People's Postcode Lottery

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery are helping Humanity & Inclusion (HI) to transform the lives of disabled and vulnerable people in 49 countries by providing long-term, life-changing support. 

This vital support enables HI’s teams to respond to emergencies with essential items for survival, provide prosthetic limbs and physiotherapy sessions, psychological support for injured and traumatised people, clear land of unexploded weapons and ensure disabled children can go to school.

Thank you to players of People’s Postcode Lottery!

So far, players of People's Postcode Lottery have raised more than £1.3 billion for charities and good causes - an incredible impact we are proud to be part of for the long-term. Since 2018, players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised over £1.35 million for Humanity & Inclusion, awarded through the Postcode Global Trust.

How players are making a difference

Disaster risk reduction and emergency response

The world’s poorest people are hardest hit by climate change. An estimated 20% of this population are people with disabilities, who are particularly vulnerable in the event of a disaster. They may face serious difficulties evacuating their home, reaching a secure shelter and accessing humanitarian assistance. Even so, they are often left out of disaster contingency plans and left unsupported.

^{A woman in Madagascar receives a household kit including cooking utensils, blankets, candles and more. © H.Andrianjatovo / HI}

Madagascar is one of the most prone countries to extreme weather hazards in the world, and the third most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Frequent flooding, tropical storms, cyclones and droughts have a devastating impact on the population and humanitarian needs throughout the island. Climate change is further increasing both the frequency and strength of extreme weather events over time.

“We can’t prevent the wind, and we can’t prevent the rains. But we can keep natural events from becoming natural disasters by predicting where they may strike, anticipating their impacts on lives and livelihoods, and by acting accordingly ahead of time to prepare communities.”
Lili Bazin, HI Disaster Risk Reduction Technical Specialist

In 2023 in Madagascar, we provided disaster risk reduction training to 62,254 students and 2,700 staff. At the end of 2023, 90,76% of people in local communities we intervened in considered themselves “prepared” in case of a cyclone or a disaster.

Thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery, HI teams around the world will be supported in our work to minimise the impact of disasters on the lives of people with disabilities and marginalised communities.

A world free of mines

With 100,000,000 landmines and items of explosive ordnance (EO) around the world, the job for us as a humanitarian and mine action operator is immense. We witness the impact of EO contamination lasting years, even generations. It causes death, injury or permanent impairment, and restricts access to essential services like health, education, water, and the return home of displaced people.

^{Justiniano Pencué in his coffee plant nursery in the region of Inzá, Cauca department, Colombia. | © J. M. Vargas / HI}

Every day, our demining teams change the lives of people affected by conflict.

For 10 years, fear of the presence of landmines on his land prevented Justiniano Pencue, a farmer from the Nasa indigenous community in Inzá municipality, Colombia, from extending his coffee plantation.

Finally, on July 26, 2022, after two and a half years of land release activities, we declared the municipality of Inzá free of suspected contamination by landmines, explosive devices and unexploded ordnance. Through HI’s demining operations, his plantation is now flourishing!

The long-term help of players of People's Postcode Lottery allows millions of people to return to a safe daily life.