• Empower community people and improve life standard through integrated program on education, sustainable livelihood, disaster management, water and sanitation, public health, agriculture, livestock and off-farm activities, wetland management, renewable energy technologies (RETs), climate change, environmental conservation activities.
• Enhance assess of marginalized community and develop linkages between local community groups and related government service providers for technical and financial support on different sectorial areas especially on child centered community development program.
• Social mobilization on obtaining financial and technical resources for enterprises development and livelihood options that includes livestock, agriculture product and micro finance.
• Capacity building of local CBO and community groups mainly local cooperatives, mother groups, youth groups.
• Raise voice against abuse and exploitation of women and children specially girls and children who are at risk and promote protective environment for them.
• Sensitize community people especially pregnant women, mothers of children under five years’ age; about health care practices through counseling method and to refer them to receive the health services from health facilities.
• Strengthened gender transformative and inclusive education facilities and systems for all children especially for girls, children with disabilities and Dalit children.

HANDS Nepal works are guided by the following five values:

1. Integrity: HANDS Nepal members and staff are committed to work with high integrity by demonstrating transparency in both financial and program matters. Honesty, trust and fulfilling the commitment at work are key parameters of its success. HANDS will ensure that all beneficiaries and stakeholders are aware of all resource mobilization and of all decisions that affect them.
2. Inclusion: HANDS Nepal intend to put more emphasis on the inclusion of excluded and marginalized sections based on gender, caste, ethnicity, economic status and geographical situation in order to contribute towards creating a just and equitable society. Particularly, HANDS Nepal want to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on gender, caste and ethnicity at work place and in the communities by encouraging meaningful participation in planning and decision-making.
3. Accountability: HANDS Nepal is committed for optimal use of resources for the maximum benefit of the target communities. It always strives to maintain the highest standards and sustainability of its works in the communities. It always focuses on transparency of its activities and all financial transactions. It tends to be responsive to community needs, align with government priorities and policies and meeting the expectations of funding agencies. HANDS will be accountable to stakeholders, including rights holders (children and communities) for the effective and efficient use of resources.
4. Empathy with poor and marginalized: HANDS Nepal is committed to rendering the selflessness services and dedication to the poor, vulnerable and marginalized groups in the target areas. It seeks to understand the real situation and needs of the marginalized groups and dedicate itself in addressing them together with them.
5. Mutual respect: HANDS Nepal respect the sense of dignity, rights and duties of every individual as a human within and outside. HANDS seek mutual respect among its members including the staff, all government authorities and individuals in the target communities to promote a sense of harmony.