Handicap International [to 21 June 2014]

Disabled refugees must not be forgotten
20th June 2014, World Refugee Day
Today, on World Refugee Day, Handicap International is voicing serious concerns about the situation facing disabled and vulnerable refugees worldwide.
According to the UN, the number of people forced to flee their homes because of war or persecution exceeded 50 million in 2013, the first time since World War Two. The overall figure is 6 million higher than the year before, an increase fuelled by conflicts in Central Africa, South Sudan and Syria.
Over 2.8 million people have now fled the fighting in Syria and sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Lebanon has already taken in almost one third of the total number of Syrian refugees, over one million people in the last three years. Despite the best efforts of humanitarian organisations, including Handicap International, the refugees’ living conditions remain appalling. Handicap International denounces the risks the most vulnerable populations are exposed to and the threat to a country which is struggling to cope with the enormous impact of increasing numbers of refugees…

World Refugee Day: Focus on Lebanon
On June 19, World Refugee Day, Handicap International calls to attention the serious threats facing Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the lack of funding available to respond to the crisis. Lebanon, a country with 5 million inhabitants, has absorbed one million Syrians in the last three years and is straining to cope with the massive influx of refugees. Despite the best efforts of humanitarian organizations, including Handicap International, the refugees’ living conditions remain appalling…

Handicap Int’l-US @HI_UnitedStates • Jun 19
Syrian mom Kholoud was shot through the neck and became a quadriplegic. We’re helping her regain the use of her hands http://bit.ly/1nkTlca

Handicap Int’l-US @HI_UnitedStates • Jun 18
We’re helping injured and disabled Iraqis fleeing northern #Iraq following the attacks of #ISIS http://bit.ly/1lzkM6z #Kurdistan