Local humanitarian leadership

Over two and a half years into the war, the continued fighting has created extremely challenging conditions for civilians. Ukrainian communities and civil society have always been and continue to be at the forefront of humanitarian response. 

akarta, 28November 2022 –Oxfam is supporting the Humanitarian Knowledge Hub (JMK) in responding to the earthquake which hit Cianjur and Sukabumi in Indonesia last week. The partners have started distributing basic sanitation kits to displaced people.

Local humanitarian leadership is built upon the premise that humanitarian action should be led by local humanitarian actors whenever possible, yet this research finds that secular humanitarian INGOs do not engage systematically with local faith actors in their local leadership work.