An Assessment of The Impact of Humanitarian Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Affected by the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon and Their Experiences

The Anglophone conflict in Cameroon brought clashes that began in 2017 between government forces and non-state armed groups seeking independence for the former Southern Cameroons. This attracted numerous humanitarian organizations with aim of protecting the vulnerable, especially Persons with disabilities (PWDs). Despite efforts to respect the enormous policy tools on humanitarian inclusion of PWDs, the affected PWDs still exhibit some frustration with humanitarian response. This raises the question if there has been enough inclusion of PWDs in humanitarian action to moderate their sufferings. To supplement secondary sources of data, the qualitative research method was employed in collecting primary data in the conflict Regions of North West and South West Regions with emphasis on interviews. The purposive, stratified random sampling and snowball sampling methods were employed in the selection of the study sample. The Findings showed a strong impact of humanitarian inclusion on the lives of affected PWDs. In this case, however, the level of humanitarian inclusion of PWDs has not been sufficient to greatly impact on the lives of PWDs. Concrete inclusive measures are therefore solicited from all humanitarian stakeholders operating within this context to avert the sufferings of PWDs.