In the Gaza strip, the number of civilian casualties and injuries increases, with nearly a hundred deaths and over 480 injured. HI identifies the most pressing needs.

The resurgence of violence in the Gaza Strip since 11 May has already left dozens dead and many others injured. HI’s teams are ready to mobilise in aid of the most vulnerable and the injured.

On the evening of 24 March 2021, a terrible fire burnt down the shanty town of Susan's Bay, in Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone. Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is providing psychological support to the victims.

HI’s teams are working to assist the victims of the fire that swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on 22 March.

The health crisis has made it harder to access education. The most disadvantaged and vulnerable children are also the most likely to have been affected - like Pinda, a young Malian girl helped by HI.

HI has built a rehabilitation unit in Sana’a, North Yemen, where patients will have access to specific rehabilitation equipment such as treatment tables, shoulder wheels, , etc. This unit will complete the Al Kuwait hospital which is one of the main hospitals in Sanaa. 

For several days, HI’s teams have been working to guide and assist vulnerable populations - pregnant women, older people, people with disabilities, and children - displaced by recent fighting in Palma, northern Mozambique. They urgently need access to water, food and shelter.

A major blaze ripped through the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on 22 March. More than 40,000 people were directly affected and lost their shelter. Eleven people died and over 550 were injured, according to initial reports. HI’s teams have been deployed to assist the most vulnerable.

Abdullah is 12. In December 2019, he was seriously injured in an air strike as he played outside with his friends. After doctors amputated his leg, HI helped him through his ordeal.

In November 2020, the Handicap International Federation (HI) obtained the IDEAS Label for the second time. Awarded for the next three years, it recognises the quality of the association's practices in terms of governance, financial management and evaluation of its actions.

After a decade of war, Syria has been completely contaminated by explosive remnants on a scale experts have never seen before. When the conflict ends, the complex work of clearing weapons and rebuilding the country will begin. Emmanuel Sauvage, Director of Armed Violence Reduction at HI, tells us more.

Mohamad is one of thousands of Syrian bombing victims. Paralysed from the waist down after an explosion in 2012, he has learned to live again, with help from HI.

HI's logistics and rehabilitation services are assisting the most vulnerable people in CAR amid rising tensions.

To mark International Women's Day, we talked to Reiza Dejito. A strong woman who is deeply committed to both her family and her role at HI, she has worked in countries affected by humanitarian crises for two decades.

One of HI's priorities in Peru is to help the most vulnerable people protect themselves from the country’s many natural disasters.