In 2003 Concern Worldwide contacted TIDES to design a programme of Conflict
Management to support their work with 80,000 refugees who are located in four
camps on the Pakistan Afghanistan Border. These camps are located around
the border town of Chaman in an area that remains both insecure and has
suffered extensively from drought over the past four years. The pressures
this brings to bear are enormous on both the Pakistan Government, UNHCR, Concern
and its partners NGO’s in the area as well as the local communities and of
course the refugees.
Colin Craig and Mary Montague then designed a three stage-training programme which
commenced in February 2004 and should be completed in June of 2004. The cornerstone
of this training is intensive mediation training programme for 14 key targeted staff
from Concern, UNHCR and the Guardians a local NGO working in the camps.