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The BBC recently visited Humanity & Inclusion’s team in Laos to film our incredible deminers! Tune in to watch Earth’s Natural Wonders on BBC1 at 9pm on Wednesday 7th March.

HI is improving health facilities for pregnant women and newborns in the maritime region of Togo. Thanks to these interventions, neonatal mortality is expected to fall by 20% by the end of 2019.

Following revelations of unacceptable behavior by humanitarian personnel, HI has warned that such acts cannot be tolerated or justified under any circumstances.

Following ongoing clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 10,000 people, mostly Congolese, have taken refuge in the south and southwest of Burundi since 24th January 2018. HI is preparing to launch an emergency response in aid of these refugees.

Following years of conflict in Sri Lanka, HI implemented a project with the support of the US Department of State to increase the involvement of women, especially women with disabilities, in the country’s reconciliation process.

A new set of inclusion standards that provide humanitarian organizations with guidance to ensure older people and people with disabilities are not marginalized in emergency responses has been launched on 7th February.

In Gaza, HI is working to ensure that all children, including children living with a disability can access risk education to prevent accidents.

HI has completed its demining operations in the Tshopo, Ituri, Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), launched in January 2016. Over a two-year period, HI and its local partner, AFRILAM (Africa for Anti-Mine Action) cleared 34,520 m² of land of mines, the equivalent of 5 football pitches, benefiting the 5,600 inhabitants in the region.

Developments in mine clearance largely reflect recent changes in working environments. Thomas Hugonnier, head of Mine Action at HI, explains how this currently affects our mine clearance operations.

HI physical therapist, Farhana, works in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh, which has become one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. Ibrahim is one of more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees who fled when violence broke out in Myanmar in August 2017 and one of many who sustained life-changing injuries. Farhana shares her experience of meeting Ibrahim and the progress they have made.

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 24th December at 07.55am to hear the broadcaster and journalist Mike Wooldridge make the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Handicap International UK.

This year, HI launched the “Idmag” project in Egypt, where the organization is advancing the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace. The project’s manager, Kazem Hemeida, explains why this sort of initiative is so important. 

Ali, 4, lives in Jordan. He has cerebral palsy and, for the last few months, he has been visiting an HI partner center, where he benefits from physical therapy and occupational therapy sessions. 

Naayem is 35. In 2013, she fled the conflict in Syria with her family and took refuge in Jordan. After having her leg amputated as a young girl, she now benefits from the support of HI, which has fitted her with a new prosthesis.

Since 2016, Handicap International (HI) has been working closely with local and international humanitarian organizations in Jordan to ensure that services and initiatives in camps and communities are accessible to and inclusive of people with disabilities. The organization’s work in this field has already benefited a large number of people.