Project year:2021-2022.

Projects supported by URGENT ACTION FUND-AFRICA

Project area: Kajiado, Narok, Tana river, Samburu, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo, Turkana, Baringo and Garissa and West Pokot.

Project summary

Main objective; to establish the long term and gendered impact of corona virus (COVID-19) on women and girls with disabilities in nomadic and pastoralist communities

Outcomes

• Published and disseminated a baseline survey on the long term impact of COVID 19 on women and girls with disabilities from Kenyan nomadic and pastoralist communities.
• The survey examined the socio-economic effects of Covid-19 on women and girls with disabilities in 12 counties and assessed the coping strategies employed by the women in these regions to deal with the impact of the prevention measure.
• Increased knowledge and generated evidence of the need for increased interventions for women and girls with disabilities from nomadic and pastoralist communities

enhanced capacity of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities to articulate, justify and conceptualize post-Covid recovery interventions targeting women and girls with