
Emma Weinstein-Sheffield
Role: Shelter Research Assistant
Profile:
I joined CARE in March 2020 as the shelter research assistant working on the Self-recovery from Humanitarian Crisis project. The project focuses on the priorities and agency of people affected by conflict or disaster and seeks to better understand how the humanitarian community can holistically support people’s own recovery plans. During my time at CARE I have been engaged with research that considers the wider impacts of shelter programming, specifically the relative impact of housing on different aspects of recovery, including health, protection and livelihoods.
Prior to CARE, I worked with an NGO providing long-term solutions to forced migration for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, including access to education, finance and employment. I managed a number of emergency response projects across Northern France in response to the ongoing EU migration crisis and have worked on development and recovery projects in Nepal.
One good thing I’ve read:
The big truck that went by by Jonathan M. Katz provides a complex, compassionate and dynamic insight into the international community’s response to the Haitian earthquake in 2010, based on the author’s first-hand experience of surviving the earthquake. An important and thought-provoking read.
Email: weinstein-sheffield@careinternational.org
Twitter: emma_ws1
Blog posts
Humanitarian team
CARE International UK’s humanitarian team supports CARE’s humanitarian work by accessing funding, and by providing project management and technical advice and capacity to CARE’s country offices and CARE’s emergency responses. CARE has a strong focus on ensuring that all our humanitarian programming responds meaningfully to the needs and capacities of different people, whatever their gender, identity or particular circumstances. CARE’s emergency shelter team is also based at CARE International UK.
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Inclusive Governance team
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Gilbert Muyumbu
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Programmes and Policy team
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Head of Programmes
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Sascha Lavin
Policy and Advocacy Assistant
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Strategic Partnerships team
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Laura Hawkesford
Head of Private Sector Engagement
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Kirsten McWilliams
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Women’s Economic Empowerment team
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Grace Majara
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Laurie Lee
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CARE International alumni
Many CARE staff who have written Insights blogs have since moved on to other roles. Your blogs are still part of the CARE story – and we welcome any future contributions you may make to Insights and to our shared learning on what works in humanitarian response and international development.
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Maja Bayyoud
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