Improving Access to Services for People with Disabilities - Humanitarian Response 2014

This project aims to improve the resilience of Palestinian women men and children by providing essential health and rehabilitation services to approximately 2 905 people with disabilities and their families. The project helps to improve access to educational services for children with disabilities with a particular focus on children who have cerebral palsy and several disabilities. The project also provides home-based rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities in the West Bank. The project expects to create two mobile teams made up of physiotherapists doctors occupational therapists and social workers. The mobile teams are expected to provide services to people with disabilities and their family members in their own homes and communities. This project is one of over 150 projects that make up the United Nations' 2014 Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) for the West Bank and Gaza. The 2014 HPC worth over US $400 million allows the international community to help spare Palestinians from the worst effects of the ongoing crisis. Delivered through a coordinated approach the HPC provides life-saving humanitarian assistance by providing food water health and nutrition and by increasing the protection of civilians.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: increased protection psychosocial well-being and healthy development for women men and children with disabilities.