• Elderly people and people with a disabilities face additional burdens, such as difficulties accessing medication for person living with a chronic health condition. This indicates that they encounter specific challenges beyond the general limitations of access to basic needs.
• People with a disabilities and elderly people reported a wide range of different physical and mental barriers limiting their coping capacity. Difficulty travelling long distance was regularly reported, while one person with a disability reported not being able to earn an income or remember key details such as distribution locations if assistance were to arrive.
• Other IDPs and the host community were a critical form of support for people with a disabilities and elderly people. Social capital* appeared to be a critical resource for these groups.
• Women and minority ethnic person and people without relatives nearby have reported more vulnerability.
Source: reliefweb
