Supporting Community Resilience in Conflict




ATHA Podcast show

Summary: A new study from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative uses the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict as a case study to explore some manifestations of community resilience and self-protection mechanisms. In conversations with key experts and practitioners, this podcast focuses on lessons learned from the LRA conflict and draws the practical and policy implications for humanitarian actors seeking to support communities affected by the LRA, or other non-state armed groups such as Boko Haram or Al Shabab. Expert commentators: Eunice Apio, Director, Facilitation for Peace and Development, Jérôme Grimaud, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, UN OCHA, Jocelyn Kelly, Director, Women in War Program, Sean Poole, Director of International Programs, Invisible Children, Paul Ronan, Project Director, The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative, Father Ernest Sugule, Peace Mediator, founder of Solidarity and Integral Assistance to Destitute People (SAIPED), D.R.C.