Handicap International

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EMERGENCY:HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION RESPONDS TO CONFLICTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND FOOD CRISES, PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. IN PARTICULAR, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH INJURIES AND DISABILITIES, AGING ADULTS, AND ISOLATED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. BY OFFERING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO REFUGEES, DISPLACED PEOPLE, AND THE MOST AFFECTED POPULATIONS, HI ENSURES THAT NO ONE FACES EXCLUSION DURING AN EMERGENCY. IN 2021, 29% OF FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS, IN PARTICULAR CURBING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 BY DISTRIBUTING PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS, LEADING PREVENTION EDUCATION SESSIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE MOST AT-RISK TO THE VIRUS, AND SUPPORTING VACCINE DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS. HI TEAMS SUPPORTED SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA AND DISPLACED POPULATIONS, AND ENSURED THAT THEY KNEW HOW TO STAY SAFE AMID SO MUCH RESIDUAL, EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE. IN THE LAST HALF OF 2021, OUR TEAMS RESPONDED TO SEVERAL RAPID-ONSET EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING THE EARTHQUAKE THAT ROCKED SOUTHWEST HAITI ON AUG. 14. THE DISASTER KILLED AT LEAST 2,200 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 12,200 INDIVIDUALS. DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LEFT 650,000 PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. HI TEAMS PROVIDED PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CARE AND DISTRIBUTED SUPPLIES TO AFFECTED FAMILIES. THEN, TEAMS WORKED TO SAFELY CONTINUE SERVING COMMUNITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. TROOPS AND THE FALL OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE TALIBAN. HI RESUMED ITS WORK AFTER A BRIEF INTERRUPTION, MOST NOTABLY SEEING AN UPTICK IN PATIENTS-AS MANY AS 100 A WEEK-AT ITS REHABILITATION CENTER IN KANDAHAR. ON DEC. 16, SUPER TYPHOON RAI MADE LANDFALL IN THE PHILIPPINES, KILLING MORE THAN 400 AND AFFECTING 10 MILLION OTHERS. DEVASTATING WINDS, RAIN AND FLOODS DESTROYED HOMES, WIPED OUT BRIDGES, BLOCKED ROADS AND LEFT MANY WITHOUT POWER OR ACCESS TO WATER. HI PROVIDED EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES, DISTRIBUTED HYGIENE AND PROTECTION KITS AND GAVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LIVING IN AREAS HARDEST HIT BY THE EMERGENCY.EMERGENCY FUNDS ALSO FUELED CRITICAL RELIEF AND CARE TO PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS LIBYA, PERU, AND MADAGASCAR. WITH FUNDING FROM USAID, TEAMS WERE ABLE TO ENSURE ACCESS TO SERVICES, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, AND BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS, TO COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH SUDAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, AND ETHIOPIA.

DISABILITY RIGHTS AND INCLUSION:WORKING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) ADVOCATES FOR THEIR ACCESS TO ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL LIFE, INCLUDING EDUCATION, DECENT, WAGED EMPLOYMENT, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND MORE. CRITICAL WORK TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND TO ORGANIZE AROUND EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO SEE THEIR RIGHTS UPHELD, ACCOUNTED FOR 27% OF THE FUNDING PROVIDED BY HI IN 2021. ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY GREW STRONGER, WOMEN WERE EMPOWERED BY KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RIGHTS, AND GROUPS OF DEVELOPMENT ACTORS COLLABORATED BETTER WITH ACTORS IN THE FIELD OF DISABILITY IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS BANGLADESH, THAILAND AND KENYA. PROJECTS IN PLACES LIKE LAOS AND SENEGAL HELPED CHILDREN THRIVE AT ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS. WITH FUNDING FROM USAID, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN NEPAL WERE SUPPORTED BY THE READING FOR ALL PROJECT-INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MOBILE APP TO ASSIST DEAF STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND INSTRUCTORS WITH NEPALI SIGN LANGUAGE, WHILE CHILDREN WHO ARE BLIND OR DEAF GAINED ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS IN MALI'S SIKASSO REGION.

REHABILITATION:PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION PAVE A VITAL PATH TOWARD AUTONOMY FOR PEOPLE WITH INJURIES, CHRONIC DISEASES, OR DISABILITIES. AS A PIONEER IN HUMANITARIAN REHABILITATION, ESPECIALLY AFTER NATURAL DISASTER AND CONFLICT, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) HAS FIRMLY EMBEDDED PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION COMPONENTS INTO MANY OF OUR PROJECTS. IN 2021, 20% OF THE FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED REHABILITATION PROJECTS IN PLACES SUCH AS BURKINA FASO, MOZAMBIQUE, YEMEN, AFGHANISTAN, AND BEYOND. OUR TEAMS IN KENYA WORKED IN THE DADAAB AND KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMPS TO EMPOWER REFUGEES WITH DISABILITIES, AND BOOST THEIR STRENGTH, MOBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE, IN LARGE PART THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH A STATE DEPARTMENT PRM GRANT. OUR EXPERTS TRAINED REFUGEES TO CONDUCT PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS AND HOME VISITS. DONOR SUPPORT IN NEPAL ENSURED THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD ENDURED INJURIES DURING THE 2015 EARTHQUAKE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE IMPORTANT FOLLOW-ON CARE, INCLUDING NEW ARTIFICIAL LIMBS OR UPDATED BRACES. IN VIETNAM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAIN TRAUMA, CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAD ACCESS TO NEW AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THEIR REHABILITATION JOURNEY-INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "OPENTELEREHAB" SOFTWARE-THANKS IN PART TO FUNDING FROM USAID. MEANWHILE, IN AFGHANISTAN, HI CONTINUED PROVIDING REHABILITATION SESSIONS TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING CIVILIANS INJURED IN CONFLICT.