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Malika at school with her best friend Habsatou. Malika, 10, lives in Maradi, Niger. She is visually impaired. Thanks to HI’s support, she is now in year CE2 .

Inclusive education at HI July, 31 2023

In 2022, HI launched 43 projects exclusively dedicated to inclusive education, particularly in Mali and Rwanda.

  • Mali
  • Rwanda
  • Kenya
Beatrice, an HI mental health and psychosocial worker and Rose sit on a bench in front of their home. The three women are smiling.

Psychosocial support restores hope for Beatrice and Rose’s family July, 31 2023

In Uganda, with funding from ECHO, HI is helping refugees who have experienced traumatic events to heal and improve their psychosocial wellbeing.

  • Uganda
Photo editing showing two photos of Yosefi: one crouching in a garden front of shrubs and another sitting on a sheet in front of him home, holding a book in his hands.

I regained my speech after receiving psychosocial support July, 31 2023

In Uganda, with funding from ECHO, HI is providing refugees who have experienced traumatic events with physical rehabilitation and mental health and psychosocial support.

  • Uganda
Rema, 13, had her leg amputated after being trapped in the earthquake that struck Turkey and northwest Syria. Followed-up at the Aqrabat hospital, one of HI’s partners, she was recently fitted with her first prosthesis

Rema fitted with a prosthesis six months after being injured in an earthquake ! July, 27 2023

On 6 February, Rema was trapped under the rubble of her home. Found alive after thirty hours, doctors had to amputate her leg. She talked to us about her experience.

  • Syria
Portrait of Aki Ra

Dedicating his life to mine clearance: the journey of Aki Ra, a former child soldier July, 27 2023

13 years after the trial of “Comrade Duch”, the Khmer Rouge torturer convicted of crimes against humanity, a former child soldier turned deminer tells his story.

  • Cambodia
Overhead view of Hafizou Akilou sewing a piece of fabric on his sewing machine.

Economic inclusion at HI July, 25 2023

In 2022, HI ran 75 projects on economic inclusion, particularly in Niger and Madagascar.

  • Madagascar
  • Niger
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 legshave and have had to be amputated.

  • Ukraine
example of cluster munition

US expected to provide largely banned cluster munitions July, 7 2023

The Biden Administration is expected to announce today that it will transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine, a weapon that is banned by 123 countries.

  • Ukraine
Caption: John Fardoulis from our partner, Mobility Robotics, in Iraq.

The power of small drones in humanitarian demining June, 19 2023

HI will attend the International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers on 22 and 23th of June 2023 in Geneva.

  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • Laos
  • Colombia
  • Senegal
Students at a participatory theatre performance by the Nyagbe (

HI is engaged in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health for young people June, 15 2023

With the ENSEMBLE project and the support of the Togolese government, HI is implementing actions to promote sexual and reproductive health, particularly among women and young people.

  • Togo
Simon Njenga, HI occupational therapist, during a rehabilitation session with Elizabeth Abiel at Rehabilitation Center 1 in Kakuma, Kenya. © Patrick Meinhardt / HI

Simon supports children at the Kakuma Rehabilitation Centre to live more simply June, 8 2023

Simon Njenga, nous raconte son quotidien en tant que chargé de réadaptation pédiatrique au centre de réadaptation de Kakuma au Kenya.

  • Kenya
Mouch’s leg had to be amputated because of an infected snake bit. He lives in the Ngnuueyel refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Life in a refugee camp as a teenage amputee: the story of Mouch, 17, from South Sudan June, 7 2023

Mouch fled from South Sudan to Ethiopia to escape the war. After arriving in the refugee camp, his left leg was amputated due to an infection. Now supported by HI, Mouch tells his story.

  • Ethiopia
Mahamat with an HI agent in the displcaed people camp in Kousseri

Mahamat lives in a displaced people’s camp in Chad. He is back to school thanks to HI. June, 2 2023

Mahamat (not his real name) is 13 years old. After fleeing his village after attacks by armed groups, he is now living in a camp for displaced people in Kousseri, on the shores of Lake Chad.

  • Chad
Caption: Svitlana fled with her family from the eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyantsk on 8 April 2022

"Nowadays, anything can be mined, even a pillow!" May, 17 2023

Svitlana took part in an explosive ordnance and bombing awareness session organised by HI. Here is her story.

  • Ukraine
Abdur, Rohingya's refugee, lost everything after Mocha cyclone

“If I had stayed in my shelter, I would be dead now” May, 15 2023

Cyclone Mocha hit Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, 14 May. Our teams are currently assessing the damage and needs in Cox's Bazar refugee camps.

  • Bangladesh