ACT Alliance global strategy 2015-2018
We believe that the world must be transformed for the better. What looks impossible can become possible if we all seek transformation. This includes those with power, wealth and influence, as well as those most affected by injustice. Transformation is about change in ourselves and in our relationships with one another. Right relations are needed in all levels – locally, nationally and globally.
We need to actively seek these social, economic and political changes, but can only do so with the help of God. With this second global strategy for ACT Alliance, we commit to doing our part in this transformation to attain full life and dignity for all. This will require every part of the alliance – all members and all alliance structures – to find their place and do their utmost to make this strategy successful. As such, all parts of the alliance will be asked to develop work plans that operationalise this strategy in their particular context.
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Clapping with both hands: promoting gender equality
The Syrian crisis and its impact on Lebanon – A conflict analysis
Almost 4 million people have fled Syria since the outbreak of the civil war, 1.2 million of whom are refugees in Lebanon -that is, about one in five people living in Lebanon is a refugee from the Syrian war. The present report analyses the impact of the Syrian conflict and refugee crisis on Lebanon and Lebanese host communities.
This brief analysis presents the main conflict issues and trends, and the network of interaction between local and national level conflict dynamics. It provides an overview of key actors relevant to addressing intercommunal conflict and draws some programming implications, for both conflict sensitivity of current programming and further opportunities for conflict transformation.
Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, almost 1.2 million Syrians have sought refuge in Lebanon1. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) with its partner International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has been providing assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and host communities since January 2014. This includes good in kind to refugees as well as the rehabilitation of water and sanitation infrastructure in schools and clinics, and hygiene promotion program in schools. Geographically, programmes are implemented in the North (Bebnine, Akkar, Tripoli, Khoura, Dinnieh), South (Zahle Caze, Bint Jbeil, Nabatiyyeh) and in the Bekaa Valley (Bar Elias, West Bekaa Caza).
In the light of the size of influx of refugees from Syria to Lebanon, the very difficult humanitarian context inside Syria and the volume of humanitarian assistance provided, NCA found it important to conduct a conflict analysis of the Syrian refugee crisis, the humanitarian interventions and the related transfer of resources, and its impact on the Lebanon and the Lebanese host communities – especially those being targeted by NCA programmes.
Along with being a conflict-sensitive programming tool, to ensure that programmes ‘Do No Harm’, this Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) conflict analysis also aims at serving as a necessary entry point for working on the conflict, facilitating suitable forms of peacebuilding interventions.
NCA 2015 Lebanon Conflict Analysis
Churches and Faith Communities in the face of Oppression and Violence against Indigenous and Mestiza Women in Guatemala
