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Typhoon Wipha: HI mobilised in response to the humanitarian disaster August, 4 2025

Typhoons, torrential rain, floods... HI was able to react from the very first days to cope with the consequences of the multiple storms that hit the Philippines.

  • Philippines

In the Blink of an Eye July, 29 2025

Returning to your village in Syria can be life-threatening. Osama, 22, stepped on a mine when he entered an abandoned house. He lost his leg.

  • Syria

In the DRC, the consequences of war on children's health July, 29 2025

Fleeing violence leads to a loss of income and resources. To limit the effects of malnutrition on children, HI supports families. Ladislas, Divin's father, shares his story.

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away July, 23 2025

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territory

Rehabilitation for all July, 21 2025

HI releases a new report “Rehabilitation for All”. Through stories and data from Benin, Haiti, Uganda, and beyond, it shows that 1 in 3 people worldwide could benefit from rehabilitation services.

  • International

In Uganda, people with disabilities are largely overlooked by humanitarian aid July, 21 2025

Thousands of refugees with disabilities have been excluded from food aid. A silent crisis is worsening every day.

  • Uganda

« This war violates all the rules of international law » July, 21 2025

Johanne Mauger was in charge of operations in Gaza until last May. She recounts her experience in one of today's most pressing humanitarian crises.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territory

In the DRC, Vanessa, a physiotherapist, helps malnourished children July, 3 2025

Vanessa, 26, is a physiotherapist specialising in stimulation therapy for malnourished children. She works at HI with displaced people in North Kivu, DRC.

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

Statement: Ukraine announces withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty July, 2 2025

On June 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree announcing Ukraine’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which bans anti-personnel mines. Ukraine, which ratified the Convention in 2005, becomes the sixth state to withdraw or declare its intention to withdraw, following Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 

  • Ukraine

Djadah & Haleema, refugees in Chad: finding solidarity after the violence June, 27 2025

Djadah and Haleema fled the violence in their country. Their sadly similar journeys testify to the terrible violence suffered by the people of Sudan.

  • Chad

Protecting Children Amid Displacement June, 25 2025

HI in coordination with the Child Protection Cluster and with support from UNICEF, distribute ID bracelet to families to reduce the risk of family separation during displacement.

  • Occupied Palestinian Territory

No to the return of antipersonnel landmines June, 25 2025

States parties to the Ottawa Treaty meeting ended in Geneva. It was the 1st time they were gathering since 5 members of the treaty announced their withdrawal. States failed to defend the Treaty.

  • International

Senegal: releasing land, rebuilding life June, 25 2025

In Casamance, the return to peace is being built by removing the mines that have long frozen life. HI is working to return the land to its inhabitants and reopen the way to a shared future.

  • Senegal

5 things to know about a humanitarian deployment June, 25 2025

Interview with Jérôme Bertrand, deployment unit manager at HI/Atlas Logistique

  • International

HI signs a collaboration agreement with the WHO Academy June, 25 2025

The Academy of the World Health Organization (WHO) and HI have signed a collaboration agreement.

  • International