- 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.
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How was the organisation able to help affected countries?
Handicap International was already present in Sri Lanka, running a physical rehabilitation center. HI was therefore able to act during the first few hours following the disaster by mobilizing its teams and network of local partners. In Indonesia, the worst-hit country, Handicap International launched a needs assessment mission in the first few days of January 2006 and this was immediately followed by an assistance mission. In India where HI has been active for years, the populations of the Andaman and Nicobar islands were helped by one of Handicap International's Indian partner organizations. Finally in the Maldives an exploratory mission took place followed by a long-term support mission.
