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Recommendation .
- Donors , international organizations , and the host government must design their programs and facilities to assist refugees and the internally displaced to minimize the likelihood that that conflict will resume .
- Donors and the host government should design programs to help the displaced return home or find new permanent homes . Measures that promote return or resettlement include cash grants or vouchers to pay for travel , seeds , and tools to help people resume their livelihoods .
- Donors and the host government should ensure that the displaced have access to schools , medical care , and other needs once returned or resettled . They also need to work with local governments and leaders to integrate the displaced into new communities , especially if not fully welcoming .
Event Description .
This is an extract from the RAND publication " Guidebook for Supporting Economic Development in Stability Operations ," 2009 , prepared for the U . S . Army .
Lesson Author : COL Allen Irish
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Parwan Refugee Camp , Afghanistan ( 3 December 2008 ) “ Clothes , shoes , coats , blankets , school supplies , toys and radios are organized for distribution during a humanitarian assistance visit . The clothes and supplies were donated through Operation Care by American citizens . The Kapisa and Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team worked with the Afghan Department of Refugees and Repatriation to coordinate the humanitarian assistance drop . The Parwan Refugee Camp is home to some of the poorest people in Afghanistan .” ( Photo Credit : DVIDS / Master Sgt . Keith Brown / U . S . Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs )
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