SDPO is a key international programme working towards closing the gap between civilisations and among the people across religious and cultural divide through :-

- promoting social justice provisions

- improving the quality of life for all 

- raising public awareness to change power relations between poor and the State,  bringing disadvantaged at the centre of international development -  irrespective of people's background,  race, religion, ethnicity, clan, gender,  disability, HIV status or the lifestyle