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HI staff provides a rehabilitation session for a young boy during the Covid-19 epidemic in Nepal, 2020; }}

Nepal endures lingering emergency June, 2 2021

Resources prove insufficient as Nepal faces a surge in Covid-19 outbreaks. HI teams in the country respond with vital supplies and accessible risk education.

Nepal

Yemen: Prolonged fuel shortages have become a key driver of the largest humanitarian crisis June, 21 2021

A current fuel shortage aggravates the humanitarian situation and complicate humanitarian aid in Yemen. Humanity & Inclusion (HI)'s country Director for Yemen Caroline Dauber explains the desperate situation for civilians.

Yemen

HI staff distributes food baskets to people affected by food insecurity in Southern Madagascar, 2021; }}

Imminent famine in Madagascar: HI provides urgent aid September, 28 2021

Over 1 million people are facing severe food insecurity in southern Madagascar. Humanity & Inclusion's teams are supporting families and malnourished children at risk. More than 1,000 households have already been supported.

Madagascar

Women injured by the earthquake at OFATMA hospital in the Cayes, Haiti. 2021; }}

Women and girls with disabilities among most affected by Haiti earthquake September, 24 2021

Of the estimated 800,000 people affected by the earthquake in Haiti, women and girls with disabilities are among those most impacted. HI teams are in Haiti working to ensure their needs are accounted for.

Haiti

Scene of destruction in the Karantina /Quarantaine area of Beirut taken nearly 2 weeks after the explosion, 2020; }}

Beirut: “The blast feels like it was yesterday” July, 19 2021

A year after the August 4th explosion in Beirut, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) Livelihood Project Manager in Lebanon, Nahed MANSOUR, recounts the events of that tragic day and their lingering impact on the city.

Lebanon

The Head of the HI Emergecny Response Zeina Salhani; }}

One Year On - the Beirut Explosion August, 2 2021

A year after the explosion in Beirut on 4th August 2020, Zeina Salhani, former head of emergency for Humanity & Inclusion (HI) Lebanon, tells her story.

Lebanon

Students at a secondary school in southeast Haiti wash their hands after an awareness-raising session organised by HI's local partner, RANIPH (Réseau Associatif National pour l’Intégration des Personnes Handicapées).; }}

Haiti: helping families vulnerable to COVID-19 September, 29 2021

Humanity & inclusion and its partners have supported more than 10,000 people to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the earthquake of August 14, Humanity & Inlcusion continues to help the most vulnerable people amid the pandemic.

Haiti

Floods in Bangladesh (archive image); }}

HI assisting Rohingya refugees hit by devastating monsoon July, 30 2021

Following severe floods and landslides on 27 July 2021, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is assisting the most vulnerable people in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar District.

Bangladesh

A portrait of Hervé in front of the HI rehabilitation center in Bambari, 2021; }}

First steps toward the future for Hervé in Central African Republic July, 2 2021

A violent incident cost Hervé his right leg, but with support from Humanity & Inclusion (HI), the 26-year-old proudly stands on two feet again.

Central African Republic

HI Emergency area manager, Anissa Bouachria, observes earthquake damage in Les Cayes, Haiti. 2021; }}

Haiti: HI expands evaluation of emergency needs September, 1 2021

Members of the HI emergency team head north from Les Cayes to assess needs of people in Grande’Anse following the earthquake

Haiti

A boy is tended to outside Les Cayes General Hospital after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on August 15, 2021 in Les Cayes, Haiti. Rescue workers have been working among destroyed homes since the quake struck on Saturday and so far there are 1,297 dead and 5.700 wounded. The epicenter was located about 100 miles west of the capital city Port-au-Prince.; }}

Tropical Depression "Grace" expected to bring further destruction August, 17 2021

After the impact of the earthquake on 14th August, the South of Haïti is now at risk of further destruction from a tropical storm.

Haiti

Russia and the United States: Main perpetrators of civilian harm caused by airstrikes June, 14 2021

Russian President Putin and US President Biden met on Wednesday 16 June in Geneva. Humanity & Inclusion (HI) reminds that Russia and the US are among the main perpetrators of civilian harm caused by airstrikes.

International

Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Oslo, December 1997.; }}

HI celebrates 24 years since Nobel Peace Prize December, 7 2021

On 10 December 1997, Humanity & Inclusion was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Twenty-four years on, the fight to protect civilians continues.

International

HI and Atlas Logistic coordinate the supply of essential items from Cayes harbour (south of Haïti) to the Tiburon department, October 2016. ; }}

As earthquake damaged roads remain blocked, NGOs rely on HI for access by sea. August, 18 2021

HI is providing the only maritime transport for humanitarian aid in the Southwest of Haiti. This logistics platform plans to deliver over 760 tonnes of food and relief supplies.

Haiti

"My motivation is being able to change someone's life" July, 30 2021

World Humanitarian Day 2021: Interview with Margaret "Maggie" Nguhi, Country Manager of HI Kenya

Kenya

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