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HI sends a team to Honduras to assess the situation after the passage of Hurricane Iota November, 19 2020

Hurricane Iota, which made landfall in Central America on 17 November, caused considerable damage in the region - just two weeks after it was hit by another major hurricane. Humanity & Inclusion (HI) will send a team to Honduras at the earliest opportunity to assess the situation.

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International Day of Older Persons organized by HI and partners in refugees camp of Kigeme, in Rwanda

Rwanda: Caring for older people during the Covid-19 epidemic: a priority for HI November, 18 2020

To coincide with International Day of Older Persons, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) and its partners raised the awareness of more than 26,000 refugees in Rwanda on the importance of caring for older people.

Rwanda

Iota hurricane above Central America on November 17th

HI concerned for the most vulnerable people in countries hit by Hurricane Iota November, 17 2020

A Category 4 hurricane hit the coasts of Nicaragua and northern Honduras on Monday night, with potentially disastrous consequences for the populations of both countries. Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is particularly concerned about the threat to the most vulnerable people.

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Children with and without disabilities learning together November, 13 2020

Many children with disabilities have never been to school. Here are some examples of how Humanity & inclusion (HI) works to include children with visual and hearing impairments in primary schools.

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Emmanuel,16 ( Primary 5) lives with both his parents. He has a physical disability and speech difficulties.

Half of children with disabilities still excluded from the school system November, 7 2020

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has today published a report on the difficulties children with disabilities face in accessing education in the world’s poorest countries. Valentina Pomatto, Inclusion Advocacy Officer for HI, explains the obstacles to inclusive education.

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Satellite image of the Super-typhoon Goni / Rolly approaching the Philippines - October 31, 2020 - Satellite image Himawari-8.

HI readies its teams to assess the needs of people affected by Typhoon Goni November, 2 2020

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) team is preparing to travel to the areas worst affected by Typhoon Goni, which made landfall in the eastern Philippines on 1 November.

Philippines

Covid-19 - HI has organised 1000 online rehabilitation sessions for patients in Nepal October, 30 2020

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has adapted its activities to the Covid-19 epidemic in Nepal, where more than 164,000 people have been contaminated by the virus.

Nepal

Disan, left, HI 3D Technician, with a finished 3D printed face shield, Arua Uganda

HI 3D prints face shields for COVID-19 first responders in Uganda October, 27 2020

In Uganda, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has adapted 3D printing technology used for physical rehabilitation to produce protective face visors for health professionals on the front line

Uganda

Venezuelan refugee center in Maicao, North of Colombia

HI assists Venezuelan refugees in Colombia affected by the Covid-19 epidemic October, 23 2020

As part of its response to the Covid-19 crisis, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is providing support to Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, where one million people have been infected the virus. The impact of the epidemic has been dramatic.

Colombia

Beirut, Lebanon. Ramadan Haj Dandal 23, and his mother Houriya Dandal, from Aleppo, in their home in Beirut.

Three months after the explosion, the country still faces major humanitarian challenges October, 23 2020

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) responds to humanitarian needs following the explosion on 4 August in Lebanon.

Lebanon

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: HI assesses needs of displaced people October, 14 2020

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is assessing the humanitarian needs of people affected by the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has led to massive population displacement.

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Food distribution in Bolivia by HI teams during Covid-19 crisis

COVID-19: HI continues to assist people affected by the epidemic October, 5 2020

HI's teams are still working to inform and help people affected by the COVID-19 crisis in many countries around the world.

