In response to the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing neighbouring Myanmar since August 2017, HI is providing assistance to people living in extreme precarity. Our teams deliver rehabilitation care, mental health and psychosocial support, protection and sexual and reproductive health research (SRH) support to thousands of people. HI has also set up a logistics platform with humanitarian aid storage facilities and a fleet of lorries that transport humanitarian aid for HI and other organizations.
HI encourages the inclusion of the most vulnerable by supporting their access to services, such as rehabilitation and inclusive employment, and their participation in society.
The organization also improves access to education for all children, including children with disabilities, developmental delays and psychological disorders in camps for Rohingya refugees. Our teams train teachers to include children with disabilities in the classroom, organize rehabilitation sessions for children with disabilities to facilitate their access to school and raises community awareness of their right to education.
HI also takes action to ensure that people with disabilities have access to a source of income, giving them financial independence and improving their acceptance by their communities.
HI works with most vulnerable communities, especially persons with disabilities living in disaster prone and environmentally fragile areas to include them in disaster risk reduction plannings and to build their capacities to deal with disasters.
