AHP Bangladesh

Project | March 21, 2025

Since 2018, CBM Global’s IAG has been a technical partner in a consortium of six mainstream partners in the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) Rohingya response in Bangladesh. Working with our local partner the Centre for Disability in Development, we have supported mainstream humanitarian organisations to make their programming more inclusive of persons with disabilities.

Significant achievements in promoting disability inclusion have been made across four AHP activations, including:

Enhanced capacity of consortium partners on disability inclusion through joint learning opportunities, onsite technical support and training
Identification of persons with disabilities in all partner programmes using the Washington Group Questions.
Improved access to health, WaSH, education and livelihood facilities and services, through identifying barriers and providing accessibility advice in design.
Improved participation of persons with disabilities, through the establishment and engagement of 13 Self Help Groups/Disability Support Committees in the camp and host community and 48 inclusive community groups.

Data collected at the end of the third AHP activation indicated that 79% of persons with disabilities in the project areas felt that the overall situation for persons with disabilities had been improve.

The longevity created by multiple activations has allowed for the development of institutional knowledge and for the project partners to build on successes and learning.

Across the activations, some key elements have driven success:

Senior leadership among the consortium partners prioritizing disability inclusion
Joint action plans and MEAL frameworks where disability is integrated
A “Disability Inclusion Technical Unit” which convened and trained disability inclusion focal points from each partner and supported cascading this learning across the consortiums work through a training of trainer’s approach
Dedicated budget for technical support on disability inclusion and to make activities more inclusive

For more about our work with the AHP, contact Emma Pettey, Senior Advisor: emma.pettey@cbm-global.org

A young girl in a blue with a white headscarf smiles while holding a green textbook close to her chest. Beside her, a woman in a blue headscarf embraces her warmly, both standing in front of a school building with a sign in Bengali script. The background includes a playground with a swing set.

Rifa, a twelve year old girl with a disability living in the Bangladesh Host Community of the Rohingya Camps with her mother. Rifa began attending life skill-based education sessions at an “adolescent club” established by World Vision under the AHP III, after the club started integrating sessions on disability inclusion in its activities. Since joining the club, Rifa gained the confidence to enrol at the primary school.

Related Resources

Impact report: AHP Phase III Bangladesh Impact Report: An honest account
Lesson Learned report: Our Lessons: AHP III Bangladesh Inclusion matters
Website of Australian Humanitarian Partnership
‘Humanitarian policy and partnerships’ on website DFAT
AHP Bangladesh Consortium videos on YouTube

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