Saima for special plan to reduce disaster risk of disabled

Chairperson of National Advisory Committee on Autism Saima Hossain on Saturday said special planning should be taken to cut disaster risk of the people with disabilities.
‘The people with disabilities are vulnerable during any natural and manmade disaster… So, special planning is needed for protecting lives of physically and mentally challenged people during disaster period,’ she told the inaugural ceremony of Dhaka conference on disability and disaster risk management.
The ministry of disaster management and relief, the ministry of social welfare and the ministry of women and children affairs, the Center for Disability in Development and the National Forum of Organisation Working with the Disabled are jointly hosting the three-day conference at the Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh.
Minister for disaster management and relief Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Bir Bikram, state minister for women and children affairs Meher Afroze Chumki, chief of Advocacy and Outreach Section of UNISDR Jerry Velasquez and assistant professor of International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, USA Valerie Luyn Karr, among others, addressed the function with social welfare secretary Tariq-Ul-Islam in the chair.
In her keynote presentation Saima said, ‘My grandfather (Bangabandhu) had taken necessary initiatives for rehabilitations of wounded freedom fighters. My mother (prime minister Sheikh Hasina) also has followed the same path for well-being of the wounded freedom fighters as well as people with disabilities.’

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