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Supporting social change and conflict reduction through trauma healing and community problem-solving
HDPI supports Wozo Haiti a locally developed, national organization which aims to generate positive social change and conflict reduction through trauma healing and community empowerment.
Engaging faith leaders to promote human rights
HDPI consultants provided training for faith leaders on basic tenents of international humanitarian law, human rights and child rights, youth leadership, conflict prevention, and reconciliation in conflict-affected communities in Eastern DRC and Burundi.
Evaluating post-earthquake programming
HDPI organized and conducted an evaluation of a post-earthquake trauma-healing and resilience program in Haiti.
Emergency assessments for refugee and displaced children
HDPI members helped facilitate an inter-agency mission to Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey to assess the situation of at-risk refugee and displaced children. Also consulted on emergency preparedness and response actions to the large-scale influx of unaccompanied children into the US.
Capacity building for children’s rights in transitional justice processes in Sri Lanka
HDPi consultants are providing intensive capacity-building for local civil organizations in children’s rights and inclusion framework in truth-seeking and reconciliation processes following the decades-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka.