2018
"Killing isn't the response"
Most of us had a short night without much sleep, so we started the day with a warm up game "Ninja" to become more energize for the following activities. Later we built groups, mixed by Filipinos and Germans, to discuss different issues about our personal opinions regarding with the human rights like others didn't respect our rights. We have one guest from BALAY Rehabilitation Center to give us more information about the human rights, she also gave some todays situation for us to understand the topic more. She - Josephine Lascano - is the executive director of BALAY rehabilition center. BALAY means house in different languages, it's a house where torture survivors and political prisoners can stay, find support and protection. Their mission is to have a psychosocial rehabilitation center.
We talked about some situation in the Philippines like the Marawi crisis where some ISIS inspired groups started a war in Marawi. In dominant muslim areas, martial law restricts people movement that creates fear to the people especially children and limits trading time which affects people income. Human Rights are now pushed aside there and the civilians are afraid to say something bad.
After the shocking facts in the morning, we had to do something fun in the second part of the day, too. It was a surprise trip. First we ride a jeepney going to picnic grove where we enjoyed the beautiful view of Taal volcano and some cities like Batangas. For the highlight of the day we rode a zipline to see more the unique beauty of the nature. Most of us had to overcome our fears in height but in the end it was a great memory that will last forever.
"Sweet dreams", "Sana ay magkaroon kayo ng magandang panaginip", "Süße Träume"
