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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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Injured by a mine, Imaan can walk again thanks to HI
© T. Nicholson / HI 
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Injured by a mine, Imaan can walk again thanks to HI

Shepherd Imaan, 15, learned to walk again after an amputation caused by a landmine. 

Anatolii recovers from injuries with HI
© L. Hutsul / HI
Emergency Explosive weapons Rehabilitation

Anatolii recovers from injuries with HI

Anatolii was an athlete who competed internationally for Ukraine. After a drone strike in Kherson, walking is a daily ordeal.

Hassane Ndiaye dreams that all deaf children will have the chance to go to school like him
© M. Moreiras / HI
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Hassane Ndiaye dreams that all deaf children will have the chance to go to school like him

Hassane is a twelve-year-old deaf boy who attends school in Ziguinchor. Thanks to the support of his teaching assistant, Dieynaba, he is able to follow lessons and make progress.