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Haiti earthquake: handicap international caring for the injured and distributing humanitarian aid

Following the earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January, Handicap International restored its humanitarian aid transports to Port-au-Princes on Thursday, under the auspices of the World Food Programme and the United...

Earthquake in Haïti: mobilisation of Handicap International's teams already in place

Already present in Haiti, Handicap International has been able to react rapidly in the aftermath of the terrible earthquake which hit the country last night. The team in place manages an inter-agency humanitarian aid distribution logistics platform in the country. Their top priority is now to provide immediate care for the injured.

Fatal Footprint in Beijing

Handicap International, the French Cultural Center in Beijing, G2Studio and ETWORC present the photo exhibition Fatal Footprint. Created by three renowned photographers - Tim Dirven, Gael Turine and John Vinck - this exhibition comes to Beijing after having been shown in various cities in Europe. The photographs will be shown on large cubes (2mX1mX1m) in the French Cultural Center from the 17th of December to the 15th of January.

Belgium joins nations leading cluster bomb ban

Belgium’s ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 22 December shows its continued commitment to the most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty of the decade, the Cluster Munition Coalition said today. As the 26th country to ratify, Belgium takes its place among the first 30 states that will trigger the Convention’s entry into force.