EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

Section A: Lessons Learnt

Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda

The mass massacre carried out in the year 1994 & the following relief operations led to an unseen level of collaboration, & evaluation procedure- the Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda (J.E.E.A.R ) - till date the said document stands unmatched & unrivaled in terms of its scope & range & the considerable impact it had. (Beigbeder 2001:238).This particular paper aims to study the J.E.E.A.R & what followed ints publishment also encompassing the personal reflections that people have evualuating it & the influence it had.

Although several evaluations of worldwide aid in convoluted crisis have been conveyed out, know-how from the designing & implementation of large scale help for respite & treatment has not been properly recorded & evaluated.(Beigbeder 2001:240). The ones that were attempted have always been proved in the range covered, putting the entire focus on the acts by particular donor administration or help bureau & ignoring the effective implementation of the plan & the administrative & diplomatic assistance & strategy implementation required during the time of turmoil, especially after crisis.

Acknowledging the extent of rwands crisis & the subsequesnt aid the situation demanded,, the Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its development collaboration wing, DANIDA, suggested J.E.E.A.R (Broca 2001: 45).

Rwanda Comparison with EHA

This Commission was composed of representatives of nineteen donor agencies, bi-lateral OECD members, plus the European Union & the Development Assistance Commission (DAC) of OECD, multi-lateral agencies & nine units of the United Nations, the major parts International Red Cross & Red Crescent (ICRC & IFRC), & five international NGOs.

The primary aim of the assessment was to learn precious insights from the scenario in Rwanda & develop emergency plans for a similar situation in future & for the operations under process in the region & other places like predictive warning, & crisis management & resolution & the availability of emergency aid. (which is the workplace study III & the object of this paper the network), & the movement from emergency relief operations to long-term development.

As President of the Association of Massacre Widows, Speciose Kanyabogoyi & massacre survivor, Eric Nzabihimana, recalled the happenings of April-Aug 1994, when 800,000 people were murdered, former Commander of the Mission of Assistance United Nations Rwanda (UNAMIR), Romeo Dallaire, said the mission had been "a last priority" for the international society.they had no sanction finance or support when the massacre started.

He also recalled that about two thousand personnel from several states, including France, UK, USA & Italy, continued to show indifference to the magnitude of the problem as they continued attempts for the evacuation of their expatriates.

On April 22, when more than a hundred thousand civilians had been killed, majority of the troops were instructed to retreat but atleast four-fifty soldiers from Africa & around thirteen from Canada were ordered to stay on the floor & observe(Apthorpe 2008: 105). As there were millions of casualties , killings and displacement, the Mission was able to ...