Following the catastrophic earthquake that left 300,000 people injured in Haiti, we must continue providing aid and care, whilst planning our long-term action in Haiti.

Working in Haiti since 2008, Handicap International was able to start working less than 24 hours after the earthquake. Currently our team of 300+ people is:

- providing care to the wounded and to amputees. There are between 2,000 and 4,000 new amputees in Haiti. We are providing post-operative rehabilitation care, distributing walking aids and setting up a long-term follow-up system for patients. At the end of February, we started fitting amputees with emergency artificial limbs, before providing them with permanent ones later in the year. Our goal is to create a long-term capacity to provide rehabilitation services in the country by training Haitian staff.
- running mobile healthcare teams to provide care when injured or disabled people are unable to travel to hospital
- delivering humanitarian aid using our 45 trucks to deliver water, medicine, food and shelters
- distributing emergency kits (sheets, rope, blankets, water filters, buckets, etc) to vulnerable and disabled people
- providing psychological support to survivors traumatised by their experience
- building shelters taking into account the specific needs of vulnerable and disabled people

Your gift, whatever the amount, represents concrete help, hope and support to the victims. Every penny will make a difference to the people of . Please, if you can, donate today.

You can view a short video showing our wok in Haiti on YouTube.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they’ll send your gift directly to Handicap International UK and Gift Aid will be reclaimed on every eligible donation.

For the latest update on our work in Haiti, please visit www.handicap-international.org.uk