‘Must do’ actions must be undertaken in all phases of humanitarian action when implementing inclusive cash-based programmingfor persons with disabilities.
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Flow chart depicting how impacts of the crisis are exacerbated for persons with disabilities in cash-based interventions.
Impact of crisis includes breakdown of local economies, insecurity, breakdown 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, abandonment, etc.
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The guidance below will help humanitarian actors to identify and address the barriers that persons with disabilities (andalso those who give them support) may face in accessing humanitarian cash-based transfer programmes.