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Childrens Rehabilitation Center
Southern Mindanao Region Office
Press Statement
April 16, 2007
Militarization means death and trauma to children
Pagkakita nako sa patayng lawas ni Grecil nga gisakay sa kangga, nakulbaan ko ug nahadlok kay nahuna-hunaan nako nga kung sa ako to nahitabo., (when I saw the dead body of Grecil laid on the balsa, I was nervous, afraid and thinking what if it was me who was killed).
This statement was tearfully narrated by a girl during a psycho-social therapy session in a National Interfaith Psycho-social First Aid Mission (NIPFAM) at Simsimen, Brgy. Kahayag, New Bataan last April 14. Participating in the activity were 34 children whose ages ranging from 4-14 years old from Purok 2, 5, 6, and 7.