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In 2005, our organization, the Children's Rehabilitation Center, participated in a research commissioned by the UNICEF to determine the situation of Filipino women and children in armed conflict. The nationwide study was done in the context of intensifying human rights violations, particularly extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances, even against children.

Since the US- Arroyo regime started its relentless campaign on "war against terrorism", many children became sacrificial lambs. Their situation was pushed to further desolation with the terror and psychological trauma, geographical and social displacement, economic breakdown and disruption/disintegration of family life.

When ruthless murderer Colonel Jovito Palparan was deployed in Eastern Visayas in 2004, the region saw a series of systematic killings and human rights violations, just like what happened in Mindoro where he was formerly assigned.

February 15, 2005 was a typical day for Mang Guido and his family as he left early that day to plow his field. Little did they know that such peaceful day was the start of an unforgettable ordeal as Mang Guido became one of the thousands of victims of military cruelty.