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Date Posted: 17:55:27 09/23/08 Tue
Author: EC
Subject: The unfamiliar world

I was brought to another world by spending two weeks in Guatemala. I encountered the country which experienced the internal world lasting for 36 years. The traumas didn't end with the war. The political violence transfers into the social violence. Thousands of families have been destroyed by massacres. Uncountable amount of people were displaced and missing. The genocide of indigenous people were inhumane.

The impact of the war didn't end when the treaty was signed. The war still goes on to fight for the human right and to seek for peace. The poor works at the dump to dig for the "treasures". The children are not able to go to school. The gang problem reaches its peak and continues to grow. People experiences extreme loss and nightmare from the traumas. Majority still lives under-poverty according to UN standard.

Psychologist/mental health worker is considered as human right advocate. Indeed, we are chosen to be the channel to free people from chain, the chain of sin and oppression. They are sensitive and creative enough to initiate culture-oriented approach to help people process the trauma. More, they fight for justice. They support the process of exhumation (digging dead people out). They help to restore the balance. Change doesn't happen in a night. Yet, they are willing to get the change going. The project is too big for a profession. Yet, they are willing to participate in order to roll the ball.

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