Humanitarian demining: a return to the land that brings hope 20 January 2025
In Colombia, HI's humanitarian demining operations enable families such as Julio César's to return to their ancestral lands and rebuild their lives.
- Colombia
HI statement on the ceasefire in Gaza 16 January 2025
HI welcomes the recently agreed ceasefire and urges all parties to uphold their commitments to peace and release the hostages. This development offers an important opportunity to address the immense suffering caused by the last 15 months of conflict.
- Occupied Palestinian Territories
Liimba: the second life of prostheses thanks to reconditioning 13 January 2025
Through its ‘Liimba’ project, Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is collecting prostheses to recondition their components. The aim is to enable the world's most vulnerable people to have access to them and regain their mobility.
- International
“I found myself without medication for my daughter, under the bombing of my city” 7 January 2025
Antonina lived a peaceful life in Mariupol until the full-scale invasion. As an inclusion technical officer in HI, she’s now advocating for those left behind in Ukraine’s warzones.
- Ukraine
Cyclone Chido has devastated Mayotte and Mozambique 24 December 2024
More than a week after the passage of cyclone Chido, the humanitarian situation in Mayotte and Mozambique is alarming. HI is ready to help the populations affected.
- Mozambique
HI to take part in the 2025 Disability Summit for the promotion of more inclusive aid 19 December 2024
The third Global Disability Summit (GDS) will be held in Berlin, Germany, on 2 and 3 April 2025. Friederike Römer, Disability-Inclusive Development and Social Policies Officer at Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion (HI), explains the importance and the challenges of this new summit, as well as the results expected by HI.
- International
In Syria, Enas is walking towards her future 19 December 2024
Born with a congenital malformation in her left leg, 5-year-old Enas has been fitted with a prosthesis and is receiving follow-up care at Aqrabat Hospital, HI's partner in Northwest Syria.
- Syria
In Syria, the war robbed Mohamed of his childhood 19 December 2024
Mohamed, aged 12, lost his leg in the explosion of an explosive remnant of war. HI is working to protect civilians and reduce the dangers in areas contaminated by years of conflict.
- Syria
Disability and inclusion: training and supporting caregivers 18 December 2024
Ada is Ángela’s cousin, but also her caregiver. She takes part in support groups and awareness-raising events to help her in her fight for inclusion.
- Bolivia and Andean states
”I wanted to share my experience as a person with a disability, as a survivor” 18 December 2024
Srey Neang, whose leg had to be amputated after she was injured by an explosive device, was one of the speakers at the Fifth Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
- Cambodia
Now living in Chad, Omran fled the war in Sudan with his family 17 December 2024
Omran, a 9-year-old boy from the Darfur region of Sudan, has cerebral palsy. He was forced to flee his home with his family to escape the armed violence.
- Chad
In Chad, Kaltouma and Hasseneih are rebuilding their lives 17 December 2024
Kaltouma, 35, and her sister Hassaneih, 25, have fled the war in Sudan. Both women live with disabilities but despite difficult conditions, they are rebuilding their lives in Chad.
- Chad
The HI Federation has been awarded the IDEAS Label for the third time in a row 16 December 2024
In November 2024, the Handicap International (HI) Federation obtained once again the IDEAS Label. Awarded for the next three years, it attests to the association's implementation of good practice in governance, finance and evaluation.
- International
The Siem Reap-Angkor Conference on a Mine-Free World: Renewed Commitments and New Challenges 13 December 2024
From 25 to 29 November, the Fifth Review Conference (5RC) of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) took place in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion (HI) was represented by a delegation that took part in the Conference's panels and side events.
- International
- Cambodia
Mines in Ukraine: a terrifying step backwards for the protection of civilians 11 December 2024
The US announcement that it would be delivering anti-personnel mines to Ukraine came as a shock to NGOs and governments that have been involved in the fight against landmines for over 30 years. The conference to review the Mine Ban Treaty, held in Cambodia at the end of November, served as a reminder that civilians are the main victims of landmines in wartime, but also long after the fighting has ended.
- Ukraine