After one month of psychomotor stimulation exercises, 8-month old Dehalit is already showing signs of progress. “Living conditions in the South Sudan refugee camps are extremely difficult, but at least my son is recovering,” says Dabaya, his mother.
Over 620 people have been killed and hundreds more reported missing after Typhoon Bopha hit the southern Philippines on the night of 4 to 5 December 2012. Within hours of the typhoon striking, more than 200,000 people had been made homeless and 170,000 people had taken refuge in hangars, schools and makeshift shelters. Responding to this emergency, Handicap International is taking part in the...
The third of December is a special day for a billion people across the planet. That‘s right, a billion! We often forget that 15% of the global population live with some form of disability... which gives us this unbelievable figure of one billion.
Ban Advocates from Tajikistan and Afghanistan reassemble for the 12 MSP of the Mine Ban Treaty.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty, opened for signature on the 3rd of December 1997 in Ottawa, Canada.
More than 100 governments are expected to be present during this Twelve Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty held in Geneva from the 3rd to the 7th of December...
Requesting people from Nis to sign a petition to ban cluster bombs.
To celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, citizens supporting the association Action and Aid gathered in the Youth Office of Nis and circulated a petition to encourage Serbia to sign and ratify the Convention.
In order to support this action, the Office for Youth held a photo...
Handicap International today denounced the Syrian government’s use of submunitions in Maaret Al-Noomane, a town in northern Syria. This practice was recently confirmed by Human Rights Watch. The organisation first drew attention to the use of these weapons in Syria in July and October. Handicap International is extremely concerned by these latest developments and the recent upsurge in...
Support Handicap International's emergency relief action in Haiti! With your donation, we want to help the most vulnerable victims of the natural disaster. This help will be delivered in the affected regions where no other humanitarian organisations are actively present.
From the 20 to the 22nd of November 2012, 7 countries from Asia and South East Asia gathered to discuss ways to enhance regional cooperation in South East Asia to advance Victim Assistance efforts.
South Asia and South East Asia are heavily affected by mines/explosive remnants of war (ERW), and as such counts many related casualties. It is a region with great diversity in terms of its history and...
Vientiane, Lao PDR, 21 November.
The front row in the French Cultural Institute’s cinema auditorium was reserved for the Lao Ban Advocates as they presented their work and life in a movie entitled “The Lao Ban Advocates”, produced by Handicap International Lao. Every seat was occupied in the auditorium as the audience attended the first public screening of the 24-minute length...
As the impact of days of violent escalation worsensfor civilians in Gaza and in Israel, a group of 38 aid and development agencies today urged world leaders to take swift action to enforce a ceasefire in order to protectcivilian lives and infrastructure and prevent another widespread humanitarian disaster in Gaza brought on by a prolonged military confrontation.
