Measuring Separation in Emergencies: Piloting Innovative Methods in Humanitarian Settings
The Measuring Separation in Emergencies (MSiE) project is an inter-agency initiative funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and co-ordinated by Save the Children in partnership with Columbia University in New York. The overall aim of MSiE is to strengthen emergency response programs for unaccompanied and separated children through the development of a suite of practical, field-tested methods to assess of the scale and nature of children's separation from their parents and caregivers during emergencies. The process has been guided by an inter-agency Advisory Panel.
The project team recently completed two pilots to evaluate the performance of these tools. The first pilot took place in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Over the course of six months in 2016, the research team implemented a community-based monitoring system as part of a response to the drought and famine affecting the area. The second pilot took place in the Sud region of Haiti. In early 2017, the team implemented a population-based estimation survey following the devastation of Hurricane Matthew.
The CPC Learning Network’s Beth Rubenstein and Matt MacFarlane will host a webinar on Friday, June 2nd, at 10am EDT. They will share findings from these two recent phases along with lessons learned from the field as well as recommendations for next steps in the development of tools and methods.
