How to Include Disabled People in Relief and Development Projects

Disability, Equality, and Human Rights: a Training Manual for Development and Humanitarian Organisations, by Alison Harris and Sue Enfield, emphasizes the importance of involving disabled people in the planning and delivery of emergency relief and economic-development assistance. Ms. Harris, who served as disability-support manager at Oxfam Great Britain’s office in Pristina, Kosovo, and Ms. Enfield, a consultant in Lewes, England, suggest that relief groups should solicit advice from people with disabilities about the services they require, and should help them act as advocates for themselves. The book draws on Oxfam’s experiences in developing countries in West Africa and South and East Asia. It includes detailed instructions for teaching people with disabilities and other relief workers to serve as advocates.

Publisher: Oxfam Publishing, 274 Banbury Road, Oxford, England OX2 7DZ; (44) 1865-311-311; publish@oxfam.org.uk; http://www.oxfam.org.uk/publications; 352 pages; 29.95 British pounds.