- 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.
Where we work
Burkina Faso
ACCESS TO RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND HEALTH
As in many other countries, people with disabilities in Burkina Faso suffer from a lack of recognition and are poorly integrated into their communities. Although efforts have been made to change this situation, they remain on the margins of society and live in advanced poverty.
Handicap International's work in Burkina Faso is focused on four key areas:
- helping organise an efficient and coordinated access system for rehabilitation care;
- the implementation of a care-management service for patients with lymphatic filariasis within the framework of a national program to eliminate the disease (the leading disabling disease in Burkina);
- promoting the inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream schools in partnership with the Ministry for Basic Education; Medical case-management
- Promoting the rights of people with disabilities and capacity-building
Based on the Burkina Faso programme, initiatives were also launched in Niger in 2006. The site currently supports disabled people's organizations in Niamey and organizations engaged in the fight against mines in the north of the country.
Live link to Program
Boosting Rehabilitation Work /
A new life for Djortté K
Handicap International runs a filariasis control project in Burkina Faso. This disease, which is caused by a parasitic worm, can be caught via a mosquito bite. read
Boosting Rehabilitation Work /
Ensure education of children with disabilities
Over the last few months, Handicap International has supported a number of initiatives designed to ensure the inclusion of children with disabilities within the mainstream educational system. read
The fight Against Filariasis. /
“Beating Hydrocele, a Poverty-Related Disease”
Dr Amada Guira is a surgeon and has been head of the surgery department at the Tenkodogo Regional Hospital for four years. read
