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Social protection and empowerment pillar

yOUtH,GENDER AND SOcIAL

SERVIcES

Enabling people living with disability
ver the past five years following the inception of
the devolution, the County Government, through
Othe Ministry of Youth, Gender and Social Services,
has been fully committed to empowering and enriching the
lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs).
So far, we have invested over Sh120 million to purchasing
income-generating equipment and mobility kits for PWDs.
The county has also significant invested in capacity build-
ing. We carried out a baseline survey during the 2015-
2016 financial year.
The survey was aimed at establishing the population of
PWDs in Mandera County. The main objective was to ob-
tain and provide up-to-date information on PWDs within the
county that will be useful in planning, monitoring and eval-
uating various activities, programmes and projects geared
towards improving PWDs’ wellbeing. Governor Ali Roba when he presented a Sh1.1 million cheque to Al-Fowzan
In the same period, the ministry also procured mobility kits Orphanage Centre to help destitute children. Above, a group of PWDs that ben-
for over 700 PWDs. The kits included wheelchairs, tricy- efited from wheelchair donations from the Mandera County government.
cles, white canes for the blind and crutches. The kits were
distributed in all the sub-counties to assist in enhancing Persons with severe disability cash transfer
the productivity and wellbeing of PWDs. This programme targets the most vulnerable PWSDs in the county. PWSDs are
Completed projects receive Sh2,000 per month, payable in compounded routine after two-month inter-
Besides the county’s own initiatives, we also work closely vals. There are 547 PWSDs who are enrolled in the programme across the county,
with other sectors to ensure that PWDs benefit from the but a scale up is expected in the coming months. We have been in touch with the
different programmes available across all sectors. These head offices in Nairobi to help register more PWDs in the county, as many such
programmes include persons with severe disability cash people continue flocking our offices seeking registration. The table below shows
transfer (PWSD-CT), the number of PWSDs who are enrolled in the programme in each sub-county: