HEKS supports development cooperation projects in over 30 countries on four continents to combat poverty and injustice and is committed to a life in dignity for all people. At the same time, HEKS/EPER works towards systemic change through its development policy work - in Switzerland and worldwide. HEKS/EPER provides humanitarian aid worldwide for the victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts and supports the church's diaconal work in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In its program work in Switzerland, HEKS is committed to the rights and concerns of refugees and socially disadvantaged people. In its global projects as well as in its awareness-raising work on development and socio-political issues in Switzerland, HEKS/EPER focuses on the four priority areas of climate justice, the right to land and food, displacement and migration, and integration.