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Good news June 2024

Inclusion Rehabilitation
Somaliland Togo Venezuela

Good news from Humanity & Inclusion in June: rehabilitation in Somaliland and Togo, economic inclusion in Venezuela.

Portrait of Suhayb and his mother.

Suhayb is a 9-month-old baby who was malnourished, but is now stronger after a few sessions with physiotherapist Hamda Ibirahim Karsha. | © H. von Roedern / HI

Somaliland

“He has started to laugh and crawl!”

Living conditions in Somaliland are extremely difficult. Suhayb, aged 9 months, was suffering from severe acute malnutrition, which was delaying his physical and cognitive development. According to his mother, after a few sessions of stimulation therapy, he has completely changed and is regaining his strength!

Togo

Tricycles for greater autonomy

The lives of seven members of the Association des Personnes Handicapées des Lacs were transformed when they each received a tricycle. Today, they are enjoying their newfound freedom: "I used to have no way of getting around, I couldn't go anywhere. So I'm very happy now,” Essenam Komian tells us, delightedly.

Venezuela

Cocoa, the seed of union and sisterhood

Thirty women heads of household in the state of Apure have joined forces to produce cocoa, from the planting stage through to selling the beans. What do they have in common? A desire to learn and move forward together, for the sake of their families and the whole community. They are now rising to a new challenge – building their own premises.

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How to live when all your family was killed
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Explosive weapons Rehabilitation

How to live when all your family was killed

HI team is along with Yasser, heavily injured in an airstrike that killed his wife and children.

Devastated by her amputation, Nesma walks again and her life has started afresh
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Explosive weapons Rehabilitation

Devastated by her amputation, Nesma walks again and her life has started afresh

Nesma is one of thousands of people in Gaza injured and maimed by an airstrike. Recovering, learning to walk again and rethinking life is a long process. HI is with them.

Landmines make people poorer in Yemen
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Explosive weapons Rehabilitation

Landmines make people poorer in Yemen

Landmine survivor Essam just received a prosthesis. His story shows that landmines kill and maim, and leave their victims poorer.