Welcome to How to conduct a participatory older age and disability inclusion audit of humanitarian action

This course will equip you to be able to facilitate a participatory audit of humanitarian organisations with older people and people with disabilities to ensure that humanitarian programmes are inclusive. 

Working through a scenario, you will help Naomi to partner with a self-help group of people with disabilities, older people, and people affected by leprosy, to follow the steps of carrying out a participatory audit. You will help them deal with challenges along the way. 

The course will give you insight into how to equip vulnerable people to assess how well they were included in a humanitarian response, based on the standards of inclusion.

	Is this course for me?
	This course is designed for anyone involved in disaster response and humanitarian aid. This includes humanitarian aid workers and volunteers working in local, national and international relief agencies involved in disaster response and humanitarian aid, and older people's associations (OPAs) and organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs).
	How will I benefit from this course?
	On completion of this course you will gain: An experience of what it could be like to carry out a Participatory Audit with older people and people with disabilities of humanitarian organisations Insight into how to equip vulnerable people to assess how well they were included in a humanitarian response, based on the nine standards of inclusion Confidence to strengthen the capacity of older people and people with disabilities to advocate for more inclusive humanitarian practices.
	How long will it take?
	This course should take you around 30 -40 minutes to complete.
	How much does it cost?
	This course is free!
	Will I get a certificate at the end?
	Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have completed all of the modules within the course.
	How do I start?
	Scroll to the top of the page and click on the   I agree - Join course   button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.

Data protection

This course was created by Tearfund; both Tearfund and HelpAge International will monitor use of this course. As this course is on HelpAge International portal on Kaya, any staff members with the relevant level access in HelpAge International will be able to see the name you use on Kaya and any professional information you have given us. All this data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting. 

If you have any questions about this course, please email info@helpage.org