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Handicap International (Belgium)
Mission: "To provide people with disabilities with the appropriate rehabilitation services and support for integration within their communities."
In China since: 1997
Annual China budget: $1,000,000
Number of staff: 40 national and 6 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Koen Servenants
Head of Mission
1-1-12 Qi Jiayuan Diplomatic Compound Beijing 100600
Tel: +86 10 6532 0219
Fax: +86 10 8532 2332
Activities in Other Countries:
40 countries worldwide
Handicap International was founded in 1979 by two French doctors who worked in Cambodia manufacturing artificial limbs for the victims of landmines, using locally available materials and simple technology. Several European countries now have national branches of the organisation, which works in many parts of the world to promote advocacy, self-help, rehabilitation, social development and social integration for people with disabilities of all kinds.
The Belgian section of HI has worked in China since 1997. One of its major areas of work has been providing rehabilitation services for the more than 400,000 people in China who, although now cured of leprosy, were disabled by the disease. HI has provided orthopaedic devices, and established a workshop to produce these, as well as working with the health authorities to improve the health care of people affected by leprosy. It has also organised income generation activities in the leprosy villages, and provided emergency relief and reconstruction for leprosy villages damaged by severe floods.
In Tibet Autonomous Region, working with the TAR Disabled Persons Federation, HI has established a community rehabilitation service for children with disabilities. This includes provision of counselling, training, diagnosis, basic rehabilitation and referral systems. An orthopaedic production unit – Tibet’s first – has been established in Lhasa to train local technicians in the manufacture and provision of prosthetics, orthopaedic footwear and technical aids. Partnering with other groups, HI has also worked on the development of Tibetan Sign Language and the establishment of a deaf person’s club.
In Beijing, HI has worked to develop professional rehabilitation service in the Psychiatric Illness Centre of Chaoyang district.
The organisation has also worked to support the development of Chinese NGOs working in various fields of disability, and has held numerous training and discussion workshops to strengthen local NGO involvement in this area.
Handicap International is funded by private donations. EU funding
Links
http://www.handicapinternational.be
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