aiming at activities geared toward social equity, quality of life, and community-based actions on the planet.

ACTIONS

To stimulate equity and quality of life in Puerto Rico through the support of local actions, 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.

HASER is a non-profit organization with tax exemption under sections 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and Section 1101.01(a)(2)(B) of the “Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico”.