Orphanage & Disabled

According to African Union, Mobility International and World Bank, every day in Africa, many people are disabled by malnutrition and disease, environmental hazards, natural disasters, traffic and industrial accidents, civil conflict and war.

The vast majority of Africans with disabilities are excluded from schools and opportunities to work, virtually guaranteeing that they will live out their lives as the poorest of the poor. School enrollment for the disabled is estimated at no more that 5-10 percent. Only 1 percent of disabled women living in developing countries are literate.

Disabled people are estimated at 10 percent of the general population, but possibly as high as 20 percent of the poor. As many as 80 percent of working age people with disabilities are unemployed. The social stigma associated with disability results in marginalization and isolation, often leading to begging as the sole means of survival. A consequence of living in poverty with a disability is inadequate access to health services, resulting frequently in serious secondary conditions and general deterioration of the quality of life.

Based on these facts GLOPEC has decided to help by:

• Setting up orphanage centers for these disables
• Setting up education centers for the disables