COVID-19 in Humanitarian Contexts: no excuses to leave persons with disabilities behind! Evidence from Humanity and Inclusion’s operations in humanitarian settings.

Author: Humanity and Inclusion

This collection and review of evidence aim to illustrate how the COVID-19 crisis triggers disproportionate risks and barriers for men, women, boys and girls with disabilities living in humanitarian settings. It highlights recommendations for humanitarian actors, to enhance inclusive action, aligned with existing guidance and learnings on disability inclusion. It is based on evidence, including testimonies, collected by HI programs in 19 countries of intervention. Special efforts were made to reflect the voices of persons with different types of disabilities, genders and ages, residing in different geographical areas and living circumstances, including refugee and internally displaced persons’ settlements and host-communities.

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Tovuti hii imewezekana kwa msaada wa Watu wa Marekani kupitia Shirika la Maendeleo ya Kimataifa la Marekani (USAID) chini ya mpango wa TAYARI. READY (sio kifupi) inaungwa mkono na USAID Ofisi ya Demokrasia, Migogoro, na Usaidizi wa Kibinadamu, Ofisi ya Msaada wa Maafa ya Kigeni ya Marekani (OFDA) na inaongozwa na Okoa Watoto kwa kushirikiana na Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Afya ya Kibinadamu,, Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Mipango ya Mawasiliano, UK-Med, Muungano wa EcoHealth, na Rehema Malaysia. Yaliyomo kwenye tovuti hii ni jukumu pekee la Save the Children. Maelezo yaliyotolewa kwenye tovuti hii si lazima yaakisi maoni ya USAID, washirika wowote au wote wa muungano, au Serikali ya Marekani, na si taarifa rasmi ya Serikali ya Marekani.

Tovuti hii imewezeshwa na usaidizi mkubwa wa watu wa Marekani kupitia Shirika la Maendeleo ya Kimataifa la Marekani (USAID). Yaliyomo ni wajibu wa READY na si lazima yaakisi maoni ya USAID au Serikali ya Marekani. Ikiongozwa na Save the Children, mpango wa READY unatekelezwa kwa ushirikiano na Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Afya ya Kibinadamu, Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Mipango ya Mawasiliano, UK-Med, na Chuo cha Uongozi wa Kibinadamu. READY inaongeza uwezo wa kimataifa kwa mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali kukabiliana na milipuko mikubwa ya magonjwa ya kuambukiza.