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NGO PRESENTATION
Created in 1982, Handicap International (HI)
is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in
situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside
people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our actions are focused
on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and
promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. HI was the
co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its role in the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines and was recently awarded (October 2016) a prize by
the Office of the Presidency in Somaliland for services to Persons with
Disabilities.
Handicap International started in Somaliland
in 1992 by setting up a rehabilitation center in Hargeisa. HI’s strategy in
Somaliland is to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities and to
engage development actors to promote inclusion and participation of persons
with disabilities and other vulnerable people at local and national
level.
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NGO PRESENTATION
Created in 1982, Handicap International (HI) is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our actions are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. HI was the co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its role in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and was recently awarded (October 2016) a prize by the Office of the Presidency in Somaliland for services to Persons with Disabilities.
Handicap International started in Somaliland in 1992 by setting up a rehabilitation center in Hargeisa. HI’s strategy in Somaliland is to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities and to engage development actors to promote inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable people at local and national level.
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