Interest in mutual aid, the spontaneous and voluntary assistance people give to each other in crisis, is on the increase. From the street-level WhatsApp groups that emerged during the Covid-19 lockdowns, to the efforts by Sudanese, Ukrainian, Myanmar, or Palestinian civilians caught up in war, conflict, attacks, and widespread displacement it is obvious that volunteers and self-help groups are of crucial importance.
News & Updates News & Updates Mutual Aid in Sudan: the future of aid? “Every village & town we passed thru people would come out with their kerkade (hibiscus) juice…
Sclr microgrants helped feed and suppport people affected by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar, in areas where no other aid was available.
Experienced sclr practitioners from East Jerusalem YMCA have travelled to Lebanon to train colleagues from Lebanese NGOs to work with community-led response.
Protection in the occupied Palestinian territories: “They can do projects here for 1,000 years and nothing will change” The study explores perceptions of protection threats, challenges and self-protection strategies as…
A short piece on the Local to Global Protection initiative may be found on page 60 in the recently published World Disaster Report 2012 along with a lot of inspiring…
A critical reflection by anthropologist Simon Harragin on the methodology behind the Local to Global Protection initiative and other so called 'participatory' research methods used in humanitarian assessments and research.…