This guidance note provides an overview of the risks that persons with disabilities face in the COVID-19 response regarding accessing humanitarian services and proposes actions to address these risks within the WASH response specifically. This note draws on the IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, 1 WASH chapter, applying these to the North West Syria COVID-19 response.

February is marked as Low Vision Awareness Month. Low vision affects millions of people, children and adults, and cannot be fixed with eyeglasses, contact lenses, or surgery. Low vision also makes some activities difficult like reading, writing and cooking. Playing games can be frustrating too. We have put together a list of five board games that have been adapted beautifully for people who are blind and low vision.
 

Arushi and Dilip Buildcon Limited organized ‘The 15th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2021’ on Sunday. PK Mishra was present as the Chief Guest and flagged off the first vehicle and started the rally from DB city Mall, Bhopal.

Supriya Jatav Gold Medalist, Common Wealth Games and Winner of US Open Karate Championship, Atul Kataria, Rohit Trivedi, Ashutosh Roy were also present as special guest. The first car was driven by Aruneshwar Singh Deo with Navigator Nisha Ojha.

India enacted a law to protect the interests of migrant workers in 1979 with all good intentions. It ensured fair and decent conditions of employment along with the licensing of contractors who employ migrant workers, said details of all migrant workers should be provided to the relevant authorities and had a host of other good features. Yet this country saw the utter misery of the migrant workers during the Covid lockdown, with thousands marching home on foot with nothing to hang on to except their miserable belongings.

Recently, the Supreme Court's Justice Chandrachud made a remark at the valedictory ceremony at an international summit on the theme Legal Professionals with Disabilities on the International D