Unprotected and hungry: People with disabilities in Ghana

About the project:

On 15 March 2020, Ghana reported its first case of the corona virus. Since then, the Government of Ghana has taken many drastic measures aimed at raising public awareness to prevent the "introduction" of the virus. However, people with disabilities have been forgotten. They have difficulty accessing information, support and assistance in remote and disadvantaged communities, although they are part of the risk group affected. Due to "social distancing", many of them now lack support in their daily lives, on which they are urgently dependent, as well as food and hygiene products, as many of them no longer have any income.

They get support from the organisation Voice Ghana, which helps them in this difficult situation, too, because disabled people have to be protected not only from the corona virus, but also from hunger. For this purpose Voice Ghana needs money, among other things to make community and home visits to people with disabilities, to sensitize them to preventive measures against the virus and to distribute important hygiene articles and food. 

Bezev ( www.bezev.de ) works together with Voice Ghana to support people with disabilities in the Corona crisis directly. Voice Ghana is currently trying to stay in contact with people with disabilities, to educate them about prevention measures and to support them with personal protective equipment and food. For this they urgently need donations to continue this educational work and to buy food and hygiene products such as soap, masks or rice. 

 

About the organisation:

Voice Ghana is a long-standing partner of bezev. The self-representation organisation of people with disabilities campaigns for the rights of people with disabilities in Ghana. It supports and accompanies more than 60 self-help groups in the Volta Region (in the southeast of Ghana). Voice Ghana is networking with other organisations and is doing education and public relations work on topics such as inclusion, gender justice, HIV/AIDS. 

More information about the organisation can be found on its website: http://voiceghana.org/.