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… many OPDs under severe financial strain, with no funds to cover their operational costs, and some had to shut down … disabilities and OPDs to develop funding mechanisms that cover core operational costs, organisational capacity … under severe financial strain, with limited or no funds to cover their operational costs for several months. Some OPDs …
This brief from the Zimbabwe Education Cluster presents details on the humanitarian needs and response in Zimbabwe due to the COVID-19 crisis, including the acute needs of orphans and vulnerable children, children with disabilities, and others.
ABSTRACT
Impoverishment and social exclusion of Children with Disabilities is pervasive in Zimbabwe. What is further disconcerting to the plight of Children with Disabilities is a fragile economic environment where not enough material resources can be channelled towards guaranteeing their enhanced social functioning. The author did a synthesis of the existing academic and policy literature and uses social work lens to undertake a situational analysis of current Zimbabwean child protection system dynamics with regards to Children with Disabilities hereafter referred to as CWDs. The Ministry…