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As the coronavirus pandemic spreads to countries already affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters, HI is adapting its response to the health crisis.

Humanity & Inclusion is assessing its scope for action and plans to use its expertise in emergency situations and its experience of past epidemic situations to protect the most vulnerable.

From Burkina Faso to Senegal to Pakistan, the list of countries affected by COVID-19 grows longer by the day. Present in more than 55 countries worldwide, Humanity & Inclusion is determined to continue assisting its beneficiaries while safeguarding the health of its teams.

Although Europe is now the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic, the virus continues to spill across continents and countries, causing widespread disarray. The number of affected people increases daily. Given this unprecedented and dramatic situation, Humanity & Inclusion is taking special measures to protect its teams, maintain its operational capabilities and continue assisting the most vulnerable people.

Information for our supporters about how Humanity & Inclusion is adapting in response to the Coronavirus.

In 2016, Fadi was diagnosed a skin cancer on the right ankle. He has to be amputated below the knee. HI provided him with a prosthesis and rehabilitation support.

11 year-old Abd Alnor has been affeced by developmental delays and learning difficulties since birth. After fleeing Syria in 2013, his family was unable to find the specific care he needed, until they met Humanity & Inclusion's teams.

25- year-old Osama was living in a nice house with his family in the south of Syria until 2012, when his neighborhood was bombed. His 13-year old little brother died and the family had to flee. A missile fragment entered his 12th vertebra, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

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.