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Dear Kudzie, Although the efforts of International NGOs are never strong enough to reach everyone, I do know that there are two large organisations whose response in East Africa is focused on ensuring that humanitarian assistance is reaching disabled people. Handicap International <http://www.handicap-international.org.uk/> CBM in Horn of Africa<http://www.cbm.org/Horn_of_Africa_food_crisis-314778.php> Of course, these are not DPOs, but they do have more funds than the vast majority of DPOs and will hopefully use these funds strategically, usefully, and in partnership with DPOs. The other promising change on the humanitarian response front that has happened since the Haitian earthquake and Pakistani floods is that the new 2011 revision of the SPHERE Guidelines<http://www.sphereproject.org/>(The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response) have been published. Disability was included as a cross-cutting theme for the first time in the 2011 revised Charter. The Charter is voluntary, but many major humanitarian actors such as CARE, OXFAM, World Vision and Save the Children use SPHERE when planning and implementing their interventions. So, the fact that disability has been included there is, I hope, a step forward in ensuring less people with disabilities are left behind by the emergency response. There is, of course, still a huge amount of work to be done. But I did want to let you know about who is already "on the scene" in case you would like to get in touch with them. Best regards, Myroslava 2011/8/1 Kudzie shava <[log in to unmask]> > Dear all, > the reports and pictures of the effects of famine in the horn of africa are > heart wrenching. People both young and old are dying in hundreds while > trying to walk from war-torn somalia to refugee camps in kenya. Is there > anyone or any organisation of disabled people who can let the humanitarian > agencies and the rest of the world know what is happening to disabled > people. What is obvious is that the problems disabled people there are > facing is unimaginable. They certainly cannot walk the long distances to > camps to get relief food and medicines. So, they most likely die in their > homes. Could we please do something to urge humanitarian agencies to help > these people. > Very best wishes > kudzai shava > > ________________End of message________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for > Disability Studies at the University of Leeds ( > www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to > [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > -- *Myroslava Tataryn, Advisor on Disability and AIDS* Direct: +44 208 9800838 Main: +1 212 729 5084 Skype: myro.work [log in to unmask] http://www.aidsfreeworld.org/ ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.