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Internationalising Institutional and Professional Practices: Community Partnership Models of Change in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka

Grant reference: RES-062-23-1025

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Breaking the mould conference : disaster interventions, climate change, community resilience and humanitarian aid when empowering local communities
Societies are facing increasing levels of risk and uncertainty in disaster situations. This makes delivering humanitarian aid in disaster situations a complicated and controversial subject. Whilst there are numerous examples of good practice that relief workers can point to, there are also countless instances of exploitative and/or inappropriate interventions that those receiving aid have to contend with. This conference asks whether it is time for a paradigm shift in the manner in which aid is delivered and who can be legitimately involved in such work. What are the agendas that donors should respond to if they are trying to empower local recipients? What can be learnt from research and practice in this regard?
English

Primary contributor

Organiser Lena Dominelli

Bodies involved

Host Durham University

Additional details

http://www.dur.ac.uk/sass/research/srilanka/breaking_the_mould/
01 August 2012
Durham
03 August 2012

Files

Dominelli_breaking.pdf (.pdf / 668kb)