The Center for Human Development ( CfHD ) is an independent non-governmental development organization, which emerged from the Participatory Self Reliant Action Research Program initiated by the Government of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the UNDP , between the years 1979-1985.

It was registered in the year 1986 and from the very inception, it is working at a national level and has a very good donor relationship with Norway , Switzerland , Canada , the Asian Development Bank, the UNDP and the World Bank Projects.