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faith-based humanitarianism

Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Interfaith humanitarian cooperation: a Lutheran perspective

The Lutheran World Federation’s experience is that closer cooperation between faith-based organisations of different faiths is both possible and beneficial.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - The clash and clout of faith: refugee aid in Ghana and Kenya

A case-study from Ghana assesses the importance of a faith-based response to displacement in West Africa, while an example from Kenya highlights problems that can arise in collaborations between secular and faith-based organisations.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - An inter-religious humanitarian response in the Central African Republic

Inter-religious action has played a key role in ensuring that social cohesion and inter-religious mediation remain on the int'l agenda in relation to response in the Central African Republic, where people’s faith is an integral part of their identity
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Respecting faiths, avoiding harm: psychosocial assistance in Jordan and the United States

Both faith-based and secular organisations need to recognise the ways in which religion can provide healing and support but can also cause harm for refugees and asylum seekers.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Faith-based humanitarianism in northern Myanmar

The response of faith-based organisations to displacement in northern Myanmar has been remarkable but sustaining an open and collaborative relationship with the international community remains an ongoing challenge.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - The costs of giving and receiving: dilemmas in Bangkok

Local faith-based organisations play a central role in meeting the basic needs of the increasing urban refugee population in Bangkok. This raises challenges for all involved.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Faith and the politics of resettlement

For some asylum seekers in Turkey, conversion may be an opportunistic strategy to improve resettlement prospects.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Principles and proselytising: good practice in Ethiopia

Faith-based organisations need to ensure that in providing essential humanitarian assistance they do not exploit the vulnerability of people by proselytising, whether overtly or covertly.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Jewish roots of humanitarian assistance

The act of assistance is an act of respect for the humanity of others and is not the preserve of any one faith.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Chins in Mizoram state, India: a faith-based response

The faith community in Mizoram state in India has played an instrumental role in providing social services, changing perceptions of refugees, and providing access and assistance, reaching the most vulnerable where there's no international presence.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Engaging IDPs in Sri Lanka: a Buddhist approach

A Buddhist Sri Lankan NGO provides an example of how endogenous faith-based civil society organisations can help mobilise IDPs in owning and defining strategies for their own protection. - See more at: http://www.fmreview.org/faith/contents#sthash.Ktl8olu
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - An ecumenical organisation for asylum seekers in Switzerland

An ecumenical organisation provides socio-pastoral assistance for asylum seekers while they go through the first crucial steps of the asylum proceedings.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - African refugees and the particular role of churches in the UK

Many churches have the necessary physical and social assets to assist refugees in the community both individually and by bringing them together.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Post-disaster recovery and support in Japan

As a locally based faith-based organisation, there were several aspects that enabled Soka Gakkai to contribute effectively to the relief effort following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, responding to both physical and psychological needs.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48: ‘Welcoming the stranger’ and UNHCR’s cooperation with faith-based organisations

Since its creation in 1950, UNHCR has engaged with faith-based organisations, faith communities and faith leaders in carrying out its work. Recently, UNHCR has been more actively exploring the role of faith in humanitarian responses.
Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - What’s faith got to do with it?

Use of the faith-based label demands greater clarification lest it lose coherence and result in adverse policy implications, excluding religiously motivated actors from providing much-needed assistance to displaced communities, particularly inside Syria.

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