Localizing Response to Humanitarian Need: The Role of Religious and Faith-Based Organizations
October 16-19, 2017
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Faith leaders, aid agencies around the world join forum on localizing humanitarian response
JLI cohosted the Localizing Response to Humanitarian Need Forum with over 140 participants representing multiple local and global faith networks, faith-based organizations, aid agencies, policy makers, and government representatives have participated in a forum to strengthen partnership and networks in localizing humanitarian response. Focus on documentation of methods and mechanisms of engagement of local faith networks.
Working Areas:
- Children & Health
- Conflict & Peacemaking
- Disaster response
- Disaster risk reduction and resilience
- Refugees & Forced Migration
- Gender-based Violence
- Full press release-localizing humanitarian response
- Draft Call to Action
- List of recommendations from 6 panels