Handicap International
| Handicap International (HI) |
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| founding | 1982 |
| Seat |
Lyon France
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| purpose | For people with disabilities - worldwide |
| main emphasis | Humanitarian organization |
| people | Manuel Patrouillard, Global Managing Director |
| Employees | Total: 3,327 (2019) |
| Website | https://handicap-international.de |
Handicap International (HI) is a non-profit organization for emergency aid and development cooperation that is active in around 60 countries. We are committed to a solidarity and inclusive world. We improve the living conditions for people with disabilities in the long term and support those who need special protection. We are also fighting for a world without mines and cluster bombs and against bombing raids on the civilian population.
HI is a co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Handicap International eV is the German association of the international organization Humanity & Inclusion.
history
The organization was founded in 1982 by the two French doctors Jean-Baptiste Richardier and Claude Simonnot in Lyon. In the refugee camps on the Thai border, they had seen hundreds of Cambodian refugees who were seriously injured by projectiles, mines or duds . After the necessary operations there was no help whatsoever for the approximately 6,000 amputated people. Richardier and Simonnot founded Handicap International to support people with disabilities even in difficult life situations and to give them long-term prospects through rehabilitation and the provision of prostheses. The organization's first prosthesis centers were set up in the refugee camps in Cambodia, and soon also in Myanmar and Laos. To avoid further victims of explosive remnants of explosive ordnance, Handicap International began clearing mines in Cambodia and Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992.
In the same year the association founded the International Campaign for the Ban on Landmines (ICBL) together with five other organizations . This received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 and contributed to the success of the Ottawa Process and thus to the agreement on December 3, 1997 on the prohibition of the use, storage, manufacture and distribution of anti-personnel mines and their destruction ("Ottawa Convention") at.
The German section of the organization was founded in 1998. Around 10 years later, Handicap International played a role in the signing of the Oslo Accords to ban cluster bombs .
aims
The organization would like to contribute to a permanent improvement in the situation of people with disabilities and other particularly vulnerable people, such as pregnant and single women, the elderly, etc. worldwide. Here, great importance is attached not only to their access to medical care, but also to the change in their general living conditions due to a disability and social (re) integration into the community. That is why the organization supports local partners through whom - even after the end of the assignment of Handicap International - a long-term continuation of the projects is possible.
In addition, the organization fights against the use of land mines and cluster munitions , which in many countries still kill and maim people decades after the end of a war / conflict. The organization also works to ensure that storage sites for small arms, which are often particularly easily accessible to the population after civil wars, are destroyed and that the population is educated about the dangers of handling small arms. In the context of emergency relief operations, the organization supports those in particular need of protection, such as people with disabilities or the elderly, and enables them to have access to relief supplies and medical care.
Worldwide project work
The organization is active in around 60 countries with over 300 projects. Many of these countries are affected by landmines and other explosive remains and armed conflict . The projects are not limited to the physical care of the victims in orthopedic workshops and rehabilitation centers, but also include the entire life situation of people with disabilities in the aid. This includes psychological support and assistance with social integration , but also organizational support for self-help projects. Priority in the project work has the work with local partner organizations and the training of local, often self-disabled employees.
In post-war regions, many of the programs aim to prevent accidents involving landmines and other explosive remnants of war, as well as small arms, by educating the population and setting up ordnance disposal teams. Long-term prevention also includes international political commitment to banning all mines and mine-like weapons. Handicap International therefore founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1992 together with five other organizations , which was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. In addition, in 2003 the organization was one of the founders of the international campaign against cluster mines, the Cluster Munition Coalition .
The organization Humanity & Inclusion
Handicap International was founded in 1982 and is an independent and impartial non-profit organization. It consists of an umbrella organization and eight national associations: France (founded in 1982), Belgium (1986), Switzerland (1996), Luxembourg (1997), Germany (1998), Great Britain (1999), Canada (2003) and the USA (2006 ). The umbrella organization is commissioned by its members to implement the program work for the entire Humanity & Inclusion network.
Manuel Patrouillard has been international managing director and successor to the co-founder of the organization Jean-Baptiste Richardier since 2014. In June 2018, Jean-Noël Dargnies was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the HI Organization to succeed Jacques Tassi.
Germany
Handicap International Deutschland is a member of the international organization Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International). The German association has had an office in Munich since 1998 and also in Berlin since 2015 . We are supported throughout Germany by volunteer activists. The focus of our work is fundraising and institutional fundraising. We also lobby and raise awareness on the issues of disability in development cooperation and humanitarian aid, as well as the consequences of war, and are involved in campaigns against mines, cluster bombs and other weapons.
The ComIn project is also located in Munich, offering practical support for migrants, especially refugees with disabilities. Since 2018, HI has also supported the SKala initiative with the Crossroads | Escape.Migration.Disability to set up basic structures with a nationwide effect for refugees with disabilities. SKala is an initiative of the entrepreneur Susanne Klatten in partnership with the non-profit analysis and consulting company PHINEO and supports around 100 non-profit organizations nationwide. The project "Phase 2 - Leave no one behind !: Mainstreaming disabilities in humanitarian aid" trains German actors in humanitarian aid and their local partners in terms of inclusion.
Data and annual reports
The organization regularly publishes an annual report and balance sheet.
| year | Total employees (on site) |
Projects | countries | Budget (million EUR ) |
CN 2.1 rating |
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| 2014 | 3,416 | 331 | 57 | 137 | 3 of 4 (89.39) |
| 2015 | 3,146 (2,462) | 341 | 59 | 152 | 3 of 4 (89.39) |
| 2016 | 3,233 (2,522) | 337 | 56 | 152 | 3 of 4 (89.18) |
| 2017 | 3,278 (2,522) | 386 | 63 | 178 | - |
| 2018 | 3,327 (2,518) | 408 | 62 | 192 | - |
| 2019 | 4,237 (3,401) | 441 | 62 | 217 |
Naming
Since January 24, 2018, the name of the international organization has been changed from Handicap International (HI) to Humanity & Inclusion (HI). The new name is intended to express the values humanity (translated: humanity, humanity ) and inclusion . The national clubs in continental Europe are still called “Handicap International” (Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland), while in Great Britain, Canada and the USA they are called “Humanity & Inclusion”. 26 clubs and programs are called “Handicap International”, 36 are called “Humanity & Inclusion”.
The international organization has also given itself a logo: the blue outline of a raised hand is intended to represent both a friendly greeting and a signal to stop. The international logo is also used in a modified form by the German organization.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Armelle Le Goff: Jean-Baptiste Richardier: "Handicap international est né d'une révolte". In: 20min . July 12, 2012, accessed August 11, 2018 (French).
- ↑ a b c Handicap International: A success story since 1982. Handicap International, accessed on August 11, 2018 .
- ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1997. In: www.nobelprize.org. October 10, 1997, accessed October 30, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Humanity & Inclusion Annual Report 2018. (PDF; 4.8 MB) Handicap International, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Handicap International - About us. Handicap International, accessed November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Handicap International, dba Humanity & Inclusion. In: Charity Navigator . Retrieved August 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Handicap International US Annual Report 2014. (PDF; 7.7 MB) Handicap International, accessed on August 11, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Handicap International US Annual Report 2015. (PDF; 7.4 MB) Handicap International, accessed on August 11, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Handicap International US Annual Report 2016. (PDF; 2.5 MB) Handicap International, accessed on August 11, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Humanity & Inclusion Annual Report 2017. (PDF; 2.3 MB) Handicap International, accessed on August 11, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b Humanity & Inclusion becomes the new name of Handicap International. Handicap International, January 24, 2018, accessed on August 11, 2018 .