The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Refugee Repatriation in Africa
Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei wɔ Asante Twi mu
Nyamesom Ahyehyɛde ahodoɔ (FBOs) adi dwuma titire wɔ mmoa a wɔde ma nnipa mu berɛ tenten, na mpɛn pii no wɔbɔ baabi a atutenafoɔ wɔ no ho ban[1], wɔn a wɔsan kɔ wɔn man mu, ne wɔn a wɔsan kɔ wɔn man mu a aban anaa aman pii bɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛboa wɔn no ho so[2]. Wɔ Afrika mu no, FBOs a ɛfiri asɔre ahodoɔ ne Islam adɔeɛ kuo ahodoɔ kosi amanaman mu gyidi-ho-nkorɔfo a wɔnnyɛ-Amanamanmufoɔ de mmoa kɛseɛ abrɛ atutenafoɔ a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsan kɔ wɔn man mu. Wɔn honhom fam nkɛntɛnso, wɔn a wɔtete wɔn mu, ne wɔn abrabɔ pa ma wɔyɛ nnipa titiriw a wɔboa ma wɔsan kɔ wɔn man mu wɔ nidi ne akomatɔyam mu[1][2][3].
Gyediesom kuo ahodoɔ a wɔyɛ atutenafoɔ ayɛ
[sesa]FBO di dwuma wɔ baabi a wɔhyɛ mmara ase, titire wɔ mmeaeɛ a ntɔkwa asi no, baabi a aban anaa nnipa a wofi akyirikyiri nni ahotoso kɛse. Dwuma a wodi wɔ atubrafo a wɔresan aba wɔn man mu no bi ne:
- Honhom fam afotu ne wɔn a wɔsan ba no ho ayaresa.
- Asomdwee ne asomdwoe a ɛwɔ nnipa a wɔsan ba wɔn man mu ne wɔn a wɔaba wɔn man mu no ntam no ho dawuru.
- Gyidi nkitahodie a wɔboa ma wɔsan de wɔn ho hyɛ mu[4].
Wɔ aman a akodi asi mu te sɛ South Sudan, Rwanda, ne Sierra Leone mu no, na FBOfo ka wɔn a wodi kan a wɔboaa atubrafo ma wɔsan kɔɔ wɔn kurom no ho, na mpɛn pii no na wɔne UNHCR ne ɔman nniso ahorow no bom yɛ adwuma.[5]
2. Adwuma a Wɔyɛ wɔ Ahodzi na Ayɛdze a Wɔsan De Hye Hɔn Mu
[sesa]Nkrataa a ɛwɔ hɔ no kyerɛ sɛ, sɛ wɔsan de wɔn ba fie a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwɛ no yiye na wɔamfa ne nsa anka no.
Caritas, a ɛyɛ Katolek Asɔre no fa a ɛboa nnipa wɔ wiase nyinaa no aboa Congofo ne Sudanfo atubrafo ma wɔasan aba ɔman no mu denam akwantu, aduan, ne bere tiaa mu atenae a wɔde ama wɔn no so.
Islamic Relief aboa wɔn a wɔsan kɔ Niger, Somalia, ne Sudan[6].
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) ne UNHCR yɛɛ adwuma wɔ Kakuma ne Dadaab nsraban a ɛwɔ Kenya mu de boaa mmɔden a wɔbɔe sɛ wɔbɛsan de Somalifo ne South Sudanfo aba wɔn man mu[7][8].
Mpɛn pii no, sɛ aguanfo no fi atrae hɔ kɔ baabi a wɔsan de wɔn kɔ tena a, wɔn a wɔyɛ adwuma wɔ baabi a wɔhwɛ wɔn no hwɛ sɛ wɔbɛkɔ so ahwɛ wɔn.
Asɛnnifo ne Asomdwoe-Agyigyefo Dwumadi
[sesa]FBO di dwuma titiriw wɔ akasakasa anotew ne asetra mu nkabom mu, na wɔboa ma wonya tebea a ahobammɔ wom ma wɔn a wɔsan ba:
Wɔ Central African Republic no, nyamesom akannifo a wofi Interfaith Platform (Muslimfo, Katolekfo, ne Protestantfo) no aboa ma nnipa a wɔasan aba wɔn man mu no atena faako[9][10].
Wɔ Rwanda no, asɔre akuw boaa wɔn a wɔsan fii nnipakum mu bae ne wɔn a wonyaa wɔn ti didii mu no ma wɔne wɔn kasae.
Wɔ South Sudan no, South Sudan Asɔre Agyinatu Bagua no ne atubrafo a wɔasan aba no ayɛ adwuma ama ama wɔn anya fafiri na wɔasan akɔ wɔn man mu bio[11].
Saa mmɔdenbɔ yi ma nnipa a wɔsan ba no ne wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ adwuma no mu no ntam yɛ basaa, na ɛma wɔn a wɔsan ba fie no nya asetena pa.
