Emergencies

Humanity & Inclusion’s emergency response teams take action on the ground to assist the most vulnerable, in particular people with disabilities, injured and displaced people. The association now has the means to intervene within the first 72 hours of a major crisis.

Risk education sessions in North Gaza | © K. Nateel / HI

OUR APPROACH

A humanitarian disaster can take many forms - earthquakes, floods, tsunami or conflict. They often strike without warning and almost always affect people who are already desperately poor. For people affected, it can be a traumatic ordeal. The months following an emergency are often as dangerous as the disaster itself. Injured people and those with disabilities face a long, hard fight to return to their everyday lives.

Distribution of hygiene kits in eastern Ukraine | © M.Monier / HI

ENHANCED EMERGENCY SKILLS

The Emergency Action Department provides assistance in the field to victims of crises and natural disasters, particularly the vulnerable and those with disabilities. HI provides humanitarian aid to disaster-stricken, refugee and displaced populations.

The association provides medical aid (care and rehabilitation) and psychological support. HI is also responsible for transporting, storing and distributing humanitarian aid, as well as managing refugee camps.

Emergency operations also involve constructing shelters and temporary housing, and rebuilding infrastructure.

THE NINE SECTORS OF THE EMERGENCY AID NETWORK

Management and distribution of humanitarian aid (transport, storage, delivery of essential supplies and food)
Assistance to refugees and displaced persons, setting up temporary shelters and organizing the voluntary repatriation of populations
Access to water, hygiene and sanitation
Help and support for people with disabilities and vulnerable groups
Assistance to survivors (physical rehabilitation, orthopedic devices, psychosocial support)
Preventive health care and community-based rehabilitation in camps
Rehabilitation and construction of accessible housing and community infrastructure
Explosive ordnance prevention and clearance operations
Disaster preparedness

THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION

The Humanitarian Coalition is a collaboration of twelve leading aid organizations that come together to provide Canadians with a simple and effective way to donate during international humanitarian disasters. Member agencies join forces to raise funds, partner with the government, and mobilize media, businesses and individual Canadians in response to major emergencies.

Humanitarian Coalition members are all reputable registered charities in good standing with their donors and the Canadian government. In times of emergencies, we work together to coordinate our fundraising and awareness efforts to drive greater awareness about the opportunity to donate and to reduce costs so that donor dollars go where they are most needed to create the most impact.