What is it about?
This article presents findings from a research project that examined the involvement of students in two international projects working in Sri Lanka in the years after the 2004 tsunami. The research revealed many good things about students' experiences. However, inequalities of wealth and power between countries impacted negatively on relationships within these initiatives. The paper offers lessons to improve the quality of students' experiences and their contributions to local peoples' well-being.
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Why is it important?
International 'aid' projects have often been criticised for being patronising and failing to respect local ways of doing things. The research reported in this article is significant because it examined two projects that attempted to take these criticisms into account, but which nevertheless faced major challenges.
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This article is based on a major research project funded by the ESRC, on which I was employed for nearly two years as a Research Associate.
Dr Tom Vickers
Nottingham Trent University
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This page is a summary of: Students' Involvement in International Humanitarian Aid: Learning from Student Responses to the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka, The British Journal of Social Work, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcu052.
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