child fonts childhood amidst war_gs197

7/28/2019 Child Fonts Childhood Amidst War_GS197

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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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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

child fonts childhood amidst war_gs197

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