Consultant

Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion

1. Background
1.1 About Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International)
Handicap International now operates under the name Humanity & Inclusion (HI). Driven by a deep sense of justice, we stand against the inequalities faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable communities. We envision a world of solidarity and inclusion, where diversity is valued, and everyone can live with dignity. HI is an international, independent, and impartial non-profit organization that intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict, and disaster. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, HI acts and takes notice, to meet their basic needs, improve their living conditions, and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. HI is currently implementing projects in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Handicap International (HI) in Jordan, is registered under the number 1722 in the Ministry of Development's register of associations.
1.2 Protected Today and Tomorrow: Responding to Immediate Concerns and Preventing Future Protection Threats for Refugees and Host Community Members in Jordan.
HI, in collaboration with consortium partners DRC and JRF, is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of national and local structures in targeted areas. Drawing on several years of intervention in response to the Syrian crisis, HI has developed robust evidence supporting the effectiveness of comprehensive rehabilitation. Recognizing the need to adapt as the context evolves, HI has shifted its response to reduce the vulnerability of people with disabilities and to promote equitable access to humanitarian assistance and government services for both refugees and Jordanians from host communities.
HI collaborates with primary health care centers (PHCs) and community development centers (CDCs) supporting equipment, capacity development and service delivery. In parallel, HI has set up a network of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) volunteers in each target area. CBR volunteers play a key role in identifying individuals with unmet needs, assessing their requirements, and ensuring that appropriate services are provided by local rehabilitation actors or through effective referrals for essential services.
By combining a user-centered approach with strengthened service delivery systems, HI integrates resilience with humanitarian interventions for improved protection outcomes. This approach aligns with key SPHERE standards for humanitarian action, namely: appropriateness, effectiveness, local capacity strengthening, participation, coordination/complementarity, and continuous learning. Together, these efforts enable national and international actors to implement effective, sustainable interventions that respond to the evolving needs of affected communities.
1.3 Implementation of the Equity Fund model and Community-based rehabilitation (CBR)
Equity Fund: According to World Health Organization (WHO), Universal Health Coverage is defined as ensuring that all people have access to needed promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that people do not suffer financial hardship when paying for the services. One of the factors influencing access to services is financial accessibility. Based on that, HI developed a mechanism called Equity Fund: The Equity Fund mechanism addresses the financial challenge faced by most vulnerable Syrian refugees living outside of camps in accessing health services. It is a conditional cash support mechanism intended to facilitate access to rehabilitation services by removing the main financial barriers. It subsidizes the direct and indirect costs incurred by refugees or vulnerable Jordanians when accessing rehabilitation services (direct cost of rehabilitation such as fees for the sessions, prosthetics and orthotics, and assistive devices and the indirect costs such as transportation).