India

Flooding in Orissa
Our teams are providing assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by the flooding that struck the Orissa region of India in September 2011.
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Capacity building of disaster risk education
Handicap International implements disaster risk education and disaster management projects in the South Asia region with a special focus on making these projects disability inclusive.

Encouraging equal opportunities
•Helping people with disabilities to access decent employment and therefore improve their social status and economic situation.
• Encourage organised community development in order to improve awareness of the principle of accessibility for all, and carry out audits of public spaces so that communities recognise the right of people with disabilities to access buildings and public transport.

Working towards the recognition of the rights of people with disabilities
Providing support for disabled people’s organisations and independent groups so that they join together with the aim of raising awareness about the rights of people with disabilities.

Public health and prevention of disabilities
A project in the state of Gujarat:
• Developing disability training programmes for workers in the public health system and coordinating the work of service providers.
• Improving communication by the creation of working groups.
• Raising community awareness via meetings in the villages.
• Developing effective strategies, methods, guides and tools to enable the Ministry of Health to improve disability prevention services.

Rehabilitation and economic support for people with disabilities
Based in the state of Bihar, in regions hit by the 2008 floods, which affected more than three million people. This project, conducted in partnership with local organisations, aims to strengthen rehabilitation services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychosocial support. It also enables people with disabilities to be involved in the reconstruction process and to earn an income through a “cash for work” scheme. The project is also raising awareness among other international NGOs working in the region about taking disability into account in their programmes.

Developing rehabilitation services
Aims to provide specialist rehabilitation services for children and proximity services, improving access to services for people with disabilities in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, and the districts of Ganderbal, Srinagar, Kupwara and Baramula. Activities include supporting the Hope Disability Center in Ganderbal through technical training and management training, and by strengthening its rehabilitation and orthopaedic services. The project is also developing community-based rehabilitation activities through fifteen community support workers, who are raising the awareness of disabled people’s relatives and communities on the issue.

Rehabilitation and support services
Working to ensure the full participation of people with disabilities in the state of Gujarat and the Andamans and Nicobar Islands
• Boosting public and private prosthetics and orthotics training institutes (programmes, personnel and management).
• Developing and local testing of orthopaedic equipment.
• Boosting the quality of services provided in the community and institutions, as well as strengthening the links between them.