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Building community following displacement due to armed conflict

A case study

School of Social Work and Social Policy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3083, Australia, m.frederico{at}latrobe.edu.au

Clifford J. Picton

La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3083, Australia

Steven Muncy

Community and Family Services (CFSI), MCC PO Box 2733, Makati City, Philippines

Luis Ma Ongsiapco

(CFSI), MCC PO Box 2733, Makati City, Philippines

Celia Santos

(CFSI), MCC PO Box 2733, Makati City, Philippines

Vladimir Hernandez

(CFSI), MCC PO Box 2733, Makati City, Philippines

English

Facilitating participation with people displaced due to internal armed conflict is a core challenge in community building. The case study presented in this article identifies the elements of a community-building approach which achieved sustainable outcomes for individuals and communities in Mindanao, Philippines where hundreds of thousands of people were displaced during armed conflict between 2000 and 2003.

French

Inciter la participation de personnes dé placées à la suite d'un conflit intérieur armé pour reconstruire la communauté représente un dé fi de taille. La présente étude de cas identifie les éléments d'une approche de développement communautaire qui a obtenu des ré sultats durables aupre` s de personnes et de communautés de Mindanao aux Philippines où des centaines de milliers de personnes furent dé placées durant les conflits, entre 2000 et 2003.

Spanish

Un reto central en la creació n de una comunidad es el facilitar la participación de la gente que ha sido desplazada a causa del conflicto interno armado. El caso aquí presentado identifica los componentes de la tarea de crear comunidad. Un caso que ha dado resultados duraderos para individuos y comunidades en Mindanao (Filipinas), donde cientos de miles de personas fueron desplazadas durante los conflictos habidos entre el 2000 y el 2003.

Key Words: armed conflict • community building • internally displaced persons • Mindanao • psychosocial

International Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 2, 171-184 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807073964


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