Bolivia and Andean states

HI has won awards in two categories: ? “Health and medical care” for the Tele?Rehabilitation?for All?project ? “Other humanitarian assistance” for the Odyssey2025/Drones project The awards will be presented during an online ceremony on 24 September 2020. This document contains talking points on innovation at HI / they are taken from an interview with Pierre Gallien, Director of 3I (Information, Impact, Innovation) / Innovation and Knowledge Management Division, 10 September 2020. ? Three questions for Pierre Gallien, Director of 3I (Information, Impact, Innovation) / Innovation and Knowledge Management Division 1 / What is the aim of innovation at HI? One of HI’s central objectives is to provide appropriate and effective humanitarian assistance to people unable to live without it. To achieve this goal, we regularly review our actions and methods, and innovation is one of the ways we continuously improve our humanitarian action. We monitor and select technological developments and social practices (internet, social media, developments in digitalisation, new uses of digital technology, etc.) and integrate them into our operating practices in order to respond to increasingly volatile and unstable humanitarian contexts impacted by the increase in natural disasters, climate change, worsening security conditions for humanitarian workers, etc. The digitalisation of rehabilitation, of which our telerehabilitation project is an example, will enhance our access to people with humanitarian needs in areas of response where humanitarian workers may face logistical or security challenges. 2 / Where does HI innovate? Functional rehabilitation and weapons clearance are HI’s priority areas and core competencies. Online physiotherapy sessions, the supply of 3D prostheses, and the use of drones in weapons clearance operations build on HI's long-standing actions. We have also innovated in the field of inclusive education. We took a highly innovative approach to ensuring the continuous supply of quality assistance during the COVID-19 lockdown, such as organising pandemic awareness sessions on YouTube. HI restricts its action to a limited number of pilot projects in order to focus on specific sectors and projects with operational applications. 3 / What is special about innovation at HI and in the humanitarian sector? Innovation at HI needs to be simple and frugal (i.e. inexpensive and resource-sustainable). We work in poor and unstable countries with limited access to technology and energy. Innovations must be easy to access and replicable locally. Our mine clearance drone project uses large, inexpensive commercial drones that everyone can access. Our 3D prosthesis printers are not the most powerful, but they are affordable and available commercially. 1 / The spirit of innovation at HI ? Since it was founded in 1982, innovation has enabled HI to fulfil its historic mission to provide beneficiaries with the most effective services possible. ? Innovation helps HI adapt: o HI keeps abreast of technological developments such as the internet and social media, and advances in digitalisation and new uses of digital technology, etc. ? Innovation and new practices can give rise to new solutions and efficiency gains in assisting vulnerable people. o HI adapts to changing humanitarian contexts impacted by the increase in natural disasters, climate change, and worsening security conditions for humanitarian workers. ? The aim of innovation at HI is to make it easier to access people with humanitarian needs in areas of response where humanitarian workers can face logistical or security constraints. ? As we had little or no physical access to beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic, we made changes to our activities in several countries (psychological support sessions by telephone, telerehabilitation, online COVID awareness campaign, etc.). ? The source of the latest technological tools, innovation also helps HI develop new working practices and new approaches to providing humanitarian assistance. 2 / Four operational goals of innovation at HI 1 / Better understand our areas of response ? When HI launches a humanitarian programme, it may lack knowledge and information on its area of response: o Drones used to support mine clearance operations in Chad, for example, provided deminers with aerial imagery and maps – a valuable source of information on an unfamiliar region. o After a natural disaster, drone or satellite images can provide HI's emergency teams with valuable information on access routes and help logisticians better organise the transport of humanitarian aid and its distribution to people in need. 2 / HI's mandate: providing rehabilitation care to better include people with disabilities ? As a reminder: rehabilitation - a form of care that promotes the physical mobility of people with disabilities - is essential to social and professional inclusion. Rehabilitation is HI's core competency. The inclusion of people with disabilities is its raison d’être. ? Innovations such as telerehabilitation aim to bring rehabilitation services closer to people with disabilities and ensure the better territorial networking of health services. o In poor or crisis-stricken countries, people with disabilities most often live in remote or hard-to-reach areas without access to the rehabilitation care they need. As a remote service, telerehabilitation makes up for this shortcoming. 3 / Narrowing the gap between experts and beneficiaries ? HI's digital innovations aim to bring its beneficiaries and experts (medical, rehabilitation, inclusion, inclusive education, etc.) closer together. HI’s challenge is to make its expertise as widely available as possible. o Our rehabilitation teams can use telerehabilitation to diagnose a person thousands of miles away, receive a scan of their stump, supply them with a prosthesis by printing it in the field, and then provide them with medical assistance. o HI has adapted school lessons to children with disabilities and made them available online in several countries. 4 / A duty of effectiveness ? HI innovates to make its actions more effective and provides sustainable solutions to implement immediately. o Logistically, for example, we are weighing up the advantages of using blockchain data management technology to improve the traceability of data on the transport of humanitarian aid ? This effectiveness must meet ethical standards in relation to the vulnerable people we assist, including children: o Innovation research at HI is overseen by the organisation’s ethics committee to ensure respect for human dignity (e.g. personal data protection). 3 / Managing innovation at HI 1 / Innovation at HI: frugality ? Innovation at HI must be simple and frugal (inexpensive and resource-sustainable). ? HI works in poor and unstable countries with limited access to technology and energy. The quality of the service provided to a population always takes priority over the technicality of the tools used. ? This is why innovation at HI is always pragmatic and adapted to the context: HI uses tools that are open to the public or reuses past solutions already in the public domain: ? Drones used in weapons clearance operations are inexpensive, commercially available, and accessible to all. ? Our 3D prosthesis printers are not necessarily the most powerful, but they are affordable and available commercially (the organisation can cover the cost of the investment). ? HI is nevertheless mindful of the need for quality humanitarian aid. Frugal innovation must not result in reduced levels of service. 2 / Innovation methodology at HI ? Pilot projects at HI are always integrated into ongoing field operations so they can be applied directly in “real-field conditions

Talking points and key information : Innovation at HI September, 23 2020

The European Union Horizon Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid was launched in 2020. Each prize is awarded to an initiative that addresses major challenges in the field of humanitarian aid. The prizes are proposed into five categories: shelter and related assistance; water, hygiene, and sanitation; energy; health and medical care; and other humanitarian assistance (open category).

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1982 - 2020 : Innovation is part of HI's DNA September, 22 2020

On 24 September, the European Union Horizon Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid honoured Humanity & Inclusion (HI) with two awards. On that occasion, HI recounts its 38 years of innovation from 1982 to 2020.

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Demining operations conducted by HI near Misrata, Libya, in 2019.

Bombing destroys essential infrastructures and make countries unable to respond the COVID pandemic September, 22 2020

While the global pandemic has exacerbated the human suffering caused by bombing in populated areas, it has halted the international negotiations for the adoption of a political declaration on the issue. States gathered online at the discussion "Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare" on September 7 to keep the momentum and revive the diplomatic process.

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