No NGO or civil society organization working Person with Disabilities, Children/Youth with Disabilities Ramu Upazila at Cox’s bazar district. OPCA Started with DRRA to promote Children/Youth with Disabilities insuring their Education, Health, Rights and Livelihood, Social Empowerment. The community people and relevant stakeholders were not aware on Disability issue. Local Govt. institutions (LGI) and private sector not engaging (involving) Person with Disabilities, Children/Youth with Disabilities for their lasting development. Person with Disabilities, Children/Youth with Disabilities community also not aware about resources/safety net program facilitated by Local Govt. institutions (LGI) and NGOs.Target Childs/families, School Teacher, SMC, Community people, Local Elites and Local Union Parishad administration are very much positive about this program and they are providing their supports when needed.
Health:
Most of the people live under poverty. Families who have children with disabilities they have not enough ability to provide Health & Rehabilitation services. In our area we have lack of accessibility in health centers. In Govt. Hospital have no specialist for Children with disabilities who can provide services. There are no available ram facilities in Govt. Hospital which will help to entire children with disabilities smoothly. Medicines for children with disabilities are not available in Govt. Hospital. Every year we have seen in the development budget; there is no specific allocation for health care services to PWDs.
Education:
Most of the school-aged children with disabilities are unable to access formal and non-formal education. The ongoing Primary Education Development Program (PEDP-II) envisions inclusive education but lacks implementation infrastructure. Health services are not linked with schools. For NDD, VI and H&S disabled children school activities and campus aren’t appropriate. For physical disabled transportation accessible are not suitable & schools are distance for students with disabilities.
Livelihood:
The policies, legal and institutional frameworks while being supportive of disabled people, have not been operationalized to be of practical benefit. Majority of our communities are ignorant about them and this informs their practice (including Persons with disabilities and cannot therefore demand for their Livelihood activities rights). Job providers’ institutions are not recruiting in proper way. Persons with disabilities are well trained for entire in job market. Job accesses are not enough for persons with disabilities. Disability training centers for livelihoods are also remote. People with disabilities are deprived of their livelihood opportunities.
Social:
People with disabilities especially Women with disabilities continued to face serious obstacles in accessing justice in cases of violence, with courts rarely taking any specific measures to enable them to give their evidence before the courts. In many cases, the inadequacy of the investigation and prosecution as well as of expert witnesses’ results in the failure of such prosecutions. There are few Disable committees where DPOs are not strong and Capacity building process & leadership are not in proper way.
Empowerment:
Rendering to a recent study, the mean employment rate of persons with disabilities is less than a quarter of those without a disability, and 85 % of disabled persons leave full-time employment within the first year of becoming disabled (Chowdhury, J. 2005). These findings illustrate the limited employment opportunities and inadequate work environment for PWDs in Bangladesh