The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
We faced the organization’s largest ever emergency: the Covid-19 pandemic. We are grateful that our dedicated team members, working closely with the communities we serve, could safely launch or adapt more than 170 projects in 59 countries to help people with disabilities, people living in conflict, and others to cope, heal, and navigate the added stress of the
pandemic. Those fast-acting, far-reaching programs helped more than 2.2 million people keep the coronavirus at bay, and safely continue receiving assistance.
The organization's "B-SAFE: Basic Services Access For Everyone" mobilized teams to 1 / support the health response, 2/ mitigate the impact of the pandemic, & 3/ improve inclusive access to essential services. HI provided testimony and helped analyze the impact of the pandemic.
While the pandemic demanded operational flexibility unlike any time in our 39-years, 2020 was also an impressive year. Strong relationships with the people we serve, with a range of donors and partner organizations to bolster shared goals, helped Humanity & Inclusion deliver direct aid to 3.9 million people. The explosions in Beirut, a series of typhoons in the Philippines, ongoing conflicts in Yemen and Syria, and chronic crises in countries such as Burkina Faso, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali kept staff extremely busy.
Humanity & Inclusion revived its advocacy for the U.S. to join the Mine Ban Treaty, and worked to influence the drafting of an international political declaration to end human suffering caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
A commitment to greater efficiency, and to strengthen our support to partners kept Humanity & Inclusion true to our mandate, building capacity every step of the way, especially at the local level. We did this with oversight and adherence to policies that protect the communities we
serve and staff. In 2020, we created Risk & Audit and Transformation divisions to improve accountability.