Haashar works through a well-established set of guiding values. Each person in Haashar has the right to expect to be treated and the obligation to treat others according to these core values:
- Mutual respect: recognizing the innate dignity and worth of all people and the value of diversity
- Equity and justice: to ensure that everyone irrespective of sex, age, race, color, class and religion has equal opportunity for expression and utilizing their potential
- Honesty and transparency: to be accountable for the effectiveness of actions and to be open in our judgment and communications with others
- Solidarity with the poor and marginalized: to safeguard ongoing commitment to the interests and needs of the poor and powerless members of society
- Efficiency in commitment: to manage the organization in the most cost effective and efficient manner possible so as to maximize the impact of resources towards the objective of improving rural livelihoods and eradicating poverty.
- Excellence in implementing best practices and striving for the highest quality and performance of work to ensure that Haashar Association is a reference point in development field
- Independence – Haashar Association will be independent of any religious, party-political or other partisan affiliation.
- Behaving in a way that is not domineering or patronizing but that genuinely shares power with others rather than keeps it for oneself
- Behaving in a way that makes room for those who are excluded to fully participate
- Holding an attitude that reflects how much we can learn from others who are aiming for similar goals by different methods.