1. CBM Australia1 Disability Inclusion in Drought and Food Crisis Emergency Response CBM Emergency Response Unit July 2011

2. CBM Australia2 PURPOSE Awareness raising, Training, Project design, Advocacy, Proposals. BACKGROUND Vulnerability of persons with disability Persons with disabiliities -20% of world’s poorest Principles of Humanitarian Charter (1)

3. CBM Australia3 Importance of including persons with Disability Effective good quality humanitarian practice. ‘Sphere standards’ (1) : factors that contribute to vulnerability in disasters Poverty Discrimination Social isolation

4. CBM Australia4 Difficulties in accessing emergency response services. During food crisis: specific needs of persons with disabilities Dietary Health & Hygiene Transport Higher risk for some diseases Children with disability Abuse and Exploitation Neglected (2) (3) Miss out on school nutrition programs Supplementary feeding Importance of including persons with Disability

5. CBM Australia5 How should persons with disability be included Persons with disability have a right to inclusion. (4) ‘Twin track’ approach to emergency relief operations ‘Mainstream’ ‘Specialist’ action

6. CBM Australia6 Handicap International have prepared a comprehensive ‘Disability Checklist for Emergency Response’ which can be accessed at http://www.handicap- international.de/fileadmin/redaktion/pdf/disability_checklist_booklet_01.pdfhttp://www.handicap- international.de/fileadmin/redaktion/pdf/disability_checklist_booklet_01.pdf Contacts (Please note: you are welcome to change this contact information based on your location.) 1) CBM Australia, including the CBM-Nossal Partnership is available to provide technical input and capacity development in disability inclusion for emergency response and development programmes. Please contact: Dr Kirsty Thompson, Director Inclusive Development, ( kthompson@cbm.org.au ) or David Lewis, Director Strategic Programmes ( dlewis@cbm.org.au ).kthompson@cbm.org.audlewis@cbm.org.au 2) Plan International is currently developing a disability inclusive drought response in southern Ethiopia. For more information about this program, please contact: Rohan Kent, Senior Program Manager, Disaster Risk Management ( rohan.kent@plan.org.au ).rohan.kent@plan.org.au FURTHER INFORMATION