Bikram Malla, the third of a family of four boys, was born with club feet. This disability prevented him from walking and feeling at ease with other children. Two years ago, he was successfully operated on with the support of Handicap International. Following his operation, Bikram has now agreed to go to school where he has made lots of friends. A keen student, he sits in the front row of his...
Handicap International is working to clear mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) still scattered across the province of Savannakhet, in southern Laos. While one team compiles a detailed map of the contaminated areas, another destroys the identified munitions. A third team then raises the awareness of people at risk from these unexploded ordnance . Thanks to this concerted action, our teams...
Ahead of the rainy season, thousands of people are attempting to clear debris from their homes in Brazzaville, despite the possible presence of explosive remnants of war. Handicap International has deployed a team of around 200 people to provide a rapid response to this new danger.
Sophak Phal is a young woman in her thirties who lives with her husband and their two children, thirty kilometers from Kompong Cham on the Phnom Penh road. The family lives in a small house close to a pagoda.
Last week, in Oslo, more than 100 governments are gathered to discuss the progresses made and those still to be made in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.Since their first implication in 2008 in the now well-known Oslo Process-which was launched 6 years ago already- the voices of the Ban Advocates are still raising requesting more efforts from States,...
Lynn made a strong statement on the session on international cooperation and assistance, acknowledging that progress have been made on implementation but critiquing the fact that for what concerns victim assistance funding, few states “are getting the help they need- the help that has been promised through this Convention”.
She reminded the participants to the 3MSP that...
On the third day of the Conference, Umarbek introduced the session by delivering a speech about universalization.
This session was particularly important because, among the participants, around 30 non- signatory States to the Convention were present. It therefore showed the importance of this conference and the interest of the whole international community for the issue.
Umarbek urged...
Thoummy made a statement in the plenary on Victim Assistance, calling on States to work on this topic and reminding them Victim Assistance is a legal obligation under the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
He insisted on addressing victims’ needs, particularly on medical care, physical rehabilitation, psychological and economic support as he rightly recalled “Victim assistance is mainly...
At the occasion of the 3MSP, the Ban Advocate Lynn Bradach from US and the Lao Ban Advocates’ officer Seevue Xaykia took the floor for testimony about the importance of gender mainstreaming in every action and policies taken within the frame of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The side event was organized by GMAP and NPA, together with HI with the aim of highlighting the need for more...
Lynn, Thoummy and Branislav met with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign affairs, Mr Jonas Gahr Støre,on the opening day of the conference for an informal conversation.
