Abstract This thesis aims at contributing to the current knowledge about needs assessmentmethods in humanitarian assistance by proposing an innovative protocol ofinterview which is focused on the hopes and dreams of the people in need. The thesis is based on three months of field work in Cali (Colombia) between Juneand September 2017, in which social workers belonging to different organizationswere interviewed and the proposed method was tested on Afro-Colombian IDPs. The research found that the protocol was effective in gathering useful informationfrom hopes and dreams of the people underlining at the same time its limits andproblems. The protocol proved to …
