Community-centered approaches are the most effective . The recovery and renewal of communities devastated by war and violence can best be achieved within a framework that requires the community to take an active part in articulating problems and implementing solutions. Programmes must value, acknowledge and build upon indigenous knowledge, skills, and coping patterns of community members. In addition, in accordance with their age and maturity, children should also be involved in planning and decision making. Interventions should be aimed at transformation .
Crisis provides opportunities to do things differently.
Solutions should also build in strategies that address the underlying social and economic conditions in which the problems are rooted. Resources can be maximized through the creation of partnerships . The magnitude of the crisis and scarcity of resources requires the formation of partnerships and a leveraging of existing resources. It is critical that there be a major movement away from donor driven development by promoting collaboration between all levels of the donor community and the host countries. Old alliances must be solidified and new alliances must be forged particularly those that recognize and build upon rather than erode existing national talent and resources.