Handicap International

Handicap International Bangladesh: Socio Economic Empowerment of Extreme Poor People with Disabilities

Project Area
Sitakundu Upazila in Chittagong district
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Target
600 Beneficiary Households (BHHs)

Years to graduate
3 years

Budget and Cost per BHH
The total budget is BDT 34,500,000
cost per BHH is BDT 57,500
of which direct delivery cost per BHH is BDT 29,067

Key Aspects

• Targets extreme poor living with disabilities recognising the inextricable link whereby poverty is both a cause and consequence of a disability
• Takes a rights based approach in acknowledging the difficulties that those living with disabilities encounter in securing their entitlements
• Adopts ‘community based rehabilitation’ (CBR) approach involving the sustainable practice of assistive devices, home and workplace modification and raising community awareness
• CBR complimented by skills training and facilitated IGA selection and development.
• Additional component develops and disseminates key advocacy messages seeking to sensitise local governance institutes and other relevant stakeholders to the challenges faced by the extreme poor living with disabilities

Outputs

• Output 1: Income related capacity building support provided to targeted households with persons with disabilities
• Output 2: Targeted persons with disabilities provided with capacity building support for functional autonomy
• Output 3: Targeted persons with disabilities in extreme poverty facilitated to access basic health and social services

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