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About us :
The Institute of Humanitarian Assistance
and Cultural Studies (iHACS) was
established in Ethiopia in February
2011 and started operations in October 2011. iHACS provides academic, training, consultancy, and cultural services that focus 
on enhancing and
facilitating humanitarian work practice.
The academic services composed of Master program and short-term training programs. The graduates of the proposed programs
are expected to work as professional
aid workers.
The academic program will be the first of its
kind in Africa and the Middle East.
Moreover, iHACS aims at promoting
African heritage & culture amongst the
international organizations, foreign aid agencies, and NGOs operating
in Africa.
iHACS provides essential resources
and/or technical advice and consultation
to researchers, UN agencies, NGOs,
governments, individuals, international
students, and civil society
organizations throughout Africa to
strengthen grassroots efforts in the
broad-based movement for progressive,
comprehensive and sustainable
socio-economic development.
Vision
Our vision is to be the pioneer and top
educators and trainers in the field of
humanitarian work practice in Africa and
the Middle East.
1. iHACS is committed to making a
difference in the quality of life in
African communities through research and
cultural studies and activities. iHACS
is dedicated to assessing the needs of
African people and, to the best of iHACS
capability and resources, respond to
those needs.
2. iHACS will continue to remain a non
government and non-political research
and development institute devoted to
facilitating the provision of high
quality intervention programs and
services throughout Africa and the
Middle East. iHACS will be a people’
based, performance driven, research and
practice oriented institute, focused on
finding the answer, solving the problem,
and achieving positive outcomes.
3. iHACS will partner with all relevant
bodies, donors, organizations and
professionals around the globe to
maximize resources, deliver high quality
services, and be recognized for setting
the standard for excellence in applied
research in the humanitarian assistance
area.
Mission
iHACS is an academic institute. Its
mission is to provide distinctive and
high quality education and training in
the humanitarian field that supports the
creation of secure and prosperous
African society. The mission will be
executed through education, research,
consultation, cultural orientation,
volunteerism, fundraising, grant making,
networking, and donors involvement.
The rationale
for establishing iHACS:
There are two rationales for iHACS
program:
1. First, the Rationale of an academic
discipline for Humanitarian Studies:
Today's model for humanitarian work
practice as a profession attempts to
provide expert services. That is, for a
humanitarian work practitioner to be a
professional, one needs to be equipped
with what may be the best that academia
provides:
i) a solid code of humanitarianism
values and ethics,
ii) a body of knowledge and a set of
skills, and
iii) a set of systems, organizations,
and administrative system that allow the
professional to provide his/her services
in a reliable manner.
iHACS would make the above possible,
since it acts as a medium to teach a
commonly accepted curriculum that
provides graduates with recognized and
relevant qualifications. It also acts as
a repository for knowledge, in the form
of libraries, scientific journals,
databases and conferences.
Administration
1. Board of Trustees,
2. General management
3. Advisory Board
Saif A. MUSA (Ph.D)-Management Director
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