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Peers for peace: building bridges of peace through peer counselling.(paths to peace)
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Igorota
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October 1, 2003
- Author:
- Dagdag, Teresa
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"I have listened to 18 young people during the past two months, "says Jovy. "Some have come to me and the others I approach gently for sharing."
She said this as they shared how each one was using the listening skills learned in a training workshop. It was a meeting held to evaluate the first Echo Workshop in July and to plan for the next Peer Counseling Echo Workshop in September 2003.
I listened as several others recounted their first experiences in peer counseling. Jovy was one of the group of youth leaders who took part in a Youth Leadership Skills Training Workshop in Baguio City on May 1517, 2003 held at the Maryknoll Sisters Center for Justice, Peace and the ...