It all started on the streets of Brussels, Lille, and Paris. Jean-Louis Denis and his wife Samia Ben distributed hot meals, clothing, and food to people in precarious situations, under the Resto du Tawhid and Aidons les Pauvres initiatives.
But one question kept coming back: how do you make this aid sustainable? How do you move from one-time assistance to permanent autonomy?
The answer came from permaculture. The land itself becomes a tool of humanitarian action: a plantation produces food, a chicken coop provides eggs, a well gives water for generations.
In 2021, HPA was born with this mission: transform one-time aid into permanent self-sufficiency.