Somalia Victim Assistance Event day report 2016

INTERNATIONAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE DAY REPORT 2016

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Event name: Celebration International Victim Assistance Day Type: celebration Event: victim assistance day Venue: DIK training Hall Date: 4 April 2016 Participants: 20 persons Funded: HADF members contribution Town: Mogadishu Country: Somalia Condition: post conflict state

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Background Somalia is a post conflict state in the horn of the Africa with population of more than ten million most of them nomadic farmers and livestock heders. A country destroyed by more than two decades of wars that ruined the public infrastructure institution in the country where people depend private service which is very expense the medical service, education, employment and housing.

A country with fragile state where law enforcement and jurisdiction is very law and nascent not operation with full scale capacity to serve nationwide Somali where large swath of country are out of the government control. Making very hard access of humanitarian aid the people in those areas Somalia is a country with high risk of armed conflicts a source of victim every day in the people where people are dying in the armed conflict and some losing part of their limps from the wound joining them easily to the VA and disabled people who are largely increasing in the country with out any national rights permitting free service health care, education and employment with their families.

The plight of the victims and disabled colleague in Somalia is really ordeal left alone in the harsh live condition and traditional practises discriminating them public and private. Where the employment regulation is not insuring quata for the PWDs persons with disabilities and members of their families. unfortunately the people with disabilities in Somalia are subjected to begger most them in the public markets and shelter in the IDP camps.

Lack national regulation protecting the rights of the persons with disabilities made their rights invisible where most of them has despaired in the live . the national institution for the disabled people care, shelter and education are occupied by other who some of them are sheltering, making business and sometimes camp for the government organs.

Sheer negligence against the PWDs people with disabilities from the government and international community has legalized their rights and roles to be exploited by other most of the self organized selfish groups using the name of the civil society and some organized by member of government official are looting their resources which is crime with protection.

DPOs disabled people organizations in Somalia number of DPO imaged when public service gone out of work replaced by private institution providing health and education very expensive unaffordable for the victim access of medical service leading in some cases left alone. And lack of education for the victim parent children or children with disabilities

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Volunteer groups has realised the need to establish DPOs providing service the most neglected groups in the society in every sector of the live. Number of DPOs are operation grown strong deliver service the PWDs and members of their families.

EVENT MUNITIES Highly organized celebration for the international victim assistance day is held in Mogadishu participated by the DPOs disabled people organizations, PWDs people with disabilities and member of their families and service providers in Somalia. the event was great day for the victims and survivors in Somalia which they share more with other people.

HADF horn Africa disability forum is network with largest DPOs and service providers institutions member that is providing in the country care, shelter, rehabilitation and protection for the PWDs people with disabilities in general including the victims and survivors who member of their beneficiaries HADF network has organized this event to honor the the victim and survivors a day they may share their past and future with colleagues. some victim in the ceremony complained lack support and cooperation from the international donors and VA international focal point UNMAS which has been claiming the intervention of the VA works in the country.

Female persons speaking to the international community and government said we are very sorry that we hear from the media there are projects funded to the VA victim assistants in somalia which are only in a words. we are requesting from international agencies to provide us the right support we are entitled with UNMAS international mandates.

Mr. Osman speaking behalf of deaf people said there are hundreds persons made deaf and deaf blind by the ERW and landmines in Somalia which are conman every where in the country left in the civil wars hidden in the sand. we reqeat from the government, international community and UNMAS to take care of these people as the world mandated you.

Mr. Ali victim lost hands and sight landmine at the age 5 years in Hiran regions said i have been monitoring the work of the VA as international from the media and website where i have found they have great rights, respect and role in their communities as well as local and international support. unfortunately in Somalia we have nor intervention from the international community, donors and UNMAS focal piont.

Mr. Abdullahi the chairperson of the HADF . it is not the first time to mark the 4 April in somalia this years, the DPOs has been working as individual event. fortunately today its different are more important than all. where all DPOs member of the HADF has made their contribution to organize the ceremony in one single work.

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in our press words of this events we say, international VA victim assistance mandate and regulations should be maintained in somalia, the VA international focal point to should lookback its discriminating work against the DPOs and VA support interventions should be organized as soon as possible with consultation of the DPOs and PWDs a key figure of the VA international stakeholders. We see that HI Handicap international vacated in the south central Somalia that is great humanitarian negligence.

Recommendation Politely, we recommend to the VA focal point in Somalia open new door and works with right stakeholders rather selfishly organized group with cooperation of member of the UNMAS staff founded so called VA groups cooperation. nothing without us About us.

Somalia DPO grown strong enough to be hidden in pocket Mr. Ali Aden VA focal point Somali DPOs Mr. Abdullahi Hassan Chairperson HAFD

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