Training Package on Inclusive Food Security - Leave no one behind: Phase 4 (Handicap International Project Website)

Disability-Inclusive Food Security

Training Package Introduction

Fadima Hama cooking in her house with vegetables from the garden. A shared-garden project initiated by the Red Cross (HI?s partner on the RECOSA project) is helping people living in the Sahel region ensure their food security. The project to strengthen the resilience and social cohesion of vulnerable populations in the cross-border regions of Burkina Faso (Sahel region) and Niger (Tillaberi region) was launched in December 2019 and will run until December 2023. It is coordinated by HI and implemented by the organisation and its partners: the Nodde Nooto association the Burkinabe Red Cross Society the Spanish Red Cross Doctors of the World Spain Veterinarians Without Borders Belgium the NGO Karkara Doctors of the World Belgium and SongES Niger. The project is funded by the European Union and has achieved the following: * 7002 households have received seasonal cash transfers to protect the economic activities they launched with the project?s support; * 225 people with disabilities have been provided with technical mobility aids such as wheelchairs or walking sticks and helped to start an economic activity; * 671956 people have improved their access to basic social services; * 389905 people have had their awareness raised via radio broadcasts promoting peaceful coexistence and social cohesion. // Fadima Hama cuisine dans sa maison avec les produits du jardin. Un projet de jardins partages initie par la Croix Rouge partenaire de HI sur le projet RECOSA permet aux habitants de la region du Sahel d?assurer leur securite alimentaire. Le projet de renforcement de la resilience et de la cohesion sociale des populations vulnerables des regions transfrontalieres du Burkina Faso (region du Sahel) et du Niger (region de Tillaberi) a ete lance en decembre 2019 et se poursuit jusqu?en decembre 2023. Il est coordonne par HI et mis en ?uvre par l?organisation et ses partenaires : l?association Nodde nooto la Croix-Rouge Burkinabe la Croix-Rouge Espagnole Medicos del Mundo Veterinaires sans Frontieres Belgique l?ONG Karkara Medecins du Monde Belgique et SongES Niger. Le projet est finance par l?Union europeenne avec les resultats suivants : * 7 002 menages ont recu des transferts monetaires saisonniers pour proteger leurs activites economiques lancees avec le soutien du projet ; * 225 personnes handicapees ont ete accompagnees avec des aides techniques a la mobilite comme des fauteuils roulants ou des cannes et un soutien au lancement d?une activite economique ; * 671 956 personnes ont ameliore leur acces aux services sociaux de base ; * 389 905 personnes ont ete sensibilisees par des emissions des radios qui promeuvent la coexistence pacifique et la cohesion sociale.

What?

This training package, Introduction to Disability-Inclusive Food Security in Humanitarian Action, has been designed to support trainers in facilitating learning, reflection, and discussion on disability inclusion within the humanitarian Food Security sector.

The package consists of 8+1 modules and provides facilitators with PowerPoint presentations, facilitator guidelines, and interactive group work activities, allowing for flexible adaptation to different humanitarian and cultural contexts.

It aims to:

Deepen understanding of disability-inclusive Food Security in humanitarian action in line with the IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action.
Strengthen capacities in disability-inclusive Food Security programming and coordination across all phases of the humanitarian project and program cycle.
Increase awareness of the barriers faced by persons with different disabilities accessing Food Security services.
Introduce the Must-Do Actions and the Twin-Track Approach to disability-inclusion in Food Security.
Enhance knowledge of accessibility, universal design, and reasonable accommodation.
Deepen understanding of disability-inclusive Cash and Voucher Assistance.

The content is intended for humanitarian staff with programming, coordination, and technical roles, including staff from international organizations, NGOs, and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) working in the Food Security sector.

Structure:

The training package consists of 8+1 modules. Modules 1–7 are adapted from the DRG Learning Package on Inclusive Humanitarian Action, while Module 8 focuses on Disability-Inclusive Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). The +1 Orientation Module introduces humanitarian Food Security and is recommended for participants new to Food Security programming. Depending on the training audience’s needs and the time available, you are advised to select the most relevant modules.

Developed by whom?

Developed through inter-agency collaboration of Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI), Action Against Hunger/Action contre la Faim (ACF), African Disability Forum (ADF), Global Food Security Cluster, Malteser International (MI), Welthungerhilfe (WHH), and the World Food Programme (WFP) as part of the “Phase 4−Leave no one behind!” project.

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We recommend utilizing the training package together with the “RAAL – Review, Adapt, Action and Learning” methodology and the “Guidance to adapt food security data collection tools to generate better information on persons with disabilities”