Disability-Inclusive Food Security
Training Package Introduction
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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 modules with one additional preparatory module 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 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 additional preparatory 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.
Use together with:
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”
Download the Modules
General Instructions
- Introductory videos
- General Facilitator guide for all modules
- Pre- and post needs and interest assessments
- Application and Evaluation Forms
- Joining instructions for online training
- Certificate template
Orientation Module
Recommended for participants new to food security programming
- Understand what food security means
- Learn the key pillars of food security
- Recognize common food security challenges in crises
- Understand basic humanitarian responses
Module 1
Introduction to Disability
- Introduction to the concept of disability
- Impact of barriers to access to Food Security programmes
- Intersectionality and risk
Module 2
Introduction to IASC Guidelines
- Global policy context and background of the IASC Guidelines
- Connection to Food Security tools and standards (e.g. Sphere)
- Key concepts of disability inclusion in humanitarian Food Security
- Practical application of the IASC Guidelines in Food Security programming
Module 3
Situating Disability Inclusion Within the Wider Humanitarian Landscape
- Inclusive humanitarian action and inclusive Food Security
- Legal and policy context
- Roles and responsibilities
- Food Security Cluster
Module 4
Accessibility, Universal Design and Reasonable Accommodation
- Understanding accessibility and universal design in Food Security
- Understanding reasonable accommodation
- Critical success factors
Module 5
Introducing the Must Do Actions (MDAs) and the Twin-Track Approach
- Twin-track approach
- Must Do Actions (MDAs)
Module 6
Inclusive Project Cycle
- Applying the MDAs in needs assessments
- Planning and design
- Monitoring and evaluation
Module 7
Inclusive Accountability to Affected People
- Accountability to Affected People (AAP)
- Inclusive AAP
- Applying inclusive AAP principles in the Food Security project cycle
Module 8
Inclusive Cash and Voucher Assistance in Food Security
- Introduction to inclusive Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)
- Applying the MDAs throughout the CVA programme cycle
- Identifying and addressing barriers in assessments, targeting, transfer values and delivery mechanisms