Fraternity – International Humanitarian Missions (FIHM)

The Fraternity – International Humanitarian Missions (FIHM) is one of the twenty-seven affiliated organizations of the Fraternity – International Humanitarian Federation (FIHF). It is formed by a global team of trained, skilled, and fully dedicated humanitarian volunteers with 36 years of experience serving the global humanitarian agenda wherever the Fraternity – Humanitarian Missions intervenes. Fraternity – Humanitarian Missions develops its activities by cooperating at the international level as a global actor in humanitarian response and emergency scenarios, building and strengthening links and partnerships between international, governmental, and non-governmental organizations, with shared values and objectives. The Fraternity – Humanitarian Missions has as one of its most important actions the inter-agency articulation, constructive and non-competitive dialogue, listening and building together with the affected populations, seeking integrated solutions, and complementary actions so that the social and humanitarian response can meet the unusual pace of emergencies with efficiency, humanity, respect for human rights and duties implicit in social integration. The humanitarian principles of the Fraternity – Humanitarian Missions are derived from the fundamental principles that have guided its activities since 1987, namely, humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, endorsed by the General Assembly and stated in the Sphere Manual, including voluntary service, unity, and universality, in addition to a gradual building of principles of self-sustainability. Its values are expressed in a humanitarian context, exclusively in service to the needs of the people and communities with whom it works. Its neutral, genuine, and transparent action, combined with continuous learning and sharing, is based on empirical knowledge and training in international humanitarian standards (Sphere, INEE, CCCM, and CCHN) applied in humanitarian responses.