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  • The Doctor Healing Wounds of War in Basilan

    Martin San Diego

    June 14, 2020 |

    Medium |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Philippines, Lamitan City, Basilan

    By fostering dialog between the military and rebel soldiers in a region long afflicted with violence, a physician whose clinic exposed her to children’s severe PTSD has helped heal the effects of trauma and the scars of war. Save the Children of War in Basilan has gone beyond its focus on child health and welfare to broker reconciliation talks between rebel groups and the military, in large part by getting both sides to see their opponents’ motives through a new lens. Kidnappings, once rampant, have been nonexistent since 2016.

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