World Bank : Furthering Economic and Social Inclusion for People with Disabilities in Haiti
04/26/2021 | 02:53pm EDT
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Approach The Project entitled Promoting Inclusion of PwDs in Social Protection and Employment Programs aims to promote the inclusion of PwDs in social protection and employment programs in Haiti through: (1) registering PwDs in the social registry, commonly known as SIMAST (Systeme d Information du Ministere des Affaires Sociales et du Travail, Information System of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor), to identify them for social benefits; (2) promoting PwDs access to the labor market through professional training and job placement services; and (3) disseminating knowledge through outreach activities, including a communications campaign. SIMAST is a key tool for the government and its partners for designing social protection interventions as well as targeting beneficiaries.
Furthering economic and social inclusion for people with disabilities in Haiti
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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.
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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 a
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