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Today, Africa is in the grip of an unprecedented crisis, heightened by the inability of homegrown African organizations to engage readily in the search for solutions to the continent’s problems. On a positive note, millions of displaced persons have been able to experience a voluntary, safe and dignified return home. However, with an estimated 22 million people remaining forcibly displaced across the continent, significant challenges remain. African in spirit, concept and composition, AHA is a pan-African non-governmental organization providing effective humanitarian assistance to alleviate human suffering building on the strength of African people to solve African problems. Hence, the paper outlines a transformational change in indigenous humanitarian capacity development directions towards addressing the root causes of forced displacement and human migration. The directional change entails addressing issues of human security that seeks to protect people against a broad range of threats to individuals and communities and, further, to empower them to act on their own behalf and to forge a global alliance against forced displacement. Key words: transformational change, indigenous humanitarian capacity development
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Transformational Change: gStrengthening African Capacity for Enhanced and Sustainable for Enhanced and Sustainable
Humanitarian Action
Case StudyCase Study
Mercy Medical Relief Society Doing it Better: Transforming Humanitarian Efforts International
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Humanitarian Conference 2011Kuwalalumpur Nov 26-29
The State Of Human Despair In AfricaHuman Despair In Africa
• an estimated 22 million people an estimated 22 million people remaining forcibly displaced;
• 13 million are starving in the Horn of 13 million are starving in the Horn of Africa;
• mal governance and Conflictsa go e a ce a d Co cts• Diseases of poverty• African organizations suffer from ca o ga a o s s e o
insufficient funding to up-grade competences and structures to a pcompetitive level to deal with this challenge
Paradigm shifts necessary for f i l htransformational change
• What is the overall rationality or significance • What is the overall rationality or significance of the great traffic of international projects of in fragile states, the proliferating activities g , p gthat seem to show little regard for economy of co-ordination?
• How far and in what ways do various international agencies, programmes, mechanisms forms of knowledge and mechanisms, forms of knowledge and technical assistance feed on one another in helping set the boundaries of CD reform in helping set the boundaries of CD reform in fragile states?
Africa Humanitarian ActionAfrican in spirit, concept and
iti AHA i Af i composition, AHA is a pan-African non-governmental organization non governmental organization
(NGO) providing effective h i i i ll i humanitarian assistance to alleviate
human suffering building on the human suffering building on the strength of African people to solve
African problems.
BackgroundBackground• Founded in 1994 in response to the Founded in 1994 in response to the
Rwandan genocide;• Supported nine million people in 16 Supported nine million people in 16
African countries to regain their health, dignity and well-beingg y g
• Currently AHA works in 18 African countries
• Values: AHA seeks to empower African people p p
Goal: ensure that vulnerable African communities face minimal risk of di d i hdisasters and receive the necessary humanitarian assistance when they occur
Objectives: strengthen AHA’s programmedelivery capability so it can delivery capability so it can implement effective disaster prevention, mitigation and response work throughout Africa;
O t t h d t t ffi d Outputs: enhanced structures, offices and trained staff in place to deliver more extensive programmes to reach more extensive programmes to reach more people at risk from and affected by disasters
AHA Outcomes • Diversified and scaled up assistance are provided; • Diversified and scaled up assistance are provided; • Humanitarian values included in all
programmes;p g ;• Complementary programme areas are identified;• Associations/offices are harmonized ;
S f l h lth ti lidifi d• Successful health promotion are solidified;• Mainstreaming gender, specially focusing on
SGBV; ;• Application of knowledge and learning level; • Improved management information;
I d ti l t d d• Improved operational systems and procedures;• Enhanced long-term financial sustainability;• Improved results and impact measurements Improved results and impact measurements
established and practiced
Operations• Corporate Planning Operations & Impact M&E• Corporate Planning, Operations & Impact M&E• Capacity Development• Code of Practice for a mutual accountability y
contribute to on going efforts of the CD partnership towards commitment to the use of standard practices• serve as a guiding document for improving the
partnership by setting out institutional modalities aimed at enhancing pluralistic processes and foster aimed at enhancing pluralistic processes and foster a genuine to a locally driven approach
• enable societies & polities to be aware of acts of enable societies & polities to be aware of acts of public offence
• build systems of knowledge management (KM) for CD
Conclusion AHA endeavors and works to
• foster institutions which currently do not exist;
• reorienting institutions which have been • reorienting institutions which have been diverted to non-humanitarian c ends; and
• building in-country capacity for democratic building in country capacity for democratic governance on the basis of African demand and with a minimum of outside expertise
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