PAR NE Impact Assessment. Focused Group Discussion facilitated by Kriz Cruzado, PBCI Director of Field Operations
FEB 21, 2011. Peace and Reconciliation Nueva Ecija (PAR NE) Reunion and Impact Assessment.
On December 2009, Peacebuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) started a project on Disaster Risk Management. After a year, we have already trained one PAR community, consisting of 30 members, in the Province of Nueva Ecija.
They were trained for one year in Peace and Reconciliation Seminars 1-3, and Disaster Risk Management. (See stories on: PAR 1 Seminar, PAR 2 Seminar, PAR 3 Seminar, CBDRM training, Community risk Assessment, TOT and Graduation, Officers’ meeting, Consultation)
On February 21, 2011, all the members of PAR NE were very excited for their reunion. They all shared stories and updated each other upon their arrival. It was the first time they met PBCI Director of Field Operations – Kriz Cruzado, who facilitated their impact assessment and Focused Group Discussion.
They were all active and participative, given the lively approach of the facilitator. They also felt happy with the presence of Bruce and Helen Glick from the Mennonite Central Committee.
They gave positive comments and feedbacks about the training on Disaster Risk Management, although some of them were not able to attend the PAR trainings. Because of this, they requested to conduct PAR 1-3 seminar again, so they could also invite more people from the 4th District of Nueva Ecija.
During their timeline making, some of them had a hard time recalling what happened during a certain month, and yet they were very eager to share and help each other recall what they have done. They told stories with much excitement as they recall their experiences. In fact, one of the most exciting experience that the pastors recalled was the Armed-Conflict Area Survival Training (ACAST) that they held on May 2010. They were very happy recalling how they crawled and rolled and carried each other.
Overall, they gave a positive feedback about the training and would want to share this to more people in their province.
2 comments
I’m so excited and filled with joy when i see and hear about the willingness of brothers and sisters in Jesus to witness for peace! I pray that you would all be blessed with energy and perseverance as u continue on the path of Shalom.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the Children of God!
Ate Kriz, I’m happy to hear about your lively approach as a facilitator too :)!
I am encouraged and motivated by the passion of this group regarding Peace and Reconciliation Community-Building. Whether it’s disaster preparedness, neighborhood conflict, or church conflict, they will be able to use the skills they learned from this training.
Let us continue building Communities of Peace all throughout the land…the Pearl of the Orient Seas – Philippines.