Somalia DPOs participated online workshop TWG

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Somalia Person with disabilities participated  technical working groups in Somalia for the humanitarian in the country participated by groups of  local and international organization based in the country and outside the country with their partners the donors country level and UN agencies

The TWG online workshop  was to address the gap of the humanitarian and development work in Somalia caused the covid19. The workshop was data collection for the preparation  of the 2020 strategy for the TWG in Somalia. Regarding the changes that came the situation on the ground for the pandemic disease and the lockout for the public and private works in the country

The two day survey workshop is participated by group of DPOs

IEDP Institute of education for the disability people

SAFDI Somalia Association female disability

Sanca Center

Somalia Disability cluster

Somali national disability council

THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE PWDS AND DPOS IN SOMALIA

15-16 April 2020

Findings

  1. Lack of participation the national and international strategic working groups and teams
  2. Lack of participation the humanitarian and development the disability
  3. Lack of information sharing the national and international donors works in the country
  4. Lack of census and statistics the disability people and their families
  5. Lack of joint work and participation for the CRPD and MDG2030  in Somalia

Recommendation

  1. TWG membership for the DPOs disabled people organizations and establish DPOs tusk forces and  for humanitarian and development coordination mechanism capacity building for DPOs  and all humanitarian working groups in the ground  
  2. Insure inclusive for humanitarian development participation  of the PWDs and DPOS
  3. Active engagement for the information sharing with accessibility technology and materials  
  4. Getting national census for  data collection the   people in the country  Mogadishu and other regions  to get the demographics
  5. Insure the implementation  CRPD ratified Somalia government and MDG2030  the international community, civil society and government  which is now exclusive
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