HI was founded in 1982 as a result of a feeling of outrage about the injustice faced by victims of conflict. Discover more about the mission and vision that guide our operations today in over sixty countries.
HI is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Our vision
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.
Our mission
HI is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Embody our values in everyday life
- Humanity
All our actions are underpinned by the value of humanity. We include everyone, discriminate against no one and recognise each individual’s right to dignity. Our work is characterised by respect, benevolence and humility.
- Inclusion
We work for the inclusion and participation of all people in society, ensuring diversity, equity and individual choice. We value difference.
- Commitment
We are resolute, enthusiastic and bold in our commitment to developing appropriate, pragmatic and innovative solutions. We take action and rally those around us to fight injustice.
- Integrity
We work in an independent, professional, altruistic and transparent manner.
HI’s scope of action is defined by the institutional, professional, and operational space in which our work is both needed and possible.
Beneficiaries
Our international aid and development work targets the following population categories in the different countries where we work:
- Vulnerable populations
- People with disabilities
- People living with disabling diseases
- Populations of refugees, displaced persons and people requiring humanitarian assistance
- People with disabling injuries / trauma
- People exposed to the threat of weapons, munitions and explosive devices
Intervention contexts
The context describes both the situation which justifies our intervention, the environment, and the conditions and issues faced. We work in all of the following contexts
- Emergency response
- Post-emergency
- Reconstruction or rehabilitation
- Development
- Chronic crisis
HI’s professional and organisational expertise is mobilised in thirteen different sectors of activity:
- Health
- Prevention
- Rehabilitation
- Economic inclusion
- Social inclusion
- Education
- Local development
- Accessibility
- Disaster preparedness and risk reduction
- Demining and accident prevention
- Camp coordination and management
- Basic needs
- Reconstruction
Advocacy
HI also mobilises its advocacy expertise, in order to influence and improve public policy:
- Advocacy
- Campaigns mobilising public opinion
- Testimony, whistleblowing and condemnation of violations
- Development and international aid and development education
- Direct approaches to decision-making bodies (lobbying)
- Participation in institutional representative bodies
- Promote and improve regulatory and legal frameworks, as well as relevant legal instruments to further human rights, international humanitarian law, and disarmament
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Programme (H/F/X) - Lyon
Hybrid
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Finance
& Accounting
On-site
Lomé, Maritime
Region, Togo
Cotonou, Littoral
Department, Benin
Dakar, Dakar
Region, Senegal
Bamako, Bamako
Capital District, Mali
Niamey, Niamey
Urban Community, Niger
Logistics
& Facility Management
On-site
Al
Junaynah, West Darfur, Sudan
international
Programs Management
On-site
Amman, Amman
Governorate, Jordan
Gaza, Gaza, Palestine,
State of
Armed
Violence Reduction
On-site
Kharkiv, Kharkiv
Oblast, Ukraine
Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk
Oblast, Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv
Oblast, Ukraine
Rehabilitation
On-site
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Finance
& Accounting
On-site
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Fundraising
/ Marketing / Communication / Mobilisation
On-site
Bamako, Bamako
Capital District, Mali
Protection
& Risks Reduction
Hybrid
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Human
Resources
On-site
Sanaa, Sana'a
City, Yemen
Amman, Amman
Governorate, Jordan
Finance
& Accounting
On-site
Sana'a, Sana'a
City, Yemen
international
Programs ManagementFull time
On-site
Amman, Amman
Governorate, Jordan
Rehabilitation
On-site
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Finance
& Accounting
Hybrid
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Rehabilitation
On-site
Al
Junaynah, West Darfur, Sudan
international
Programs Management
On-site
Amman, Amman
Governorate, Jordan
Rehabilitation
On-site
Kyiv, Kyiv
city, Ukraine
international
Programs ManagementFull time
Hybrid
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Finance
& Accounting
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