A project to provide a national gender and disability inclusive response to fight against the coronavirus pandemic has launched in Cameroon.
The project was launched recently in Yaounde by the Sisterspeak 237 Foundation in partnership with the Canadian High Commission to Cameroon.
According to the organizers of the project, the lack of an inclusive response in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic puts persons with disabilities at a high risk of contracting the virus.
“Persons with disabilities are at an increased risk in the COVID-19 pandemic due to the need for close contact with personal assistants, caregivers, as well as an increased risk of infection and complications due to underlying health conditions and socio-economic inequalities, including poor access to health care,” Comfort Mussa, founder of the Sister speak 237 said.
In an attempt to plough this gap, she said they have embarked on producing and distributing over a thousand braille awareness and vital information packs in 7 regions of the country.
“In our efforts to assist Cameroon in the response against the pandemic, we provide support to several partners working with vulnerable groups like persons living with disabilities,” Richard Bale said.
During the launch COVID-19 Care packs were donated to 35 families from around Yaounde and Ebolowa as the project would extend to the other regions.
