A specific feature of the work performed by the demining teams in Senegal is the innovative techniques they use, including the Digger machine, which clears mines but withstands explosions.
The Sahel crisis presents us with yet another, terrible situation of exclusion. Without access to free food distribution or to food at moderate prices, these vulnerable people are left hungry. And in the case of Mali, those who are able are fleeing fighting in the north. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 320,000 Malians have been displaced. They are traveling en masse to...
20 Ban Advocates and support staff gathered in Belgium for a one week residential workshop from 9th to 17th of June 2012. The participants of this workshop came from 9 different countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Serbia, Tajikistan, The United States of America, and Vietnam.
On the occasion of the 2012 International Book Fair in Havana, Handicap International co-organized an initiative geared toward optimizing the access of blind persons to literature and reading in general.
Tropical storm Washi that hit the South of the Philippines in December 2011 devastated the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan and forced many to move to evacuation centers. Five months later, the population is still struggling to deal with its aftermath. Handicap International improves accessibility and conditions within those centers and continues the support to the most vulnerable Washi-...
No stranger to the world of missions, Caroline has built up a wealth of experience in the field of humanitarian aid. After an initial posting in Haiti, where she worked on our schools health education project, she decided to specialise in this field and took a Masters in public health. In 2005, after completing her course, Caroline began her first mission in Mali, where she spent two years as the...
“My name is Donatille. I’m 45. I have a visual disability and I’m HIV positive.” This is how Donatille, who works as an educator for Handicap International, introduces herself. Rejected by her own family, Donatille uses her work to change the way people see disabled people with HIV.
In order to improve the access of people with disability to quality health services, even in isolated areas of Kashmir, Handicap International is supporting the Hope Disability Center, a local organization working in three districts of the Jammu and Kashmir state. Asif Haider, a 14 year old boy, is one of the many beneficiaries of this project.
Second Regional Meeting organized in Nis
After the success of the First Regional meeting held in 2011 in Nis with neighbouring countries, the association Action and Aid decided to organize a second one gathering representatives of States parties to the CCM from the Balkans as well as members and representatives of international and national NGOs.
The aim was to learn from other countries in the...
Patricia is the new owner of a chicken-rearing business in Frontino (Colombia) that allows her to support herself financially. Patricia has a disability that used to prevent her from working. But thanks to a project run by a local organization called Corfrodis, in partnership with Handicap International, for the first time in her life, she earns her own income. And has confidence in herself.