Suban Pa ne Onyankopɔn Nnyinasosɛm a Ɛka Yɛn ma Yɛde Yɛn Ho Hyɛ Adwuma no Mu
[sesa]Mpɛn pii no, ɔsom a wɔfa mu wɔ aguanfo a wɔsan kɔ wɔn man mu no gyina ɔsom mu gyinapɛn ahorow bi te sɛ:
(Mateo 25:35)
Islamfo gyinapɛn ahorow a ɛne hijrah (ɔbra) ne aman (ahobammɔ) no.
Afrika amammerɛ som ahorow no de wɔn adwene si ɔmanfo a wɔbɛsan atena wɔn mu ne asase a wɔde bɛma wɔn no so.
Ɛnyɛ sɛ saa gyinapɛn ahorow yi kanyan nnipa ma wɔyɛ mmoa nko, na mmom ɛboa wɔn a wɔsan ba no ma wɔsan susuw wɔn akwantu no ho wɔ honhom fam, na ɛma wonya abotɔyam ne anidaso.
Abusuabɔ ne Ɔhaw Ahorow
[sesa]Bere a FBOs ho hia no, nsɛnnennen da so ara wɔ hɔ:
Nkɔmmɔbɔ a enni mu wɔ nnipa a wɔn ani nnye nyamesom ho ne Amanaman Nkabom adwumayɛfo ntam.
Ɔsom mu nyiyim anaa ɔsom a wɔtwe wɔn ho fi mu wɔ mmoa a wɔde ma mu.
Sika a wɔde bɛhwɛ wɔn bere tenten no sua, efisɛ wɔn mu pii de wɔn ho to ntoboa so.
Nanso, FBO pii afa amammuifo gyinapɛn ahorow, a Sphere gyinapɛn ne Nnyinasosɛm atitiriw a ɛfa nipa ho ka ho, na ama wɔabɛyɛ aban ne Amanaman Nkabom dwumadibea ahorow no mfɛfo a wobetumi de wɔn ho ato wɔn so[12][13].
Nkurɔfo a wɔresan afi Uganda akɔ South Sudan
[sesa]Efi afe 2017 kosi afe 2022 no, FBOs ahorow a wɔn mu bi ne Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), World Vision, ne Episcopal Church of South Sudan boaa South Sudan aguanfo a wɔresan afi Uganda. Wɔn adwuma no bi ne:
Wɔhwɛ sɛ wɔbɛma wɔn a wɔasi gyinae sɛ wɔbɛsan akɔ wɔn kurom no ahu nea ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ.
Yɛde honhom fam mmoa rema atubrafo a wɔwɔ atubrafo atrae no.
Mmoa a wɔde ma akuafo a wɔboa wɔn ho wɔn ho ma wɔn ho wɔn ho yɛ adwuma ne asomdwoe a wɔboa wɔn ho wɔn ho ma wɔn ho wɔn ho kasa bere a wɔsan ba[14][15].
Saa mmɔdenbɔ yi daa no adi sɛ nyamesom akuw betumi ama mpaapaemu a ɛda aguanfo asetram tebea ne ɔman nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ mmerɛ no ntam ayɛ kɛseɛ.
Mmeaeɛ amenyaa mmoa firiiɛ
[sesa]- 1 2 Shakira Dale (2021-02-11), Faith-Based Groups Play Critical Role Helping Refugees (in American English), retrieved 2025-06-15
- 1 2 Filling the Gap: Refugee-to-Refugee Aid and the Role of Faith Actors in Humanitarian Settings | Wilson Center (in English), 2024-08-12, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ A crucial role in making the voices of refugees heard | The Lutheran World Federation (in English), archived from the original on 2025-05-12, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ Frank Tesoriero (2005-07-18), "Strengthening communities through women's self help groups in South India", Community Development Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 321–333, doi:10.1093/cdj/bsi066, ISSN 1468-2656, retrieved 2025-06-15
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- ↑ Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA)/Annual report / Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) International., 2012, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ Lutheran World Federation (LWF), retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ The Lutheran World Federation | The Lutheran World Federation (in English), retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ Iweze (2021), "Boko Haram Insurgency, Interfaith Dialogue, and Peacebuilding in Kano: Examining the Kano Covenant", African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 32, doi:10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.11.1.02, ISSN 2156-695X, retrieved 2025-06-15
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- ↑ A-SSCC 2022 Cover Page, IEEE, 2022-11-06, pp. c1–c2, doi:10.1109/a-sscc56115.2022.9980629, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ Aslıhan Tezel Mccarthy (2017-11-13), "Non-state actors and education as a humanitarian response: role of faith-based organizations in education for Syrian refugees in Turkey", Journal of International Humanitarian Action, vol. 2, no. 1, doi:10.1186/s41018-017-0028-x, ISSN 2364-3412, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ new home - ACT Alliance (in American English), 2021-03-23, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ Ibolya Losoncz (2015-12-05), "Goals without Means: A Mertonian Critique of Australia's Resettlement Policy for South Sudanese Refugees", Journal of Refugee Studies, pp. fev017, doi:10.1093/jrs/fev017, ISSN 0951-6328, retrieved 2025-06-15
- ↑ Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) - Accompany, Serve, Advocate (in British English), retrieved 2025-06-15