Handicap International
Handicap International works in around sixty countries alongside vulnerable populations, in particular people with disabilities.
Handicap International is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Focusing on the following sustainable development goals (SDGs)
How we work
Handicap International works to meet the essential needs, improve the living conditions and promote respect for the fundamental rights and dignity of people with disabilities and vulnerable populations. HI is seeking to influence States, UN institutions, the EU and other multilateral organisations to bring about change by leveraging the obligations embedded in international treaties. HI is working towards policy changes in three specific areas: humanitarian action, development and disarmament.
... and why
Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, Handicap International aspires to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.
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