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Senior Adviser- Humanitarian Affairs

THIS. Extremely important to visualize this sobbering pattern and take concrete measures to address it. As “localization” regains the center stage as a concept, may we not forget that a) the vast majority of humanitarian aid has always been, is, and will always be mounted by the local population. They are the 1st responders. They are the ones who undertake the brunt of direct response and emergency service delivery; and the ones systematically bearing the highest risk. b) we (intl orgs, donors, others) should be less concerned with reaching out to local actors to support our (even well intentioned) efforts/plans/etc and shift our focus rather to ask how can we get better support THEM? How do we better protect THEM? There is a massive difference between interventions that seek to include local actors (as if by favor); and those that explicitly support locally led action. May be continue to consciously move towards the later. 🤍 #risktransfer #humanitarianwork #humanitarianrelief #protectionofhumanitarianworkers #community #dutyofcare

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All the aid workers killed in Gaza are local staff – reflecting the sector’s continuing inability to extend the protection enjoyed by international staff to its frontline workforce. Here are the global figures: https://buff.ly/4csbTbp

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