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HUMANA VOLUNTEERS

Humana Volunteers is a team present in several countries that promotes the International Volunteer Program in collaboration with DRH Lindersvold and the Humana People to People Network, a global movement present in 46 countries.

Our role is to guide people who are interested in joining this 10-month volunteer journey, helping them understand the training, project stage, costs, requirements, and enrollment process. During the project stage, volunteers take part in long-term development cooperation projects that also belong to the Humana People to People network.

Guided by the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, we connect people with an international journey of learning, cooperation, and action. We believe that real change happens when people connect, learn from one another, and take action together.

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Humana Second-Hand stores

You may have seen our shops or donation containers — but the real impact goes much further.

For more than forty years we’ve collected, sorted and sold second-hand clothes. This gives good clothes a longer lifespan and the sales proceeds support development projects across Africa, Asia and Central and South America. These are the same projects where our volunteers live, learn, and take action.

What seems like a small gesture becomes part of a global movement for change.

Textile Collection and Transportation

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Our Second-Hand Clothing Impact in 2025

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Collection

19.9M people donated clothes 140,000 tonnes of clothes collected

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Europe and the USA

11.8M people bought second-hand clothes 592 shops

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Africa and Central America

20.0M people bought second-hand clothes 203 wholesale and retail shops

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Environmental impact

853,000 tonnes of CO₂ avoided 6.1 tonnes of CO₂ avoided per tonne collected

Local Project Partners

As members of the Humana People to People Federation, our Project Local Partners share our commitment to creating positive change. Throughout the six-month project, a local Project Leader accompanies and supports each volunteer every step of the way.

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DAPP Malawi

Development from People to People Malawi is a locally registered NGO that has worked in Malawi since 1995.

DAPP Malawi promotes social and economic development through a variety of development models. The organization complements government efforts and works with people by providing tools, knowledge and training that help them transform their ideas and aspirations into practical action.

DAPP Zambia

DAPP Zambia was founded in 1990 as a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization. It creates development together with people through community-based and people-centered projects.

Its work focuses on strengthening community ownership, mobilizing people to find local solutions and building resilience, capacities and opportunities for sustainable development. DAPP Zambia implements projects across all 10 provinces of Zambia and reaches more than 1.3 million people.

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Humana People to Pelple India

Humana People to People India is a development organization registered as a not-for-profit company in 1998.

The organization works for the holistic development of underprivileged and marginalized people in rural and urban India. Its projects focus on education, life skills, improved livelihoods, health and sanitation, women’s empowerment and environmental protection.

ADPP Mozambique

ADPP Mozambique is a non-profit Mozambican non-governmental organization established in 1982.

The organization believes that development is, above all, about people. Its mission is to support people in working together towards a better future where everyone has the ability to pursue their choices, dreams and full potential.

ADPP Mozambique works especially with vulnerable communities in rural areas, including children, women and girls reaching over 2,000,000 people with projects and employing over 3,300 people.

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ADPP Guinea Bissau

ADPP Guinea-Bissau is a national organization that has operated in the country since 1981, with interventions focused on rural areas and communities most affected by poverty.

Its mission is to create economic, social and cultural development through projects in education, health, agriculture and culture, mobilizing people for active participation.