AMMAN — Founder of Islamic Relief and
Chairman of the
World Humanitarian Action Forum (WHAF) Hany Al-Banna said on
Monday that the international community should scale up support to Jordan as it
continues to provide services to refugees.
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Speaking to the Jordan News Agency, Petra, on
the sidelines of a lecture he delivered at the
Jordan Red Crescent entitled
"Contemporary Challenges Facing Humanitarian Work Organizations",
Banna said that he “sensed the dire need to support refugees” during visits to
various refugee camps, noting that Jordan “cannot meet the needs of all those
people by itself”.
"The policy of international assistance
to refugees in host countries is a policy of feeding only," he said,
urging the transformation of this policy into one of building, educating,
qualifying, and training, which will allow refugees to become active
participants in society.
The founder emphasized that humanitarian work is a craft, a profession, and an industry that requires knowledge of sector
standards, which differ between areas of conflict and war and areas of natural
disasters.
During the lecture, Banna also briefed the
audience on challenges within the humanitarian sector, which include the lack
of involvement of youth and women, the absence of a clear administrative
structure in institutions, the lack of a clear policy for institutional
management, and a need for further knowledge and commitment to humanitarian
standards.
The official called on all humanitarian
organizations to focus on human values, stressing the importance of archiving,
blogging, and recording human history.
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