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Session 10.1.Session 10.1.

Who Are the Refugees?Who Are the Refugees?

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Session Objectives:

Put a “human face” on the refugee population

Overcome the common phenomenon of treating the displacement in gross numbers only without considering the sub-group characteristics of the refugees

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Basis of People-Oriented Approach:Basis of People-Oriented Approach: Two Basic FactsTwo Basic Facts

2. Refugees are people with 2. Refugees are people with strengths and capacities on strengths and capacities on which to build emergency which to build emergency programming responses.programming responses.

1. All refugees are not the same and any single refugee group is not homogeneous.

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AGE

GENDER

What are the critical demographic What are the critical demographic differences?differences?

FAMILY STATUS

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What has What has CHANGEDCHANGED as a result of as a result of this displacement?this displacement?

DEPARTUREDEPARTURE FLIGHTFLIGHT ARRIVALARRIVAL ASYLUMASYLUM DURABLE SOLUTION?DURABLE SOLUTION?

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Who does what Who does what nownow? Who is in ? Who is in control control nownow??

What did people do before and what do What did people do before and what do they do now?they do now?

Who controlled and now controls Who controlled and now controls resources?resources?

What determined societal roles and what What determined societal roles and what determines them now?determines them now?

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People -Oriented-Planning People -Oriented-Planning FrameworkFramework

Three StepsThree Steps1.1. Context and Refugee ProfileContext and Refugee Profile

2.2. Activities AnalysisActivities Analysis

3.3. Analysis of Use and Analysis of Use and ControlControl of of ResourcesResources

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STEP ONESTEP ONE

CONTEXT AND REFUGEE CONTEXT AND REFUGEE PROFILEPROFILE

InstitutionalStructures

EconomicConditionsTraditions &

BeliefsPoliticalEvents

Attitudes

LegalParameters

Demographics

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STEP TWOSTEP TWO

ACTIVITIES ANALYSISACTIVITIES ANALYSIS

What Who Where andWhen

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STEP THREESTEP THREE

ANALYSIS OF USE AND ANALYSIS OF USE AND CONTROL OF RESOURCESCONTROL OF RESOURCES

What was lost?

What was brought?

What is provided?

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QQuestion your own uestion your own assumptions!assumptions!

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Learn their story… So you can build on their capacities

Conclusion: For effective programming...