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Handicap International has already helped 30,000 victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan since it released $131,800 in general funds to launch its emergency relief response on August 1. To date, the amount of funding that Handicap International has received is far from adequate to cover current needs. Handicap International is counting on everyone to continue to support its relief effort.

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© W. Daniels / Handicap International

July 2010 - Six months after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, Handicap International's staff in Haiti now includes 480 people, including 70 expatriate staff - the largest deployment in the organizations's history. 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force on August 1, 2010, becoming binding international law. While celebrating the treaty at events throughout the United States on Sunday, campaigners called upon the U.S. to attend the convention's first meeting of States Parties in Vientiane, Lao PDR, this November, and to join the treaty as soon as possible.

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