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| Formation | 1982 |
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| Founder | Jean-Baptiste Richardier Claude Simonnot Yves Gaumeton |
| Founded at |  France,Lyon |
| Type | International non-governmental organization |
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Area served | 61 countries[citation needed] |
Official language | French |
| Employees | 3,500 (field staff)[citation needed] |
| Website | hi |
Humanity & Inclusion (formerlyHandicap International[1][note 1]) is an internationalnon-governmental organization. It was founded in 1982 to provide help in refugee camps inCambodia andThailand. Headquartered inFrance andBelgium, since its creation, it has opened branches in six other countries:Switzerland,Luxembourg,United Kingdom,Germany,Canada and theUnited States.
It is an organization which aims to helpdisabled andvulnerable people in situations of poverty andexclusion, conflict and disaster.[2] More than 3,500 field staff are currently located in more than 60 countries worldwide.[2]
The organization was founded in France by two French doctors in 1982 to help people affected by landmines in Cambodian refugee camps.[3] The first orthopedic centers were set up in refugee camps in Thailand, Cambodia, Burma and Laos. Simple, locally available equipment was used to provide immediate, effective and practical aid, and local teams carried out the work. In 1986, Handicap International Belgium was set up, and the organization began to extend its work to other countries.
It is one of the 6 founding members of theInternational Campaign to Ban Landmines which received theNobel Peace Prize in 1997.[4] Since February 2005, the organization has also been calling for a ban oncluster munitions and conducting research documenting the human impact of these weapons. Humanity & Inclusion is a founding member of theCluster Munition Coalition, an international civil society campaign that works to erase the production and storage of all the munition.[5] In February 2006, Belgium became the first country to enact such a ban as a result of Handicap International's public awareness and advocacy efforts.[6] Handicap International has been a vocal advocate of theConvention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), an international treaty banning the use, transfer and stockpile of these weapons adopted on 30 May 2008 inDublin, Ireland. There are currently 68 states that have ratified the CCM and 43 non-ratifying signatories.[7]
Humanity & Inclusion won the prize of the 2011Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a $1.5 million prize, for its commitment to disabled people living in situations ofpoverty,exclusion,conflict ornatural disasters. It is also a member organization of theInternational Disability and Development Consortium.
The Brazilian football playerNeymar Jr. became an "ambassador" of Humanity & Inclusion on 15 August 2017 until April 2019.
The organization was ranked the 8th best international NGO in the world in theNGO Advisor 2017 rankings.[8]
The organization changed its name to Humanity & Inclusion in January 2018 to better communicate "the diversity of its activities, which are not confined to supporting people with disabilities."[1] This new identity, change of name and logo, was led by Cossette, a marketing agency in Canada.[9] With this new name, Cossette launched the campaign "Be a lifeline" which was directed byOlivier Staub, Canadian filmmaker and photographer.[10] This campaign won a bronze lion atCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in the design category in 2018.[11]
in keeping with the disability rights movement analysis of the situation—that the individual is okay but society has put him or her at a disadvantage—the term was nonetheless rejected when disabled people began wrestling the power of the programs that controlled their lives from social workers and began to run their own programs…if for no other reason that it was a term imposed on them by agencies.For a discussion of the history of the term, seeAmundson, Ron (n.d.)."About the Meaning of "Handicap"".hilo.hawaii.edu.Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. RetrievedFebruary 16, 2019.
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