Preventing Children's Involvement in Armed Conflicts in the Philippines: A Mapping of Programs and Organizations, c2008
Marco Puzon; Cristina Lomoljo
Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (SEASUCS); Philippine Coalition to Protect Children Involved in Armed Conflict (Protect CIAC)
E-mail:seacoordinatorchildsoldiers@yahoo.com

This is the first report conducted in the Philippines to map programs related to DRR of children involved in armed conflict (CIAC). The report is intended to assist in the process of addressing these challenges. In particular, the research has the following objectives: (a.) Provide a general picture of demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration (DRR) or DRR-related programs currently being implemented; (b.) Identify entry points for organizations intending to pursue work on DRR in the varying contexts; (c.) Facilitate information exchange and referral systems between organizations that are directly or indirectly providing support for CIAC.

This report (1) provides a geographic overview of children involved in armed conflict, (2) looks at the current status of peace talks, (3) outlines some of the measures instituted by the government to address the issue, (4) gives an overview of projects run by the organizations that participated in this study, and (5) summarizes the key findings on issues related to CIAC in the Philippines.