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VOLUME 3
UP-CIDS
LEARNING EXPERIENCES STUDY ON CIVIL -SOCIETY PEACE BUILDING IN THE PHILIPPINES VOLUME 3: PSYCHOSOCIAL TRAUMA REHABILITATION WORK
Published by the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Copyright 2005 the United Nations Development Programme Manila Office. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission from the UNDP and UP CIDS. Inquiries should be addressed to: UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies, Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Tel/Fax: (632) 9293540 Email: cids@up.edu.ph United Nations Development Programme 30/F Yuchengco Tower RCBC Plaza, 6819 Ayala Ave. cor. Sen Gil J. Puyat Ave., Makati City 1226 Philippines Tel: (632) 9010100 Fax (632) 9010200 The National Library of the Philippines CIP Data Recommended entry: Learning experiences study on civil-society peace building in the Philippines.- - Diliman, Quezon City : UP-CIDS, c2005. 5v. ; cm. CONTENTS: v.1. Framework and synthesis of lessons learned in civil-society peace building / Miriam Coronel Ferrer v.2. National peace coalitions / Josephine C. Dionisio v.3. Psychosocial trauma rehabilitation work / Marco Puzon, Elizabeth Protacio-De Castro v. 4. Peace education initiatives in Metro Manila / Loreta Castro, Jasmin Nario-Galace and Kristine Lesaca v.5. Peace building experiences of church-based organizations in the Philippines / Jovic Lobrigo and Sonia Imperial. Published in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 1. Peace-buildingPhilippines. 2. Peace-buildingCase studies. 3. Civil societyPhilippines. I. UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP-CIDS).
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contents
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pst study
Consequences of Violence / Armed Conflict The Evolution of Psychosocial Intervention in the Philippines Psychosocial Interventions of Selected CSOs Conclusion
learning modules : a journey for us all, peace building and psychosocial work part 1: understanding conflict situations and their consequences
Introduction Chapter One: Conflict, Structural Violence and Conflict Situations
91 Module 1: iba kayo, iba kami 95 Module 2: anong bali-balita? 101 Module 3: ang lumalaking bola ng kaguluhan 106
Chapter Two: Understanding the Consequences
Module 4: bowling na ang gamit ay bolat bomba Module 5: lamat ng bote Module 6: sa isang bagtasan Module 7: bumabangis ang halimaw
part 2: finding the psychosocial in peace building and addressing the consequences of conflict
Introduction Chapter Three: Psychosocial Help
Module 9: kung sakali paano na? Module 10: muling pagbangon ng pamayanan Module 11: muling pagtibay ng puso, damdamin at isipan Module 12: muling pagsasaayos ng nasirang pagsasama Module 13: muling pagbalik sa pamayanan
164 Module 15: mga bituin ng kapayapaan 165 Module 16: pagbabago 168 Module 17: pagwawakas at panimula 171 179 185
acronyms
AFP AICM ARMM ASG CAFGU CARHRIHL CCF CFSI CIAC CNSP COP CPP-NPA-NDF CRC CSOs CVO DSWD FGDs FLAG FTOs GOs GRP HDI IDPs IMT ISHTR IPs ISTGP KAPATID KIIs MAG MERN MIMAROPA MILF MNLF MPC Armed Forces of the Philippines Appreciative Inquiry in Community Mobilization Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Abu Sayyaf Group Civilian Arned Forces Geographical Unit Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Christian Childrens Fund Community and Family Services International children in armed conflict children in special need of protection Community Outreach Program Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army-National Democratic Front Childrens Rehabilitation Center civil society organizations Civilian Volunteers Organization Department of Social Welfare and Development focus group discussions Free Legal Assistance Group Foreign Terrorist Organizations government organizations Government of the Republic of the Philippines Human Development Index internally displaced persons International Monitoring Team International Society for Health and Human Rights indigenous peoples Integrated Summer Group Therapy Program Kapisanan ng mga Kamag-anak ng mga Detenido key informant interviews Medical Action Group Mindanao Emergency Response Network Mindoro-Marinduque-Palawan Moro Islamic Liberation Front Moro National Liberation Front Mindanao Peoples Caucus
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acknowledgments
This documentation work never would have been possible without the collaborative effort of
many individuals and organizations. On behalf of the UP CIDS PST, we would like to thank our friends and colleagues from the following organizations for their participation in the research: Christian Childrens Fund and the Nagdilaab Foundation in Basilan; Balik Kalipay, Balay Mindanao Office, and the Southern Cotabato College Community Education, Research and Extension Administration - Institute for Peace and Development Studies (SCC CEREA IPDS) and Notre Dame Foundation for Charitable Activities Inc.Women in Enterprise Development (NDFCAI-WED) from Central Mindanao; and PASAKAMI (Federation of Mangyan Organizations) and the Social Action Center (SAC) of the Vicariate of San Jose from Mindoro Occidental. Special thanks also goes to the Mindoro Occidental Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, particularly to its sub-office in San Jose; Lorena dela Cruz, Balay Executive Director; Flora Arellano of Polytechnic University of the Philippines Human Rights Center in Manila, Elizabeth Protacio-de Castro and Agnes Camacho for their insights and comments on the draft, and the rest of the family-team at PSTOmna, Mary Rose, Mike, July, Norawhose support throughout the project was invaluable. The journey in making this workour part in the five-volume Learning Experiences Study (LES) on Civil Society Experiences in Peace Building led to other journeys. Last but not the least, we give our heartfelt thanks to Professor Miriam Coronel Ferrer of the University of the Philippines, and to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), who had started this journey and brought us to more journeys. UP CIDS PST is proud to have documented the experience of generations of communities that had experienced armed conflict and of peace builders of all genders, faiths and ages who have painstakingly and selflessly rebuilt their lives and those of others. We would like to dedicate this work to them and to the memory of CCF-Basilan Program Director Eliza del Puerto, who put back smiles and laughter among children in Basilan. Travel in peace, Eliza.