Furthering economic and social inclusion for people with disabilities in Haiti - Haiti

Furthering economic and social inclusion for people with disabilities in Haiti
Format
Haiti’s State Secretary for Integration of Disabled People is supporting a productive inclusion and labor market activation program for people with disabilities and integrating them into the social registry to facilitate access to social assistance benefits. Results have been impressive, including the training of 127 disabled individuals, more than half of whom now pursue revenue generating activities, including nine who have created their own businesses and three who have established associations.
Challenge
The 2010 earthquake caused nearly 10 percent of Haitian households to experience loss of, or injury to, a family member, increasing the number of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the country. According to a 2012 study in the Port au Prince metropolitan area, disability, defined as some difficulty in at least two functional domains or serious difficulty or incapacity in one domain, now affects an estimated 4.1 percent of people aged five and over. The results of the 2012 household survey indicated that of the 280,000 people injured during the earthquake, one quarter were severely injured and 7 percent incurred at least one permanent disability, including both physical disabilities, such as loss of a limb, as well as mental disabilities. The prevalence of disability was higher for women than for men and increased with age. Around 16 percent of households had at least one member with disabilities.

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