Working with the IDPs sometimes bring some disappointments to us. This might be related to the term of ownership I guess.
It might be some misunderstandings about the ownership. When our IDPs friends face the constraints of living on land and water I think they should realize those are and their problems. So they should initiate to solve their problems. Then we support them and work together along the way. This should lead to sustainable solution under the particiaption of the IDPs hopefully.
Some IDPs friends do understand and work very actively for their communities. They discuss and set up some projects to solve their problems. Coordinate with local authorities for some cooperations and supports. So that all actors can play their roles throughout the process of wotking together based on the communities' need. No need to mention about "rights" as it is already "their rights", I belief.
However some do not understand this concept even we have tired to work together with them for some years. They keep doing nothing but waiting for helps from the outsiders. Some even put the blames on us when they face some problems. We were disppointed for such events.
I wondered how to dissemninate the idea of "ownership" to these friends. You might have some ideas to share.....
