Assisting landmine victims 11/04/22
Assisting landmine victims is one of the principal obligations of the Ottawa Treaty. It is also one of HI’s founding principles.
- International
HI helps Gatluak Muon improve mobility and wellness 11/04/22
Gatluak Muon struggled with daily activities and felt isolated from his community. Thanks to physical rehabilitation with HI, he is already seeing progress.
- Ethiopia
The line between periods of peace and violence is increasingly blurred 11/04/22
Perrine Benoist is Armed Violence Reduction Director at HI. She explains the progress of clearance, 25 years after the signature of the Ottawa Treaty against landmines.
- International
40th Anniversary | Gneip's story: From landmine survivor to policy advocate 10/31/22
In 1982, two doctors working in refugee camps in Thailand started helping survivors of landmine explosions who had been injured fleeing across the heavily mined border. There they met Gniep, a young girl who had lost her leg after stepping on a landmine. Gniep was one of the first children ever supported by Humanity & Inclusion. This is her story.
- International
- Cambodia
A wheelchair for Freweyni 10/24/22
HI regional logistics manager, Tilahun Abebe, shares the highlight of his recent visit to Tigray, Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia
Demining in Chaparral raises new hopes 10/24/22
Since October 2021, HI has been conducting humanitarian demining operations in El Cañón de Las Hermosas in Colombia, allowing communities to regain the use of their land.
- Colombia
Abdel, victim of a landmine: “Thanks to my prosthesis, my life has changed!” 10/19/22
Abdel was 16 years old when he lost his leg in a landmine explosion. HI has helped him rebuild his life.
- Yemen
“Weapons more advanced, mutilating and destructive than I’ve ever witnessed” 09/26/22
Gaëlle Smith, HI’s emergency rehabilitation specialist, went to Ukraine to support the local teams in the country. She tells us about her experience.
- Ukraine
Roger: "The Ottawa Treaty is crucial for our demining operations in Lebanon" 09/26/22
Roger Eid is responsible for HI's demining operations in Lebanon. He explains the importance of demining and how these vital operations are carried out.
- Lebanon
Land freed of mines, lives freed of fear 09/21/22
Since 2016, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has been running demining operations in the department of Cauca. Today, the region around the municipality of Inzá is mine-free. The communities are resuming their activities safely.
- Colombia
Adoption of the international agreement on bombing in populated areas 09/21/22
States are invited on 18 November in Dublin to adopt the international agreement on bombing in populated areas.
- International
Jolie and Lydia, two refugee sisters supported by HI 09/20/22
Jolie and Lydia’s family fled the DRC and sought refuge in the Kalobeyei camp in Kenya. Jolie and Lydia both have physical and intellectual disabilities and are being supported by Humanity & Inclusion's team.
- Kenya
Pakistan: HI distributes food to families affected by catastrophic flooding 09/20/22
Following catastrophic flooding across Pakistan, Humanity & Inclusion supports the most vulnerable households with provisions of food and emergency supplies.
- Pakistan
1.8 million square meters of land cleared in Iraq by HI since 2016 09/15/22
Humanity & Inclusion has been conducting land release operations in Iraq since 2016. Clearance is currently underway in Kirkuk.
- Iraq
