SOW: Support for orphans and widows

JOINT PROJECT OF INA NG LUPANG PANGAKO PARISH, ST. VINCENT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, AND DE PAUL HOUSE
Community-based Rehabilitation Program for Left-Behind Families of Victims of Extrajudicial Killings at the Ina ng Lupang Pangako Parish, Payatas B, Quezon City
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THOU SHALL NOT KILL
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SIETE PALABRAS
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
To assist the families of the victims of extrajudicial killings (EJK) in their recovery by providing psychosocial interventions and treatments that will respond to their economic needs, their quest for justice, and their desire to be healed from the trauma brought about by the tragic death of their loved ones so that they may learn better ways of coping with the challenges of new life situations.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
  1. To help families in their healing and recovery from grief and deep emotional trauma.
  2. To economically capacitate the family.
  3. To ensure the educational access of left-behind children.
  4. To support the families in their quest for justice.
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
  • SETTING OF DATABASE
  • HEALING AND RECOVERY
  • CAPACITY BUILDING
  • JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
  • NEWS AND GALLERY
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A documentation of the cases of extrajudicial killings in Payatas and a record of families left behind shall be set up and continually maintained. The documentation shall also be done in view of future filing of cases whenever the families are ready and witnesses can be found.
 
The complete data of the members of the families of victims (e.g., widows, orphans, families), their pressing concerns and issues, an assessment of their needs shall be compiled in view of helping them cope with the situation.
  • Documentation of cases
  • Profiling of families and needs assessment
  • Saturation of victims list from Barangay, Police Station, and key informants
Various psycho-social interventions and treatments will be in place to improve resiliency and to hasten recovery from trauma. Interventions and treatments that will be implemented will respect and promote the culture of the families.
  • Group sharing/dynamics
  • Evidence-based treatment for children
  • Community outing/socials
  • Psycho-educational parenting skills training
  • Mass for healing/dead
  • Faith-based sharing
  • Community mobilization for support
Financial assistance for basic survival needs and the education of the children will be made available to the families. Moreover, families will be trained and assisted in finding viable sources of livelihood to regain their economic independence.
  • Financial assistance for burial
  • Food provision
  • Employment and livelihood training
  • Financial support for school needs
Networking and coordination with other similar supportive agencies and organizations will be encouraged to maximize the utilization of available resources for the families’ empowerment. With the incidents and details of the killings documented, we network with legal bodies to prepare victims’ families to pursue legal accountability of the perpetrators.
  • Coordination with legal personalities, lawyers groups and concerned NGOs
  • Affidavits/Narratives of the murder
  • Filing of cases
  • Network with other media bodies
NEWS
VIDEOS
PICTURE GALLERY
Justice and Accountability
Setting of Database
Healing and Recovery
Capacity Building