lpin Steve Corbett Tom LePage Doing Asset-Based, Participatory Relief, Rehabilitation and Development Helping In Haiti: Webinar 2 Feb 24, 2010

Steve Corbett Tom LePage Doing Asset-Based, Participatory Relief, Rehabilitation and Development Helping In Haiti: Webinar 2 Feb 24, 2010

Asset-Based Approach Individuals and communities have resources to contribute, even drive, positive change in their lives. – Social Social Capital refers to the collective value of all “social networks” (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity) – Knowledge – Economic Key action is to – Identify – Mobilize – Connect

Some Some ABCD Tools Asset Maps/Inventories Participatory Learning and Action Learning Conversations

Participatory What Kind of Participation? Functional participation: Involvement in project/program activities that are predetermined by the implementing organization. Empowering participation: Building capacity of people by involvement in the planning, implementing and evaluation of the project/program.

6/9/20156 A Participatory Continuum Mode of Participation Involvement of Local People Relationship of Research and Action to Local People Coercion Compliance Consultation Local people submit to predetermined plans. Tasks are assigned to local people with incentives: outsiders decide agenda and direct the process. Local opinions are asked: outsiders analyze and decide on a course of action TO FOR

6/9/20157 A Participatory Continuum Mode of Participation Involvement of Local People Relationship of Research and Action to Local People Cooperation Co-learning Collective action Local people work together with outsiders to determine priorities; responsibility remains with outsiders for directing the process. Local people and outsiders share their knowledge to create new understanding and plans. Action done primarily by local people with some outsider facilitation Local people set their own agenda and mobilize to carry it out in the absence of outside initiators and facilitators WITH BY WITH/BY

Relief-Rehabilitation-Development Relief The urgent provision of emergency aid to reduce suffering resulting from a natural and/or man-made crisis. Relief is by its very nature, immediate and temporary. It is prolonged only when self-reliance is impossible. The basic dynamic is provider and receiver.

Rehabilitation The restoration of people and their communities to their pre-crisis state and minimization of future vulnerabilities. Opportunities for moving from doing for to doing with. Local population involved in the work. Serves as a bridge between relief and development.

Development The process of on-going change that is moving people closer to being in right relationship with God, with themselves, with others and with nature. Development isn’t done to people or for people but with people. The key dynamic is promoting an empowering process. This will typically be done around or result in some “products/project”.

Development can be done at a variety of levels: -Individual: Restoration of identity and vocation -Household: Both nuclear and extended family -Community: Larger scope, associations, institutions -Societal: Wider institutions, laws. Note this is often labeled advocacy.

Minimum Standards of Disaster and Rehabilitation Assistance (The Sphere Project) Participation of affected population in assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the assistance program Initial assessment to provide an understanding of the disaster situation and to determine the nature of the response Response when needs of affected population are unmet whether due to local inability or govt. unwillingness

Targeting of assistance based on vulnerability and need and provided equitably and impartially. Focus is typically children ages 0-5, pregnant women and the elderly. Aid workers possess appropriate qualifications, attitudes and experience to plan and effectively implement appropriate assistance programs Supervision and support of aid workers is sufficient to ensure effective implementation of assistance programs

Monitoring effectiveness of assistance to help determine improvements or phase out plans Evaluation of assistance program to draw lessons learned in order to improve practices, policies and as a mechanism of accountability Humanitarian Assistance: Minimum Standards for all Sectors. Chapter Engineering in Emergencies: A Practical Guide for Relief Workers ISBN

6/9/ Do No Harm Looking at ways unintended harm can result in relief, rehabilitation and development work

6/9/ Negative Economic Impacts Providing assistance can severely distort local economic activities and reduce incomes and employment opportunities

6/9/ Intensifying Group Conflict Targeting aid to specific groups within a community to the exclusion of others heightens inter-group suspicions, tensions and competition

Relief Work in Haiti Medical Food/Nutrition Shelter/Infrastructure Water/Sanitation

Rehabilitation Work in Haiti Cash/Food/Commodity for Work –H–Haiti minimum wage: $4.80/day (60 cents/hr) Small Grants Sectors will provide different opportunities –H–Housing –B–Business Development –W–Water/Sanitation –C–Church

Webinar 3: Wednesday March 3 Further Learning Resources – –