Following a series of explosions at a munitions dump in Congo’s capital Brazzaville on Sunday 4th March, Handicap International is sending a team to the city to respond to the emergency situation. A decontamination expert will be responsible for securing the danger zone and raising the awareness of the civilian population and teams working in the area about the dangers of unexploded...
Handicap International works regularly with the victims of natural disasters (notably after the 2004 Tsunami and in Haiti since 2010). The association has observed that people in disabling situations are most often not taken into consideration, or hardly at all, in evacuation plans which should target the most vulnerable as a priority.
Handicap International has been performing humanitarian demining actions in countries affected by anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions for over 20 years. These demining and mine clearance activities aim to restore land and livelihoods to local people. Most accidents caused by explosive devices occur during daily activities such as harvesting and gathering food or collecting wood. Some...
Louis a rejoint Handicap International en 2006. Il a ainsi croisé des histoires innombrables de combats individuels et collectifs. Pourtant le mouvement dont il est témoin au Maghreb est pour lui sans précédent. Il revient sur la façon dont cette révolution a été vécue et menée par les personnes handicapées, animées par une envie de changement peut être encore plus grande que celle de leurs...
For over 20 years, Handicap International has been implementing humanitarian mine clearance actions in countries contaminated by antipersonnel mines, notably in Mozambique. The organisation began its activities in the country in 1986, with an emergency intervention in the context of the civil war (setting up orthopaedic workshops and physiotherapy services). The first mine clearance operations...
The conflict in Libya may be over but civilians are still at risk. The country is littered with anti-personnel mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) used during the conflict. Three Handicap International mine clearance teams are currently on the ground in Tripoli and Sirte working to counter this deadly threat.
Ending the year 2011was sad to the entire Ban Advocates team members in learning a very bad news regarding our respected friend and colleague Tesfay Haileselassie from Ethiopia, who passed away due to illness.
He was a very nice and helpful Ban Advocate support staff for the Ethiopian team for many years, as well as a recognized orthopedist in the city of Mekele, in the north of Ethiopia. He...
To ensure the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Laos, the Lao Ban Advocates (BA) supported by Handicap International, organized in January 2012 provincial meetings for raising awareness of the provincial authorities on the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Such meetings were held in Savannakhet Province on the 18th and in Khammouane Province on the 20th of January....
During Typhoon Washi, Angel KhayAcido, a 10-year-old girl diagnosed with cerebral palsy, was spared from the flood and lifted out by her siblings through the roof. She has received a wheelchair and a commode from Handicap International.
Traffic, we all have to deal with. Some enjoy it, for others it is a necessary evil. In most cases, participating in traffic is not a choice. It is the way to commute from home to work or to bring goods and harvest to the marketplaces. This is the case in Cambodia; this is the case anywhere else.
