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Independent Assessment Study of Disability Inclusion in Services at Community Level in Zimbabwe

The assessment is an in-depth study of community-based disability services for children (rehabilitation, health, child protection, educational resources units and centres at the school and district level). The study focuses on availability, accessibility, and functionality. MDS was tasked to determine the extent to which these services are being used by the communities with children with disabilities. The study will also look at the presence of other stakeholders providing services in the community, with a disability lens, to ascertain the extent of disability-inclusive programming. Muthengo Development Solutions in partnership with Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe carried out a legislative and policy analysis of the framework that governs the provision of inclusive services in Zimbabwe across the identified key stakeholders namely the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Ministry of Labour and Social welfare, Ministry of Justice, OPDs, and UNICEF including an analysis of any gaps in this framework and opportunities for strengthening. A review was conducted of models used regionally and internationally in the delivery of community-based services. The assessment was an in-depth study of community-based disability services for children (Rehabilitation, health, child protection, educational resources units and centres at the school and district level). The study focused on availability, accessibility, and functionality. MDS was tasked to determine the extent to which these services are being used by the communities with children with disabilities. The study will also look at the presence of other stakeholders providing services in the community, with a disability lens, to ascertain the extent of disability-inclusive programming. Project deliverables included an inception meeting with the stakeholders, validation workshops with the technical working group which included policy dialogue with diverse audiences, a final report, and a policy brief. MDS and LCDZ conducted data collection in Hopley, Bulawayo, Buhera, Mount Darwin, Mutoko, Mhondoro, Zaka, Tsholotsho, Gwanda, and Kwekwe across Zimbabwe.

Project Sector: 
Child Protection
Project Type: 
Research
Project Location: 
Zimbabwe
Client: 
UNICEF ZIMBABWE
Year: 
2021