More than 60% of the Syrian refugee households include a person with disability, and 1/5 of refugees in Lebanon and Jordan have a disability, according to a new study by HI and iMMAP*.
While a major military offensive on Idleb region is possibly under preparation, HI calls on parties to the conflict to spare civilians and allow full and unfettered humanitarian access.
On the 24th and 25th, 57 countries, 10 regional organisations and 19 UN agencies came together to participate in the Brussels II Conference ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’.
Humanity & Inclusion, along with Christian Aid, CARE International, International Rescue Committee, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Mercy Corps and Save the Children, warn donors and governments.
HI will attend the Donor Conference “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” that will take place in Brussels on April 24-25th.
A staff member from a Syrian organisation that Humanity and Inclusion (HI) partners with was killed yesterday. Mustafa, his wife and their two children – both under the age of 8 years old – were killed by shelling in Hamouriyeh, Eastern Ghouta.
The extreme escalation of bombardment in the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta in the past 72 hours has caused more than 200 civilian deaths and extensive damage to infrastructure – particularly hospitals, clinics and shelters where civilians are taking refuge.
Because humanitarian actors lack information and knowledge about available or appropriate tools to collect data on persons with disabilities, they do not know how many refugees with disabilities are in refugee camps and urban areas.
Handicap international a commencé à collecter des données sur le type d’armes classiques et leur utilisation en Syrie pour des raisons de planification opérationnelle. Mais, aux vues des données collectées, l’équipe de plaidoyer fédéral et la Fondation Handicap International a produit un rapport pour sensibiliser les décideurs à l’étendue de la contamination actuelle, à la […]