 Compose a song (original, both lyrics

and melody or adaptation or medley)

about the life of the group of people (
farmers, fisher folks, street children, and
OFWs)
 The song will be composed of at least
three paragraphs/stanzas:
› Verse 1 – speaks of the present
condition/situation of the group.
› Verse 2 – speaks of the root causes of these
situations.
› Verse 3 – speaks of the possible solutions to
the present situations.
› Creative group presentation
will follow
 Refers to the existence of social,
political, and economic structures and
relationships within and across societies
which result in the vast majorities of
human beings gaining access to
disproportionately less resources than
they deserve on criteria of human
needs, rights and social justice.
 According to Dr. Paul Farmer,
“structural violence is visited upon all
those whose social status denies them
access to the fruits of scientific and
social progress.
 In simple term, it means that there is
unjust or unequal distribution of wealth
or resources among human beings.
 Why are the great majority of
the Filipino poor?
› Because while a small minority
or privileged elite have
accumulated enormous wealth
and political power and live
luxuriously, large majority are
still deprived of their basic
needs.
 Is a state of being poor and lack of
something – Merriam Webster
Dictionary.
 Poverty is multifaceted problem.
› It is an economic problem.
› It is a social problem.
› It is an educational problem.
› It is a political problem.
 Underdevelopment
 A low standard of living for the
vast majority of the people
 The proliferation of squatters’
colonies
 A high mortality rate for children
 Huge foreign debt, and etc
› it is a social problem as evidenced by the
ever – widening gap between the rich
and the poor.
To survive, many children are driven to;
Criminality
Prostitution, and those who have lost
hope of achieving upward mobility in
society through diligent and honest
efforts turn to
Gambling or worse join the rank of the
Insurgents – a person who fights against
an established government or authority.
› It reduces a child’s readiness for
school because it leads to poor
physical health and motor skills,
diminishes a child’s ability to
concentrate and remember
information, and reduces
attentiveness, curiosity and
motivation
› The Americans developed the
democratic order, not the military
establishment. But they neglected
to develop the society that was
the basis of this system.
› Social unrest caused by unjust
income distribution in the Western
world stands to become a serious
political poverty.
What are then the roles of
peace education?
1. Peace education needs to raise the
consciousness of the poor
regarding the roots of their poverty
and position of inequality.
2. Peace education empowers us to
seek greater social justice (for
instance, agrarian reform and
profit sharing), a fair distribution
of national wealth and income.

3. Peace education can motivate the

local elite to make personal
sacrifices to practice social justice
and to put their professional and
technical skills in the service of
the poor.
4. Finally, doing peace education
means, changing some structures
both operational and attitudinal
structures.
o Operational structures – are
systems actually existing now, for
instance, legal, military, political,
economic, and systems, etc.
o Attitudinal structures - are
particular world view, mindset,
philosophy of life or mental
outlook.
 Butthere is a long term,
counterpart to change of
operational structures. It is the
transformation of attitudinal
structures. Oppressive political
system (operational
structures)exist because there are
men and women who are
convinced (attitudinal structures)
that power is self –
aggrandizement rather than for
service.
 Furthermore, the solution to
structural violence lies in
development, which seeks to
promote an economic growth that
is in harmony with the
environment and to transform
society by the equitable
distribution of wealth and power
among social classes. This is the
PEACE paradigm of development.