‘Must do’ actions must be undertaken in all phases of humanitarian action when implementing livelihood programming for personswith disabilities.
Develop partnerships with OPDs and other organizations working on livelihoods. Involve them in supporting persons with disabilities and advocatingfor and promoting inclusive forms of assistance and services.
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Flow chart depicting how impacts of the crisis are exacerbated for persons with disabilities in livelihoods.
Impact of the crisis includes insecurity, breakdowns of social networks, destruction of infrastructure, displacement, closure of services. These impacts are exacerbated by barriers in the response including:
Environmental barriers
Attitudinal barriers
Institutional barriers
The barriers in the response result in risk faced by persons with disabilities including violence, poverty, environmental hazards, deterioration of health, exclusion, isolation
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The following guidance will support livelihood actors to identify and remove barriers faced by persons with disabilities,as well as their families, support persons and caregivers, when they try to access livelihood programmes in humanitarian settings.