About us
Find out about Humanity & Inclusion's mission, vision and values, and our incredible impact around the world.
Find out about Humanity & Inclusion's mission, vision and values, and our incredible impact around the world.
Fymee learning to walk again on her new artificial leg, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | © William Daniels/HI
© Lucas Veuve / HI
Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an international charity working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work tirelessly alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their basic needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.
Humanity
Our work is based on the value of humanity. We include everyone without exception and champion each individual’s right to dignity. Respect, kindness, and humility guide our work.
Inclusion
We advocate inclusion and participation for everyone, upholding diversity, fairness, and individual choices. We value difference.
Commitment
We are resolute and bold in our commitment to developing tailored, pragmatic, and innovative solutions. We take action and rally those around us to fight injustice.
Integrity
We work in an independent, professional, selfless, and transparent manner.
Since HI was founded in 1982, our work has benefitted several million people in more than 60 countries.
"Our determination to help the most vulnerable groups, including in extreme situations, has proven its worth. We have earned the legitimacy we need to combat certain now-illegal weapons – landmines and cluster munitions. This same determination drives our teams today and motivates their tireless efforts around the world."
Jean-Baptiste Richardier, co-founder of Humanity & Inclusion (HI)
HI's mission and activities are underpinned by a multi-annual strategy, principles of intervention, and a clearly-defined scope of activity.
We work in 60 countries around the world running hundreds of projects in emergency, chronic crisis, reconstruction and development settings. The beneficiaries of our projects are people with disabilities and a broad range of other vulnerable groups.
HI's ten-year international strategy has 3 priority actions:
The full strategy is available at: hi.org/en/our-strategy
Thanks to individual supporters just like you, Humanity & Inclusion supports disabled and vulnerable people in countries around the world affected by conflict, disaster and poverty.
As well as our amazing donors, we also rely on the dedication of our 5,362 staff around the world, including 4,438 local staff supporting our programmes on the ground.[1]
Since HI was founded in 1982, our work has benefitted tens of millions of people worldwide. In 2024, we ran 480 projects in 58 countries.
The following figures represent the number of people directly benefitting from HI's work in 2024:
• 3,099,629 People directly supported [2]
People having received goods or services as part of a project implemented by HI or its operating partners.
• 15,161,785 People indirectly supported (e.g. family members, carers)
People benefiting from the effects of goods or services received by people directly supported by HI.
• Emergencies: 1,809,5930people
• Rehabilitation: 604,716 people
• Armed Violence Reduction: 936,496 people
• Health: 934,468 people [3]
• Social and Inclusion: 733,362 people [4]
• Protection and Risk Reduction: 316,685 people [5]
[1] Staff numbers expressed in annual full-time equivalent positions.
[2] The number of people having benefitted directly from the actions of HI and its partners in 2024. Some people benefitted from multiple services and/or activities. For this reason, data by sector of activity cannot be cumulated. This is non-exhaustive data that does not include all sectors of HI’s activity.
[3] Health: Services related to early childhood development, emerging infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, safe and inclusive mobility, sexual and reproductive health and rights,
maternal, newborn and child health, mental health and psychosocial support.
[4] Social and Inclusion: 3Shelter and non-food items, environmental accessibility and information &
communications technology, food aid, social development and social protection, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), inclusive education, economic inclusion.
[5] Protection and risk reduction: Inclusive humanitarian action, inclusive governance, protection against violence and abuse, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Humanity & Inclusion's actions focus on the most vulnerable groups in the poorest countries of the world. Your support will directly impact:
Our work covers a range of activities:
These are just some of the specialist roles that make up our dedicated teams:
Your donations can be truly life-changing, helping vulnerable and disabled people around the world.
From providing people with prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation, to action against landmines, responding to natural disasters, and including disabled children in school, your funds provide vital support and help to ensure that no-one is forgotten.
The HI network consists of an international federation based in Lyon, France, and eight national associations: the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Canada and USA, plus an office in Austria.
Together, the HI network mobilises resources and manages projects around the world to support disabled and vulnerable people.
For more information about HI's global activities and impact, please download the latest Annual Report for the HI network:
► 2023 Annual Report - HI Network (PDF, 2.9 MB)
Details of institutional policies and other professional information about the HI network is available at: hi.org/en/institutional-policies
Our UK team is focused on supporting HI’s mission and programmes worldwide. We aim to do this through an innovative approach to fundraising, responding to the funding opportunities available within the UK to meet the needs of our programmes.
We also provide technical expertise on key sectors of HI’s activity to support our teams around the world and influence policy and practice.
In addition, we campaign for the protection of civilians in conflict zones and the inclusion of people with disabilities in humanitarian aid and development programmes.
Humanity & Inclusion UK is a UK registered charity no. 1082565.
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Humanity & Inclusion UK
Romero House
55 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7JB
UK registered charity no. 1082565
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ABOUT US
Humanity & Inclusion UK
Romero House,
55 Westminster Bridge Road,
London
SE1 7JB
UK registered charity no. 1082565
MORE INFORMATION
SEARCH