ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the critical role of shelter after a disaster, and look at ways in which Habitat for Humanity has adapted its programmes to ensure that people with disabilities are able to participate in the programme design and benefit from improved housing. Protected home in Romania, the aim of the project was to create an environment where six people with severe intellectual disabilities were able to live among their equals, where often they were deprived of fundamental rights. The best way to mitigate the negative impacts of a disaster is for community structures to be put in place to prepare for the risks that exist. This has been conducted in the form of community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) programmes. In partnership with The Leprosy Mission (TLM), an organization whose vision is People affected by leprosy living with dignity in transformed communities that have overcome leprosy, Habitat for Humanity India was committed to reconstruct accessible housing for affected families.
