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Call for Tenders: Development of Learning Package on iWASH

By Heidi Villikka | 27. November 2023
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We are looking for a consultant or group of consultants to develop an accessible learning package on inclusive Water Sanitation […]

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Amplifying Changes Towards a Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Response – Highlights from Our Regional Eastern Africa Training

By Heidi Villikka | 16. November 2023
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In total 26 humanitarian actors from 16 different humanitarian organizations took part in our Regional Eastern Africa Training on “Mainstreaming […]

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Group photo of technical support kick-off workshop in Juba.

South Sudan Launched Technical Support Mechanism on Disability Inclusion 

By Heidi Villikka | 14. November 2023
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On 10th November 2023, as part of Phase 3 – Leave no one behind! Project, HI’s South Sudan project team […]

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Five workshop participant posing for the photo in front of the UN-OCHA roll-up.

CBM Supports the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Humanitarian Needs Overview and Humanitarian Response Plan in Cameroon

By Heidi Villikka | 14. November 2023
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CBM was requested by UN-OCHA Cameroon to support the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) development in order to include the perspective […]

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Speaker Grace Awino Head of Protection, Gender and AAP Unit of WFP South Sudan and Chair Haakon Spriewald LNOB Project Coordinator at the panel.

LNOB at the Humanitarian Congress Berlin: Promoting Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Shedding Light on Neglected Crises  

By Sabrina Ebert | 13. November 2023
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The project „Phase 3 – Leave no one behind!“ was once again present at the 25th  Humanitarian Congress Berlin (HCB) […]

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Group picture of the participants.

Regional Training on Mainstreaming Disability in Humanitarian Response Successfully Held in Cameroon  

By Heidi Villikka | 9. November 2023
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Our project partner CBM organized a regional training for West and Central Africa on “Amplifying changes towards a disability-inclusive humanitarian […]

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Group photo of participants during the first inter-agency technical support mechanism workshop in Mogadishu.

The Disability Inclusion Inter-Agency Technical Support Mechanism Kick-Offs in Somalia and Somaliland

By Heidi Villikka | 24. October 2023
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There is a growing need to build capacities of humanitarian actors for better inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian […]

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HI recognized as the Accessibility Partner of this year’s Humanitarian Congress Berlin

By Heidi Villikka | 29. September 2023
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This year’s Humanitarian Congress Berlin is fast approaching, and HI will be the official accessibility partner with an own panel […]

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HI representatives posing in front of the Leave no one behind! project roll-up a the UNCRPD launch in South Sudan.

South Sudan Launched the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

By Heidi Villikka | 17. August 2023
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On 15th August 2023, South Sudan proudly launched the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with […]

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Hargeisa RAAL Workshop participants in group discussion.

Workshop on Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Programing

By Heidi Villikka | 9. August 2023
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On 20th to 22nd June and 17th to 19th July 2023, HI’s Somalia & Somaliland team conducted their 3rd and […]

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