Stichting Diaconale Hulpverlening Aalten

Founded in 2017, Stichting Diaconale Hulpverlening Aalten is a faith-based organisation based in Aalten, Netherlands working on community development, poverty & hunger, refugees & migration.

Stichting Diaconale Hulpverlening Aalten (DHA) is a non-profit foundation based in Aalten, the Netherlands. It was established on 25 April 2017 to act as the executive body of the Diaconaal Platform Aalten, a collaboration of diaconates from local churches and faith communities. DHA offers individual help and support to residents of the municipality of Aalten who are in difficult or vulnerable situations, regardless of faith or background, based on a Christian diaconal mission. Its services include an emergency fund (Noodfonds) for acute financial needs, a Taalcafé for language practice and social contact, and aftercare conversations following individual assistance. Office and intake services are coordinated through the foundation's secretariat, while local partners such as Figulus Welzijn and Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland hold consultation hours in the area. The foundation has no profit motive, its board receives no remuneration and it has no paid employees. It holds ANBI status, so donations are tax-deductible, and publishes its financial accountability reports on its website. Its work is carried out in the municipality of Aalten.