with guest Safaa Shahin for Food for the Hungry International.
Turn on the news; conflict makes the headlines—civil wars in Syria, strife in Ethiopia, disharmony closer to home, and more. Dispute is layered and complicated and hurts millions of people, and too often our external aid further exhausts those who’ve suffered enough. So, when conflict arises, how do we help without making things worse?
Safaa Shahin, originally from Syria and currently acting as Food for the Hungry’s Global Risk Resilience Lead, shares how conflict zones are especially fragile and even the best of intentions can do more harm than good. In order to promote peace and reduce conflict in any situation—in communities around the world or in our own neighbourhoods—we first need the right “lens” to understand each unique context. Safaa’s experiences will help you learn to be conflict-sensitive, and become a peacebuilder who helps foster hope.
Recommended Resources:
Fragility to Resilience - article
Our work of building Resilience at FH - webpage
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