Handicap International is an international non-governmental organisation with the mandate to prevent and limit the impact of disabilities, by offering assistance to people with disabilities and those at risk of disability and supporting them in their efforts towards autonomy and social integration.

Handicap International has existed for 25 years. In 1997, the organisation received, as a co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Nobel Prize of Peace for its action in favour of the victims of landmines. Handicap International’s network has sections in 8 countries, including Belgium.

Since its creation, the organisation has set up development projects in 60 countries and intervened in multiple emergency situations. The Belgian section of Handicap International currently manages projects in 13 countries.