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Amer, 38, is a worker and lives with his wife, their child and his parents in Baqaa Camp, Jordan. After fleeing the war in Syria, he found a job in maintenance and started to rebuild his life. But then, a terrible accident in 2019 left him with two fractured legs.

For the last two years, HI's physical therapists and psychologists have been traveling to highly insecure areas of North Kivu in DRC to assist more than 1,600 conflict-affected people. In Rutshuru (population 69,000), HI was the only NGO providing emergency rehabilitation care.

After losing his foot to diabetes, Abdel is slowly recovering his strength thanks to support from Humanity & Inclusion's teams.

Jacquie, 32, the mother of seven children, shares her story and the story of her daughter who lost her leg in clashes between rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu).

 

Eight-year-old Fatehia was seriously injured in a bombing raid on her village in northern Yemen. She now receives medical and psychological support from HI.

Ameen, 19, was the victim of an explosion in Hodeidah, Yemen. He was injured in his right leg, just above the knee. Humanity & Inclusion supplied him with a prosthesis and helped him walk again.

Heba is a 13-year-old girl. Her home in Sa'dah, Yemen, was struck by an airstrike last year. She suffered a serious leg wound and her leg had to be amputated.

Following an attack on his home, Heritier, 23 years old, is receiving rehabilitation sessions and psychosocial support from HI's teams.

HI has deployed emergency mobile teams to provide rehabilitation and psychosocial support to vulnerable displaced people in conflict-affected areas of South Sudan.

Last Monday in Geneva, more than 70 States met for the second round of negotiations for a political declaration against the use of explosive weapons in urban areas. HI was there to remind them of the urgency of protecting civilians.        

Thirty years apart, two inhabitants of the same village in Laos were injured by submunitions. They tell us about their experiences.

The Trump administration has announced a deadly shift in its landmine policy, putting civilian lives in danger.

HI is assessing needs of Taal Volcano victims in the Philippines and plans to launch an emergency response.

 In Laos, Humanity & Inclusion continues its actions to eliminate the threat that explosive remnants of war still pose to the country's population today, and reduce the humanitarian and socio-economic risk.

HI partner organization Action On Armed Violence (AOAV) releases figures on explosive violence casualties in 2019.