03.02.2017
Emergency assistance also for disabled person

Neue Zürcher Zeitung Petra Schroeter, Executive Director of Handicap International (HI) Switzerland, criticizes the situation of people with disabilities in humanitarian crises as catastrophic. 75% of those affected are excluded from humanitarian aid, according to a study conducted by Handicap International. To improve the situation, HI has developed together with other organizations a Charter on the Inclusion of People with Disabilities into Humanitarian Aid. The charter has already been signed by 138 stakeholders. Unfortunately Switzerland hasn't signed until now. (Photo: That people with disabilities have often been forgotten in emergency aid is an injustice © Chris Huby / Handicap International)