Diakonia is a faith-based Swedish development organization. They support and work with around 350 local partner organizations in 25 countries. Together with their partner organizations, they form a global network that works to ensure that more people are able to live dignified lives.

Diakonia's work can be roughly divided into three different components:

- Cooperation with their partner organizations and support for their long term work on change

- Popular education, mobilisation and advocacy in Sweden and internationally

- Humanitarian emergency response in collaboration with partner organizations in the affected areas.