Number of international staff: 6
Number of national staff: 46 (including six people with disabilities)
Budget: €1,574,086
Main donors: Canadian Embassy in China (Canada Fund) - French Embassy in China - British Department for International - Development (DFID) - Directorate General for Cooperation and Development (DGCD) - European Development Fund (EDF) -
Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs - French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Partnerships for Community Development (PCD) -
Rotary Club of North Kowloon and Shanghai - Brussels Capital Region - Sanofi-Aventis - Trust Foundation - European Union (EU)
Handicap International has been present in China for over 12 years. The organisation is currently conducting various projects based around prevention, rehabilitation and social and economic inclusion. The emergency interventions after the 2008 earthquake have become long-term projects. Our projects have been implemented in 11 locations in five provinces. Our focus is on the poorest and most vulnerable groups, who mainly live in rural areas.
In 2011, Handicap International will be publishing a report summarising its projects in China. On the basis of this report and the experience gained, the organisation will be setting up a new project in cooperation with the China Disabled Persons’ Federation. The 2010 project supporting the victims of the Yushu earthquake will end in 2011. We are currently examining the possibility of starting up a project focused on maternal and infant health in that region. Furthermore, in the years to come, Handicap International intends to work on awareness campaigns, including campaigns about anti-personnel mines and cluster bombs.
In 2010, Handicap International implemented projects to improve maternal and infant health. Medical staff were given training on disabilities that appear during and after pregnancy and in newborns...
Our physical rehabilitation projects in Sichuan, Tibet, Guangxi and Qinghai have enabled people with disabilities to receive specialist treatment, as have the victims of the earthquake in April...