Where your money goes
The money raised will support:
- our Landmine & Cluster Bomb activities in 15 countries such as Angola, Cambodia, Lebanon, Mozambique and Sudan.
- our Rehabilitation activities in 40 countries such as Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines and Sierra Leone.
- our Education activities in 14 countries such as Afghanistan, Kenya, Madagascar and Rwanda.
- our Sport activities in 6 countries such as Bangladesh and Morocco.
Who your money could help
© U.Anken / Handicap International
Sakil Chowdhury is 8 years old and his hands and feet are seriously deformed since birth. Following the floods in 2007 in Bangladesh, Handicap International rebuilt the school in Priarapur, Sakil’s village. We also provided accessible and adapted building and equipment and the teachers were trained in including disabled children in their classrooms. Thanks to your support, Sakil and seven other disabled children are now able to go to school with the other children of their local community.
About Handicap International
Handicap International is the largest international organisation specialised in disability and development. We work alongside disabled people and a range of organisations in the context of both emergencies and long-term sustainability.
Our areas of work are:
- Inclusion: inclusive education, access to employment, lobbying governments to ensure equal opportunities for disabled people and sport & cultural activities.
- Rights of disabled people: addressing discrimination and social exclusion that lead to disabled people being denied their fundamental human rights.
- Prevention of disability: activities include clearing landmines and cluster bombs, mine risk education, road safety and awareness-raising of HIV/AIDS.
- Rehabilitation: training local rehabilitation and healthcare professionals, setting up rehabilitation centres and supporting national health and social care systems.
- Emergencies: providing treatment, rehabilitation services, physiotherapy & other appropriate services and raising the awareness of the importance of taking disabled people’s needs into account during emergencies.
Created in 1982, Handicap International now works in 60 countries affected by poverty and conflict. Our organisation is co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on the Mine Ban Treaty. Our vision is of a world where all 650 million disabled people can fully access and exercise their human rights.
