Bangladesh

Following the mass influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing neighbouring Myanmar since August 2017, HI is providing emergency response to supply aid to people who are living in extremely difficult circumstances. The organisation provides rehabilitation care and psychological support to thousands of people. The organisation also makes available humanitarian equipment storage centres and a fleet of lorries (logistics platform), transporting humanitarian equipment for HI and other organisations.

HI encourages the inclusion of the most vulnerable people by supporting their access to services such as rehabilitation and inclusive employment and inclusion in society.

The organisation also improves access to education for all children, including children with disabilities, developmental delay, psychological problems, and so on in camps for Rohingya refugees. HI trains teachers to include children with disabilities in schools, organises rehabilitation sessions for children with disabilities (which then enables them to go to school, among other activities), raises community awareness of the right of children to education, and so on.

The association also takes action to ensure that people with disabilities have access to a source of income, which gives them financial independence and means they are better accepted within their communities.