- 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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Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
We work 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.
Our actions
• Providing emergency aid to the victims of disasters, including natural disasters and armed conflicts;
• Preventing disabilities and disabling diseases;
• Providing identification, treatment and referral for disabling diseases;
• Orthopedic-fitting and rehabilitation of people with disabilities;
• Promoting educational, social and economic inclusion;
• Campaigning against anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive devices;
• Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities.
Our beneficiaries
For nearly 30 years, Handicap International has taken action to respond to the needs of:
• People exposed to the risk of disease, violence and disabling accidents;
• Vulnerable people, particularly people with disabilities and people living with disabling chronic diseases;
• Refugees and persons affected or displaced by crises, conflicts or disasters, and particularly vulnerable persons, the injured and the disabled;
• People exposed to the danger of weapons, munitions and explosive devices, during or following armed conflicts.
International recognition
• Handicap International was the recipient of the 2011 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
• In 2006, the association received the National Academy of Medicine Award (Paris).
• In 1999, Handicap International was granted United Nations ECOSOC Consultative Status.
• In 1997, the association was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize with the NGO members of the ICBL and its coordinator, Jody Williams.
• In 1996, Handicap International was presented with the Nansen Prize and Medal from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, for its ongoing commitment to refugees and the universal nature of its work within the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
• In 1992, Handicap International was decorated by the United Nations Secretary General, in recognition of its contribution to the United Nations program in aid of persons with disabilities.