Boko Haram: Government, NGOs asked to harness IDPs' social capital

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Government and non-governmental agencies with responsibilities for addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria's North-east have been asked to focus on harnessing social and human capital - instead of material aid - among the displaced populations.

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Government and non-governmental agencies with responsibilities for addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s North-east have been asked to focus on harnessing social and human capital – instead of material aid – among the displaced populations.

The workshop, which had in attendance IDPs and featured a multi-disciplinary gathering, was sponsored by De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom’s Global Challenges Research Fund. He further emphasised the need to move away from material solutions and financial input to a more sustainable approach that combines both material and social solutions.

“Traditional, mainly material approaches to interventions in disaster situations have come under increased scrutiny in recent years because they have failed to deliver desired long-term outcomes and have encountered resource and capacity constraints in the face of continually expanding humanitarian crises.

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