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Community-based protection

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Key points
  • Involve all relevant actors in CBP activities: local institutions, State agencies, civil society and community-based organisations, and persons of concern, including persons with specific needs. Coordinate with other national and international actors and avoid over-assessment.
  • Identify community structures; build on the community's existing capacities; make use of community members' sense of volunteerism. Avoid creating parallel structures.
  • Every community that faces threats finds ways to protect its members. These may or may not be effective, but it is important to identify and map them.
  • Do not assume that all protection problems are due to displacement. Some, including domestic violence and ethnic and religious discrimination, are likely to have a longer history.
  • Do not rush the process of building trust and engagement. It requires regular and consistent involvement and communication with the community.
  • Do not make any promises to the community that you may not be able to keep.

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