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“Before, she couldn’t bend her legs. Now she can sit normally.” August, 25 2023

Ruth is 15 months old. She suffers from malnutrition, which could irreversibly affect her growth. She is being cared for by HI.

  • Chad
Awa stands looking at a person standing in front of her, whose t-shirt sleeve features a HI logo. Behind her, a wall with paintings of a young girl who hides her face with her hands, another who is pregnant, a third who is crying while two hands prevent her from speaking.; }}

Awa has joined the fight against the genital mutilation of young girls August, 29 2023

Awa is raising the awareness of young men and women to sexual health issues in Kolda, Senegal. Her objective? For everyone to have access to the information and the health services they need.

  • Senegal
One of our volunteers in an HI warehouse in Gaza Strip, October 2023 ; }}

Gaza: Growing humanitarian needs October, 19 2023

The attacks by Hamas and retaliation by Israel have a devastating impact on civilians. 1,400 people have lost their lives in Israel; more than 3,000 in Gaza.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
A HI physiotherapist stands next to a child in a wheelchair near the shelters. ; }}

Earthquakes in Afghanistan: HI has helped over 900 people, but the needs are still important October, 24 2023

More than 74,000 people were affected by the powerful earthquakes that struck the province of Herat in early October. HI and its partners have been providing assistance to the victims.

  • Afghanistan
The Al-Rashid bridge is being rebuilt after clearance operations led by HI.; }}

Raqqa: HI demines a river to enable the reconstruction of a vital bridge October, 16 2023

HI underwater mine-clearance experts have cleared part of the Euphrates river and to allow a bridge that is important for the economy of Raqqa city to be rebuilt.

  • Syria
HI’s staff and volunteers providing recreational activities for children in a UNRWA shelter, in Khan Younès West, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip, October 2023; }}

Gaza: a crisis within a crisis October, 24 2023

Sharaf Al Faqawi and Haytham Abusabet, members of HI’s team in Gaza, describe their daily lives since the escalation of the conflict.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
Reham Shaheen, rehabilitation specialist for HI in the Gaza Strip.; }}

Reham Shaheen, stranded in Jordan and helping civilians in Gaza October, 24 2023

HI rehabilitation specialist Reham Shaheen lives in the Gaza Strip. She talks to us about the situation and the threat posed to civilians by recent events.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
Two members of the emergency team sorting through the 500 kilos of aid equipment flown in. ; }}

Nepal: HI provides support to affected populations after the recent earthquake November, 7 2023

HI teams arrived in the worst-affected areas to assess needs and support local health services following the earthquake in Nepal on November 3rd.

  • Nepal
Kids and disabled teenager in front of a house; }}

Typhoon Haiyan: 10 years ago, a massive storm hit the Philippines November, 3 2023

10 years ago, Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Yolanda) claimed the lives of some 10,000 people in the country's worst-ever natural disaster.

  • Philippines
HI volunteers conduct recreational activities for displaced children in a collective shelter in Southern Gaza ; }}

HI provides aid in 94 shelters in Gaza November, 24 2023

HI and partners have distributed aid to more than 3,500 people in Gaza since October 7.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
Hani in his office; }}

The volume of rockets falling on Gaza was unlike anything we’ve seen before December, 4 2023

Hani is working for HI in Gaza and shares with us his experience since the escalation of violence in October.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
HI's psychologist talking to Amal in a school in Tyre converted into a reception centre managed by the Union of Municipalities in the Tyre region. 30 October 2023.© Henri Bonnin / HI; }}

Since arriving in Tyre, Amal and her grandchildren need help November, 15 2023

HI is helping people who have been evacuated from their homes in southern Lebanon because of the growing violence along the border with Israel – people like Amal.

  • Lebanon
HI volunteers conduct recreational activities for displaced children in a collective shelter in Southern Gaza ; }}

HI provides aid in 98 shelters in Gaza December, 18 2023

HI and partners have provided aid to more than 3,500 people since October 7 in Gaza.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
Yevheniia KHORUZHA, HI risk education officer, explains safe behaviour to children through an educational story prepared by HI's Poltava teams. ; }}

Ukraine: Protecting children from explosive weapons with play December, 11 2023

HI teams use interactive methods to raise awareness among young people of the dangers of explosive remnants of war.

  • Ukraine
Salimata crouches in a straw and bamboo stable. She feeds an ox standing behind her, while looking at the camera.; }}

Salimata and Amina: the journey of two sisters towards financial autonomy December, 6 2023

Salimata and Amina live in Niger. Through the RECOSA project, HI has helped them find a source of income and improve their household’s living conditions.

  • Niger

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