Disability in Tanzania

Situation

In Tanzania, between 3 and 10% of the population is recognised as suffering from a diability. This handicap is mostly physical or visual. Indeed, a large part of the population suffers from albinism, which, according to local beliefs is evidence of a non-natural order and incites to murder and mutilation encouraged by witch doctors. Blind children are excluded from the school system. Moreover, disabled persons do not have the same rights as their fellow citizens. The presence of NGOs and associations helps to break the taboo, to inform and to make better the daily lives of these excluded people who are often hidden, hardly fed, living in a severely precarious situation, outcast. In Tanzania, disability is given no consideration, there is no infrastructure, no comprehension and no integration.

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Safari

When on a trip to Tanzania , you will need the services of a specialised agency who will put the infrastructure adapted to your handicap in place. There are effectively purpose-built vehicles and adequately equipped accommodation that has to be planned in advance for in Tanzania there is no taking charge of the disabled. . Classic jeeps and standard accommodation are far from suited to such circumstances and can make your stay in Tanzania quite difficult and trying. Moreover, to get the most out of a trip to Tanzania , you must be aware that medical facilities are almost nonexistent and that knowledge of the different handicaps and their treatment is totally obsolete. For all trips, whether you suffer from a physical or mental diability, get in touch beforehand with quality organisations who are up to date with reality and in a position to make you an offer adapted to your needs. It is really not easy to be disabled in Tanzania.