Handicap International

That work continues through various agencies, including Humanity and Inclusion (HI), the charity formerly known as Handicap International. For 35 years, HI has worked to clear mines and assist the vulnerable in conflict areas. It's one of the six founding associations of the International Campaign to Ban ...

29 March 2018 - Handicap International has finalised the construction of six accessible latrine blocks (composed of one latrine for women and one for men) in Jedaah 6 IDP camp, Ninewa Governorate. The latrines were designed in line with universal design standards so as to allow persons with functional ...

Disability rights advocate Jessica Cox, 35, was born in Tuscon, Arizona, without upper limbs due to a rare birth defect. However, she has defied all odds and holds two Guinness World Records; the first armless person in aviation history to become a certified pilot and the first person without arms in the ...

Concrete examples drawn from Handicap International's experience working in Iraq with persons with disabilities and vulnerable population groups further illustrate those challenges. The recommendations to the humanitarian community provided in this brief aim at improving the protection of persons with ...

... world in need of artificial limbs, and Handicap International develops prosthetics using 3D printing to accelerate access for thousands of war victims stuck in dangerous or inaccessible zones. This campaign cleverly takes something incredibly recognizable–the statues and artwork around Paris–and uses ...

In the IDP response, the main government counterpart is the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC). Implementing partners in 2018 are ADRA, UMCOR, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Handicap International, Humanitarian Development Consortium, INTERSOS, International Rescue Committee, ...

100 million people around the world are waiting for prosthetic limbs so charity Handicap International is raising money to develop 3D printing for prosthesis to revolutionise the supply of such limbs. Paris agency Herezie has produced a campaign – #BodyCantWait – providing them for famous statues with ...

Handicap International also gave temporary prostheses to original statues in other locations in Paris, including the Jardin des Tuileries. The 18th-century sculpture “Alexandre Combattant” by Charles-Francois Leboeuf was fitted with a right forearm and a sword. Advocates placed another prosthetic arm on ...

The action was organized by the aid organization Handicap International as part of its campaign to boost awareness of the global need for prosthetics. The French nonprofit has developed a pilot program to produce 3D-printed limbs in a process that reduces manufacturing time while improving accessibility ...

French Charity Campaign Gives Venus de Milo Prosthetic Arms – The French charity Handicap International 3D printed two prosthetic arms for a Venus de Milo replica to raise awareness of how efficient the 3D-printing of limbs can be compared to traditional prosthetic devices, part of a campaign called ...

A Venus de Milo replica and other statues in Paris, France received 3D printed prosthetics as part of Handicap International's #BodyCantWait campaign. Handicap International, the French nonprofit organization, is using an unusual, yet effective method for raising awareness of the approximate 100 million ...

Visitors to the Louvre were greeted by the famous status replica at the Louvres-Rivoli metro station near the museum. According to Handicap International, it also fitted other limbless statues with 3D printed prosthetics around Paris, including the “Alexandre Combattant” statue found in the Tuilleries Garden ...

Xavier Ducrest (R), director France of Handicap International helps to symbolicly attach prosthetic arms to a replica of the Venus de Milo is displayed with during an action led by Handicap International to raise awareness on the thousands of amputees worldwide in need of a prosthesis, at the Louvre-Rivoli ...

A replica of the Venus de Milo with attached prosthetic arms during an action led by Handicap International at the Louvre-Rivoli metro station in Paris on 6 ... made by 3D printers for a campaign by Handicap International carried out in Paris on Tuesday as part of the organisations #bodycantwait campaign.

Visitors to the Louvre were greeted by the famous status replica at the Louvres-Rivoli metro station near the museum. According to Handicap International, it also fitted other limbless statues with 3D printed prosthetics around Paris, including the “Alexandre Combattant” statue found in the Tuilleries Garden ...

She has partially recovered the mobility thanks to hours of physiotherapy backed by the NGO Handicap International, financed by the EU Humanitarian Aid office. “The elbow is still having problems.” said physiotherapist Esther Lufuluabo. “There is a start of ankylose. Now Marie can flex and extend her wrist ...

This edition of the inclusion of age & disability in humanitarian action training course was jointly developed by the Age and Disability consortium, a group of seven agencies working to promote age and disability inclusive humanitarian assistance: CBM, DisasterReady.org, Handicap International, HelpAge ...

Humanity & Inclusion (which operates under the name Handicap International in the DRC) has completed its demining operations in the Tshopo, Ituri, Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele provinces of Democratic Republic of the Congo. From January 2016 to December 2017, HI and its local partner, Africa for ...

Implementing partners in 2018 are ADRA, UMCOR, Danish Refugee Council, Handicap International, Humanitarian Development Consortium, INTERSOS, International Rescue Committee, Nile Hope, UNV, Norwegian Refugee Council, AAHI, Hope Restoration, IsraAid and Women Development Group.

Following ongoing clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 8,000 people have left South Kivu and are taking refuge in south-western Burundi. Humanity & Inclusion (which works under the operating name “Handicap International” in Burundi) is on the ground, assisting the most ...