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As the official death toll rises by the hour, residents, often with their bare hands, continue to search for survivors in the rubble of thousands building brought down by the powerful earthquake and multiple aftershoks.; }}

Bombs under the rubble? February, 15 2023

Risk education specialist Musab explains the situation about explosive remnants of war, including improvised explosives after the 6-February earthquake.

Syria

HI Program Director for Syria Myriam Abord-Hugon; }}

HI supports communities in northern Syria affected by the earthquake February, 8 2023

Myriam Abord-Hugon, HI's program director in Syria, explains the situation on the ground and HI's actions.

Syria

Photos of buildings destroyed by bombs in Raqqa.; }}

Where there’s a will, there’s a way February, 27 2023

After a car accident that injured his leg, Sami was infected with a bacterium that no treatment could cure. He had to be amputated. HI helped him through.

Syria

Kadia (left), watering her garden with another farmer (right).; }}

In the Sahel, HI is helping women farmers cope with climate change April, 5 2023

In Mali, drought and conflict are ravaging the region and threatening the population’s food security. HI is helping women farmers to improve their harvests.

Mali

Ambika, Prosthetist and Orthotist is fitting Prabin, with a new prosthesis.; }}

Prabin receives his new prosthesis January, 19 2023

Prabin, 6, lives in southeastern Nepal with his parents. Born without the lower part of his right leg, his prosthesis has changed his life. But he’s growing fast and it’s time for it to be replaced!

Nepal

Therapeutic activities and exercises to help with releasing emotions; }}

“Psychological First Aid helps avoid complications later” February, 21 2023

Mehdi Firouzi supervises Humanity & Inclusion's psychosocial support teams in Syria. He explains the importance of Psychological First Aid after a tragedy like the 6th February earthquake.

Syria

People in front of a collapsed building; }}

"Needs for long-term rehabilitation will be very high" February, 9 2023

Amir is the director of an HI partner hospital in Idlib, Syria, near the Turkish border working on orthopaedic and reconstructive surgery. They received 680 injured people in 3 days.

Syria

Vadim is receiving rehabilitation treatment from HI’s teams at St Luke’s Hospital in Lviv, Ukraine. ; }}

"I'm alive!” Vadim, after weeks spent sheltering from the bombs in a cellar July, 11 2023

Vadim spent the winter hiding in a cellar in Bakhmut, the theatre of the deadliest battle of the war in Ukraine. He developed severe frostbite in his legs and has had to be amputated.

Ukraine

Mahmoud at the rehabilitation in Tripoli, Lebanon; }}

HI is helping Mahmoud recover from his injuries March, 9 2023

Mahmoud was injured in a bomb blast that left his left hand paralysed. Since the bombing, he has been unable to speak. HI is helping him recover from his injury and trauma.

Lebanon

Risk Education Agent is delivering a risk education session to a group of females ; }}

Safety messages in the wake of the earthquake March, 6 2023

HI teaches people how to protect themselves during an earthquake and aftershocks and from the large quantities of explosive ordnance littering the region.

Syria

Omar sitting on a chair at the HI centre in Jordan; }}

Injured by the war in Syria, this is Omar’s story. March, 8 2023

Having had his leg amputated by shrapnel, Omar fled Syria with his family and is now living in Jordan where he has received physical rehabilitation treatment and a new prosthesis.

Syria

Five women in a semi-circle sitting on a mat smile and laugh. ; }}

In Mali, HI helps poor households to meet their own needs April, 5 2023

In Mali, drought and conflict are ravaging the region and threatening the population’s food security. In Léré, HI is supporting poor households to gain financial independence.

Mali

Khaled is doing concentration exercises with his mother Esra and HI staff; }}

"I just want to live in dignity with my family” March, 8 2023

"I have all the strength in the world!” This is how Khaled, a four-and-a-half-year-old ball of energy, welcomes HI’s team to his home.

Syria

Photo showing Wiliany, leaning on her walking frame and smiling.; }}

With HI’s support, Wiliany’s autonomy is improving March, 14 2023

Wiliany is a young Venezuelan girl living with a motor impairment. She is attending physical therapy sessions and HI has provided her with a new walking frame to help her get around her neighbourhood.

Venezuela

An HI deminer during a demining operation. Much of the farmland around Raqqa is contaminated by explosive devices. ; }}

Demining in complex and dangerous environments, the example of Syria May, 11 2023

In Raqqa, HI has been conducting underwater operations to locate, identify and remove explosive weapons. Thanks to these operations, the inhabitants now have access to drinking water again.

Syria

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