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Disabled and displaced

In countries with severe difficulties, the weakest are those who pay the heaviest price.

Levi Sunday, chairman of the blind association in Juba, South Sudan, reads a book in Braille. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, AFP
Levi Sunday, chairman of the blind association in Juba, South Sudan, reads a book in Braille. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, AFP

In places where there is injustice, war or hunger or all at once, as in the case of South Sudan, a very hard natural law is applied. People with disabilities in this country, blind, deaf, dumb, paraplegics, mentally ill or simply those who have suffered the consequences of the ongoing civil war, are totally left to their own fate. There is no specific law to protect them or recognize their rights. Moreover, there is a social and cultural discrimination against them that is nearly impossible to overcome. There are not many tools to get through the limitations, many people reject the disabled or laugh at them because of their physical appearance. There is no legal coverage and the public health care is literally non existent. Nearly all of them are exposed to the willingness of relatives and neighbours who take care of them until, who knows, they can support themselves and contribute to the development of the country.

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