Greetings from Iligan City.We left Iligan City by 6;30pm on the 18th of October for Moina one of the rebels control areas,about 97% of the residence are members of the Moro Islamic Lebaration Front{MILF].We reached about 12:30pm and the activity started at 1pm,there were 14 staffs of Birth.Dev including me.

Title;Our Experiences during Armed Conflict
Objectives;a the end of the session,the children through their drawings and sharing of stories,would be able to;
1}Discover that they have common experiences,feelings and fear during the armed conflict and they are are not alone.
2}:Appreciate the presence of people,the events and situation that contribute to their feelings of safety and security.
3}Build a trusting atmosphere between and among the children and the facilitators..

The Activity was Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for Children{Drawing}
Participants were children between age 9-12 and 13-17 years old and number of participants were 30 children,with two facilitators.They were divided into two groups.

Since there was no child friendly space in Moina,we used the school building for the activity,it lasted for 3hours and materials we went with for the activity were Bond Papers,Crayons,Colored Pencils,Erasers and Sharpeners.

The activity started with a opening prayer by a volunteer in the group,after the facilitators opens up the activity by giving the followings;Names of the De briefer,Organization,Objectives of the activity,Surface expectations and process rules{particularly on confidentiality}The facilitators ensure to get the consent of the children to join the activity and they excepted.After the facilitators introduce an ice breaker that when with a song,they explain its meaning and message,it was a peace song.

The facilitators introduce and explain the activity{drawing}materials were distributed and we were told to draw any of our experiences as much as we could remember from our place until we reached the evacuation center.After 45mintues of drawing,we were asked to what did each of us draw?Who were the persons involved in our drawing?and what does it means?What did we remember as we were drawing it?and how do we feel?Each and everyone was given a time to share.I was acting as a 11years old child.After we have a group picture and the session ended with a song and closing prayer.Snacks were given to the children with soft drinks,after we left for iligan after our meal.


Nicholas S. Davis
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