The National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine (NAIU) has prepared an Informational Brief on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Response and Recovery Plans for 2027.
The document is intended for UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, clusters, organizations working in the interests of persons with disabilities, as well as representatives of state institutions.
The brief is based on consultations and a survey involving 1,832 people from different regions of Ukraine. Participants included women and men with disabilities, families raising children with disabilities, older persons, internally displaced persons, civilians affected by the war, as well as veterans with disabilities.
The survey showed that the most urgent needs for 2027 include food assistance, backup power and heating, medicines, hygiene products, housing support, rehabilitation, and access to essential services. At the same time, almost 79% of respondents face at least one barrier when trying to access humanitarian assistance. The most common challenges are a lack of information about available support programmes and the absence of assistance directly in local communities.
The brief also highlights physical and information accessibility, transport barriers, home delivery of assistance, access to medicines and care products, energy resilience, housing, and accessible shelters.
Among NAIU’s key recommendations are to involve organizations of persons with disabilities in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of humanitarian programmes, mainstream disability inclusion across all areas of humanitarian response, ensure the accessibility of services and information, and design eligibility criteria based on people’s actual needs.
The principle “Nothing About Us Without Us” should be at the core of humanitarian response and recovery planning for 2027.
The Informational Brief is available below.
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