{"id":2786,"date":"2009-04-24T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:26:56","slug":"april-24-2009-faith-based-humanitarian-aid-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/04\/24\/april-24-2009-faith-based-humanitarian-aid-in-afghanistan\/2786\/","title":{"rendered":" Faith Based Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch Matthew McGarry, Catholic Relief Service\u2019s country representative in Afghanistan, share his thoughts about new US strategy, interfaith relations, and the militarization of humanitarian development. He spoke in Washington on April 17, 2009 at the Brookings Institution: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The challenge is that, and what we\u2019ll wait and see, is whether the actions follow through with the dialogue and that, you know, it\u2019s a very challenging place to work. There\u2019s a lot of things that could go wrong, and so we\u2019re hopeful that this dialogue that\u2019s starting now, that these positive indications are then carried through into actual policy decisions and actions on the ground. In terms of our perspective as a faith-based organization, we\u2019re extremely explicit that we\u2019re not in Afghanistan to proselytize, to convert anyone. That\u2019s not the way we work anywhere. It\u2019s one of the guiding principles of our organization is that we are not missionaries. We\u2019re serving people based on need, not on creed. We\u2019re not\u2014in any of the 99 countries where CRS [Catholic Relief Services] works we don\u2019t do that kind of thing. All the more so in Afghanistan, where that\u2019s completely unacceptable to the local population, to the government. It\u2019s actually illegal. It\u2019s not something that would enable us to be a useful or productive or helpful organization, so\u2014but just, you know, from our perspective, I guess anyway, it is important as the higher level policy discussions go on to bear in mind kind of the, you know, the faithfulness of the people of Afghanistan, the extreme commitment to their values, to their religion, to their beliefs, that every step that\u2019s made in terms of security, in terms of development needs to bear that in mind, that religion, that people\u2019s faith is central to every aspect of their daily life in Afghanistan, and not taking that into account can undermine every other positive thing that the [Obama] Administration might want to do.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of, you know, interfaith, I do try to be pretty conscientious about not discussing religion with people, again, just because of the nature of who we are and kind of the sensitivities around individuals\u2019 faith and the need to be absolutely respectful, and we completely keep our work completely separate from that and never have the slightest perception that we\u2019re trying to influence anyone or, you know, change their beliefs or anything like that. We don\u2019t have much in the way of explicit conversations for their safety, for my safety, for the safety of the organization. I would just say that having been there for a year now and having been in Pakistan for several years before that and having been in Sudan for about a year and a half before that I\u2019ve had the opportunity to celebrate a number of Ramadan celebrations, or Ramazan, depending on where it is, you know, various Eids \u2013 Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha, you know, and being able to participate in those and really observe, from a certain distance certainly, the degree of faithfulness and just the impact that people\u2019s beliefs, that, you know, Muslim colleagues, that their faith has on their work, everything they do, every aspect of their life, and to be welcomed into that, into these societies, into these cultures where hospitality is another central, foundational aspect of daily life, and to be allowed to witness it and to a limited degree participate in it has been very, you know, rewarding and pleasing for me.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion about the militarization of aid, kind of the blurring of the lines between some of these provincial reconstruction teams and more traditional development actors, CERP [Commander\u2019s Emergency Response Program] funding, things of that nature, is a significant concern for us on a variety of different levels. One is just purely in terms of the safety perspective\u2014that the only thing that really keeps us safe in places where we work is community acceptance. We don\u2019t have armed guards. We don\u2019t travel in armored vehicles. We do have secure compounds and we do have guards on staff, but we do not have a major deterrent capacity, so what keeps us safe is the communities where we work, where we live, being willing to accept us and welcome us into their communities. If the line is blurred with the military, and if it\u2019s not clear, you know, who development actors are, who the military is, much of that goes away, and then we\u2019re no longer safe, and similarly for our beneficiaries, for the villagers who we work with, if they\u2019re perceived as openly collaborating with military efforts that could make them much less safer. So just purely from a security perspective it\u2019s not something we can engage in. We can\u2019t be perceived as being, you know, closely linked or partnered with the military because we will become targets if that happens. From an operational perspective it\u2019s also a concern, because one of our strengths as a development organization is the fact that we have long-term presences in these communities, that the vast, vast majority of our staff are Afghans who speak the language, who know the culture, who understand the communities, who know the operating environment, and who have been there their entire lives and are going to be there for the foreseeable future. From my perspective that gives us a distinct advantage over a military organization on a six-month or one-year rotation with a very, very light reliance on Afghans\u2014maybe the only Afghan staff are actually translators. So I think that if you\u2019re looking to do sustainable, long-term development that actually has some sort of an impact, that\u2019s not quick impact, that\u2019s not just trying to win hearts and minds for today but actually will have some sort of sustainable positive impact on people\u2019s lives, the way to do that is the way that we do it, and I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s\u2014that\u2019s not something we can negotiate on. That\u2019s not something we can change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Matthew McGarry, Catholic Relief Service\u2019s country representative in Afghanistan, share his thoughts about new US strategy, interfaith relations, and the militarization of humanitarian development. 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