- 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
Ethiopia
First armless pilot joins teams in Ethiopia
Handicap International hosted Jessica Cox—the first person without arms to obtain a pilot's license—in Ethiopia in April 2013. She provides this update of her journey to Ethiopia.
Handicap International's Ethiopia program benefited 34,396 people in 2011. Projects in the country got underway in 1986, focusing on community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities and the development of rehabilitation services for refugees (Somali in the east and Sudanese in the West), which led to setting up rehabilitation units in eleven hospitals between 1996 and 2000.
The scope of Handicap International's activities widened in 1997, when a Mine Risk Education project was developed as part of the repatriation procedures for Somali refugees. The charity's work also began including professional training for associations in the fields of sports, filariasis prevention and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Significant work in the latter area continued with empowering persons with disabilities to exercise their basic human rights and reducing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. This includes increasing the quality and access to rehabilitation services, the provision of free legal aid service to victims of sexual and gender-based violence and related persons with disabilities and their families, awareness raising, and capacity building of law enforcement personnel.
Handicap International's work also includes inclusive education to children with disability, and support to refugees and internally displaced people.
Live link to Program
Gender based violence /
Remarkable Jessica Cox to visit Ethiopian project
Handicap International will host Jessica Cox—the first person without arms to obtain a pilot’s license—in Ethiopia in April 2013. read
Assistance to Refugees /
A tailored response to control the spread of HIV
The number of HIV/AIDS cases is constantly on the rise in the Horn of Africa. The region has a highly mobile population, making it difficult to provide care to people living with the disease. read
Assistance to Refugees /
HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia at a Glance...
A nomadic tradition and a strong cross-border commercial activity are the reasons why a regional HIV/Aids project had to be planned for Ethiopia, Somaliland and Djibouti. read
Assistance to Refugees /
Measuring and Improving Accessibility in Buildings
In Ethiopia, people with disabilities have very little access to education and health services. read
Assistance to Refugees /
Persistence Pays Off
Self Support Disabled Group, an association supported by Handicap International, has enabled Girma Demeke, 33, to finally find a job. read
