Local Faith Communities in Urban Displacement: Evidence on Urbanization and Localization
Brief Author: Olivia Wilkinson
Design: Stacy Nam
Key points:
- Local faith actors should be recognized as legitimate “local,” “civil society” actors
- A greater familiarity with the structures of local faith actors is needed to breakdown barriers and biases and increase partnerships
- Research communication can help increase familiarity within the humanitarian sector of local faith actors
- Mediating organizations with knowledge of the local and national context can broker these interactions
- Coordination mechanisms for refugee response must work to include local faith actors so that they do not work in parallel
- Psychosocial approaches integrating secular psychology with spiritual support can be effective for refugees