- Making it Work (MIW) is a global multi-stakeholder initiative supporting the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
- Source is an international information support center designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability.
- The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs, currently coordinated by Handicap International, is a coalition of thousands of people and U.S. non-governmental organizations working to convince the U.S. government to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Who We Are
In the US
Handicap International in the United States is one of eight national associations within the Handicap International Federation.
Together, we support the Handicap International Federation's development, and emergency and mine-action projects in 63 of the world's poorest countries.
Handicap International U.S. staff:
• Provide cost-effective and quality project implementation, grants administration, monitoring and evaluation support;
• Contribute technical expertise for health programming with a particular focus on maternal and child health (MCH);
• Raise funds from U.S.-based donors, including government agencies, corporations, foundations and the general public;
• Coordinate the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines;
• Share expertise concerning our work on behalf of people in disabling situations and develop key partnerships with American-based nongovernmental organizations, the U.S. government and international and bilateral organizations, such as the United Nations and the World Bank;
• Educate the American public and opinion makers on the relationship between poverty and disability and the rights of persons with disabilities;
• Advocate in the U.S. on behalf of war victims, persons with disabilities and other highly vulnerable populations living in post-conflict and/or low-income countries.