Cyclone Haruna hit the south west coast of Madagascar on 22 February. According to current estimates, 18 people have been killed and 22,000 displaced by the storm to date (27 February). Seven districts (out of 118 in the country as a whole) were hit by the cyclone. Handicap International, which is present in the district of Toliary, is taking part in the humanitarian response.
Typhoon Bopha (Pablo), the latest tropical storm to hit the Philippines, ravaged the south of the country on 4 and 5 December, killing over 1,100 people and injuring 3,000; more than 800 people were also reported missing. Immediately after the typhoon struck, Handicap International began distributing hygiene kits and temporary shelters and has supplied specific aid to 320 families, 141 of which...
The group of the Lao Ban Advocates, eight UXO survivors coming from different parts of the country, participated in a skill building workshop provided by Handicap International (HI).
During the four days’ workshop held in Phonsinouan village from 26 February to 1 March 2013, the Ban Advocates from Laos together with Mr. Thi Pham Quy, a fellow BA from Vietnam as well as with ICBL-CMC...
Experienced humanitarian workers, Guillaume Woehling and Diana Hiscock have worked in a number of conflict zones over the last ten years.The horrific violence they witnessed during their mission to Syria for Handicap International was the worst they had ever seen. After returning from their mission in mid-February, they talked to us about their experiences.
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Dejan Dikic, professor and Ban Advocate from Nis-Serbia, has launched an initiative targeting youth and their teachers. Thanks to a project called "Equal opportunities for all through Knowledge", he intends to educate his peers for them to, subsequently, take the initiative of promoting the rights of people with disabilities and especially the right of children with special needs in...
Mali: Handicap International has dispatched one of its experts to Mali tasked with identifying the areas contaminated with the unexploded remnants of war and preparing, in collaboration with our partners already in the country, destruction operations, with the aim of protecting the local population.
Handicap International has been aiding injured and disabled people inside Syria since the end of December. Our mobile teams visit health facilities, camps and communities where they provide displaced people with treatment and care. The work performed by rehabilitation specialists often helps prevent the development of disabilities and increases the self-reliance of some of the most vulnerable...
Despite the departure of armed groups from Timbuktu, civilians continue to live under extremely dangerous conditions. In addition to shells and unexploded bombs, weapons abandoned by combatants previously in control of the city now pose a major threat to the local population. Handicap International, whose teams remained in Timbuktu after the city was captured April 2012, has already carried out...
An upsurge in fighting in recent days has forced Handicap International to temporarily suspend its operations in Mali. The organisation, which has been distributing food in the north of the country since summer 2012, has asked its teams to take shelter and prepare to resume its civilian support programmes as soon as possible.
Handicap International strongly condemns the use of submunitions, as confirmed by Human Rights Watch, in Idlib and Latanmeh in northern Syria by the Syrian State. The organisation that drew attention to the use of these weapons as early as July 2012 (and again in October) has observed an increase in their use despite international condemnation.
