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Summary: Children affected by war, flight and
camp life are vulnerable and need
assistance. Taking positive action as
early as possible to rebuild, restore
and strengthen social support systems
by mobilising community resources is
therefore of great importance in
assisting refugee children. Children affected by war, flight and camp life are vulnerable and
need assistance. Taking positive action as early as possible to
rebuild, restore and strengthen social support systems by mobilising
community resources is therefore of great importance in assisting
refugee children. To be able to achieve this , training of human
resources is needed.
This is a handbook on social and community work for practitioners
applicable from the very earliest warning of an emergency to the
operation of a permanent refugee settlement. It gives introductory
background to social and community work theory. The second part , the
training material is intended for use in workshop training by refugee
field workers, where the participants are volunteers in the refugee
community. It is based on experience from Radda Barnen's work with
refugee communities, especially with Afghan and Somali refugees.
Eva Segerstrom is a social counsellor and has an MSc in social work.
She is also a member of Radda Barnen's Emergency Standby Team.
Owner: Eva Segerstrom