On 10th November 2023, as part of Phase 3 – Leave no one behind! Project, HI’s South Sudan project team conducted a kickoff workshop for the technical support mechanism on disability inclusion under Gender Inclusion Technical Team (GITT) in Palm Africa hotel, Juba. The technical support mechanism members are 17 inclusion focal points drawn from […]
CBM was requested by UN-OCHA Cameroon to support the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) development in order to include the perspective and needs of persons with disabilities. CBM project officer in Cameroon, Barbara Ngeah Achwe took part in the HNO development workshops on October 10th and October 27th in Maroua and in Buea for the Northwest […]
The project „Phase 3 – Leave no one behind!“ was once again present at the 25th Humanitarian Congress Berlin (HCB) – as accessibility partner with technical and financial support, with a stand and a panel on inclusive humanitarian action in the forgotten crisis of South Sudan. This year’s HCB took place under the theme “Out […]
There is a growing need to build capacities of humanitarian actors for better inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian programming. It is imperative that new solutions are sought to strengthen local expertise and enhance sustainability of the provision of technical support. One of the objectives of our Phase 3- Leave no one behind! project […]
On 15th August 2023, South Sudan proudly launched the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with the theme: Disability Rights are Human Rights, Leave No One Behind. This remarkable achievement was the result of numerous advocacy events, including round table discussions with key government stakeholders, civil society organizations, UN agencies, national […]
On 20th to 22nd June and 17th to 19th July 2023, HI’s Somalia & Somaliland team conducted their 3rd and 4th Review, Adapt, Action and Learning Laboratory workshop (RAAL Lab) in Mogadishu and Hargeisa respectively for the protection partners. The training participants were selected from international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies […]
High level training on mainstreaming disability in humanitarian action by operationalizing the IASC guidelines on the Inclusion of Persons with disabilities conducted under the “Phase 3 – Leave No One Behind!” -project in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 29th to 31st May 2023. Our project partner CBM organized a 3-day training on inclusive humanitarian action to strengthen […]
From 10th to 12th May 2023, as part of Phase 3 – Leave no one behind! project, HI’s South Sudan team conducted a Review, Adapt, and Action Learning laboratory (RAAL-Lab) workshop to protection cluster members in Juba grand hotel, South Sudan. The Participants were drawn from both National and International Non-Governmental Organizations and UN agency. […]
In Uganda, persons with disabilities are among the most excluded from humanitarian assistance. The stigmatisation in the community, combined with the limited capacity of humanitarian actors to include persons with disabilities in programming and coordination, exacerbates vulnerability and further exclusion. To foster disability-inclusion in humanitarian action through localizing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on […]
The Phase 3- Leave No One Behind! project has released two studies exploring the capacities of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and Disability-focused NGOs in humanitarian action in the CBM pilot countries Cameroon and Niger. The mappings were conducted from October 2022 to February 2023. The objective of the studies was to analyse the […]
