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“I still have pieces of metal lodged in my leg and spine” December, 3 2024

Elena, 53, was injured in a bomb attack last March in Ukraine. A few days later, her daughter was also injured. Thanks to Humanity & Inclusion's support, her daughter is now being looked after in a rehabilitation centre.

  • Ukraine

Interview: Handicap International’s commitment to UXO clearance in Laos July, 26 2016

Since 2006, Handicap International has cleared more than 25,000 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos, the most heavily bombed country per capita on earth. Leonard Kaminski, the New Zealand-born chief of operations for Handicap International’s demining program in Laos, answers questions about Laos' UXO problem and the organisation’s efforts to clear these weapons.

  • Laos

Behind the scenes of the transport of humanitarian aid in Ukraine February, 24 2025

Atlas Logistique, Humanity & Inclusion's operational unit, has been transporting vital supplies in the less accessible areas of Ukraine, sometimes less than 20 kilometres from the fighting.

  • Ukraine

HI opens first-ever inclusive playground in Bangladesh August, 1 2018

With support from IKEA Foundation, Humanity & Inclusion constructed and opened its first-ever inclusive playground in Teknaf district, Bangladesh. Since opening day, the playground has become a place filled with children, with and without disabilities, playing and laughing together.

  • Bangladesh

Education, girls, disability: HI committed to solve the equation of exclusion January, 19 2021

Following a study conducted in 2019 in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and on International Day of Education on 24th January 2021, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) alerts Sahel countries’ governments and international cooperation organisations about the exclusion of girls with disabilities from school.

  • International
  • Mali
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger

“There is no more rain, and we’re suffering from it” September, 14 2022

As a devastating drought continues in the south of Madagascar, food insecurity increases. Humanity & Inclusion supports vulnerable households with food assistance.

  • Madagascar

"There is a reason landmines were banned. And it hasn’t changed." April, 4 2025

On International Mine Awareness Day 2025, George Graham, Chief Executive of Humanity & Inclusion UK, explains why we should be celebrating the lives saved by the Mine Ban Treaty and redoubling our commitment to the fight against mines.

  • United Kingdom
  • International

"We need help": Burmese rescue workers in the midst of the chaos April, 8 2025

One of Humanity & Inclusion's partners in Myanmar is an ambulance organisation that has been mobilised since the first hours after the earthquake in Mandalay. A week on from the disaster, they recount their experience.

  • Myanmar

Weapons clearance under extreme conditions June, 19 2019

HI has been conducting weapons clearance operations near Faya-Largeau, the capital of Borku province in northern Chad, since November 2018. Some fifty weapons clearance experts work in the area. HI Communications Officer Gilles Lordet joined the teams for a typical morning of demining.

  • Chad

COVID-19: HI continues to assist people affected by the epidemic October, 5 2020

Humanity & Inclusion's teams are still working to inform and help people affected by the COVID-19 crisis in many countries around the world.

  • International

One year after the Beirut August 4th blast July, 16 2021

In August 2020, Zeina was head of the Humanity & Inclusion (HI) emergency team in Beirut. One year after the blast, she describes the current situation in Beirut.

  • Lebanon

Raphaël: a young boy's pathway to learning to walk February, 27 2025

Raphaël was born with partial paralysis and for a long time he was unable to walk. Today, he can walk, run and get to school by himself. He is studying hard in the hope of becoming a doctor one day.

  • Benin

The road to school for Gabriel, a 10 year-old boy living with cerebral palsy March, 12 2025

Gabriel had long dreamt of going to school in the refugee settlement where he lives. Today, HI’s rehabilitation and inclusion teams have helped make his dream come true.

  • Uganda

Facilitating access to healthcare for Altiplano communities in Bolivia October, 29 2024

Rosalía's son, Jair, was born with cerebral palsy following a difficult birth. Their journey through the healthcare system has been fraught with difficulties but Jair is receiving the support he needs.

  • Bolivia and Andean states

3 ways people with disabilities were left behind in 2020 December, 3 2020

On International Day of People with Disabilities, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) reflects on 2020, a year which has put indescribable pressure on people with disabilities internationally. Going into 2021, HI will continue to put people with disabilities at the forefront of its work to ensure no one is left behind.

  • United Kingdom
  • International