Benin
Promoting the rights of people with disabilities
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Handicap International has just launched a new project in Benin coordinated from Togo. Our projects focus on two main areas: the fight against filariasis and the promotion of the rights of people with disabilities.
Key Facts - Burkina Faso
• Population: 9.2 million
• Household Consumption: $808 per year
• Life Expectancy: 62 years
• Human Development: ranked 134th out of 169 countries
Source: UNDP HDR 2011
Our projects
 | Fight against filariasis
This pilot project is being conducted in an area badly affected by filariasis - the Mono Couffo region, on the southern border of Togo. Activities include training community workers in detection, supporting the regional hospital perform surgery, and providing community case management. |
 | Promoting the rights of people with disabilities
Activities include training disabled people’s organisations in awareness-raising and advocacy, creating and disseminating a directory of disability organisations, and supporting the Benin Federation of Disabled People’s Organisations (FEBAPH). |
