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Children are more VULNERABLE- weaker, dependenton adults, in the process of developing their own
competencies
They experience trauma and violence, affecting not only
their childhood, but their entire life.
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CHILDREN IDPs-displaced together with
their families
CHILDREN REMAININGIN THEIR
COMMUNITIES
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Loss oflivelihood offamily andearly labor
Mental andEmotionalTraumas
Disruption ofeducation
Hunger
Death
Disease
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Children viewed basic
education as essential tobetter livelihood and
improving quality oflife
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Everyday routines are suspended.
Teachers do not come to school.
Families stop children from going to school.
Schools are used as temporary AFP camps and evacuation
centers.
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Health care is not as much related to armed
conflict as schooling. What is problematic is theinsufficient health services that people in these
areas receive.
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Effects are heavieston Children IDPs
Access towater
PoorSanitation
MeagerRations
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Armed ConflictSituations Socio-psychologicalWell-being of Children
Headaches | Muscle Pains
Chest Pains | Cramps
Nausea | Fever
Nervousness | Sleeplessness
Lack of Appetite | Silence
Absent-mindedness | Impatience
Recurring Nightmares | Irritability
Attempted Suicide | Withdrawal
Depression | Mood SwingsStaring blankly into space
Manifestations of Psychosocial
Trauma
Stress-related Illnesses
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Direct Victims
Unfriendly MilitaryForces Presence
Dislocation /Loss of Family
Armed Conflictin / near Villages
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Leave villages Frequent, higher levels of
fighting Witnessed destruction Evacuates, but still
struggles for survival
Stay in villages Less intense fighting State forces entering
communities Counter insurgency
operations
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Central Mindanao : North Cotabato | MaguindanaoMILF
AREASTraumatic events
Artillery fire | Air strikes | Burning Homes
Soldiers shooting in the air | Evacuation
Stress
- Vocabulary to capture the many effects
Unresponsive
Strong sense of invasion
Lingering sense of loss
Hopeless about their future
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Surigao del Sur | Abra | Mindoro Oriental | Leyte | Capiz
NPA GUERILLA
FRONTS
Areas of fighting between AFP & NPA
Gunfire, explosions near villages
Caused children anxiety
Shock waves: headaches and chest pains
Could not eat, sleep
Fear of loud noises
Beaten by soldiers, digging own graves
Suicide attempts
Barely speaks
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The condition of the poor communities became even
worse they they are perceived by the armed forces as
members or supporters of the NPA.Children of these families have been exposed to great
emotional stress and physical harm.
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Some children were threatened that the military will
slit their throats just because theyre parents are
labeled by the military forces as members of the
NPA.
Military forces threatened to kill their parents.
Some children were suspected of being members ofthe NPA.
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Children have also been physically attacked and
harshly interrogated by the military forces.
Some were forced by government soldiers to spy forthem and report to them every week.
Relatives and friends were also attacked by the
military forces
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Accumulation of anger
Desire for vengeance against the
military forces
Trauma (Physical, Mental and
Emotional)
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From poor families
Living in the remote rural communities w/ functioning local
organizations in place
Relatively long experience with armed conflict
Children Passive Victims
in terms of the capacities & circumstances that children faced that lead to
the coping mechanisms
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
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Production tasks: attending to backyard animals, bringing carabaos to watering holes, looking after
goats and pigs, working family plots, farm labor or off-farm wage work, etc
Working their way through school and raising cash for their expenses
Maintaining household: cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, fetching water, gathering kindling, etc.
The extent of the childrens involvement and influence varies with some of the
community tasks, roles and responsibilities
Involvement in their respective families struggles:
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As a result of exposure to village youth organizations & listening to elders in informal situations,
the children gained awareness of the issues underlying the armed struggles in their areas
Awareness -> idealogical structure -> formation of notions of collective actions & mitigation of
some more of the more severe effect
Involvement in their respective communities:
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Personal awareness is usually shared by the closest to them, i.e. family & friends =collective mechanism for mutual emotional support
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To finish school andhelp their families
A desire for scholarships, teachers in theirschools, schools in their village or at leastroads and bridges to access nearby schools Toregain
their
culture
To have
health centers
To have a peaceful, land of their
own, national freedom and
freedom for the Bangsamoro
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