Re-building Bougainville by Re-building Trust: A Peace Monitor's Experience Case Study Teacher's Notes Student Activities Imagine yourself living in any two of the following situations. Draw separate future wheels on butchers' paper showing the difficulties and series of consequences of each for your life: not having enough food, or access to the foods you normally eat not having medical supplies or hospitals not having a home or a safe shelter not having an education living permanently in fear. Share your wheels with a partner. Discuss the extent to which the people of Bougainville would experience the same difficulties and consequences. Discuss stages where the introduction of peace could help solve the problems and produce a series of positive outcomes for the people of Bougainville. Form four groups. Using the case study as a starting point, brainstorm the benefits for Bougainville of peace under each of the following headings. social political economic environmental. Divide the whiteboard in four and write responses in the separate sections. As a class, discuss similar and related benefits and identify the links, for example, with arrows. What does this activity highlight about broad or specific benefits of 'peace'? Explain why it is important to involve each of the following in the peace process: men women children. Across Papua New Guinea, illiteracy continues to hinder development. In fact, 19 per cent of men and 37 per cent of women are illiterate. Boys are more likely than girls to attend primary and secondary school. Explain how providing more education and job-training for: boys and men girls and women Could assist Bougainville to keep peace improve development prospects. In a small group, script or rehearse a discussion between a group of Bougainville women wishing to talk about peace and approaching Lia for the first time. Think carefully about what the women might say about themselves, their recent experiences, concerns and needs. Also think carefully about Lia's questions and statements. Role-play the meeting. Create a colourful and highly visual poster for use on Bougainville outlining one or more benefits to the residents of peace. Remember the high rates of illiteracy. Draw your own pictures or cut or scan others from the Australian Government's overseas aid agency or non-government organisation publications. Bougainville Island played a major role in the Pacific during World War Two. Research what happened on and around Bougainville. Investigate the roles of Bougainvilleans and the consequences for them during and after the war. You might also interview your family or older members of the community for their recollections of Bougainville or other New Guinea campaigns. Research why 1975 was an important year for Papua New Guinea. Imagine you are Lia speaking at a conference in Australia about your Bougainville experiences. Describe: the improvements resulting from the peace process, and how they were achieved the challenges ahead, and how they may be overcome the rewarding aspects of your work. Over a fifth of the Australian Government's overseas aid goes to Papua New Guinea, making it our largest single recipient country. Consult Focus magazines, other Australian Government's overseas aid agency publications or those of non-government overseas aid organisations for details of aid projects specifically on Papua New Guinea or Bougainville. Alternatively, search this or other web sites. Read one project in detail and look carefully at the photographs. Name the project and list its many benefits on an informative and colourful poster, including how the project helps promote peace in Papua New Guinea and in the vicinity of Australia. Draw your own pictures or cut or scan them from the publications. Why else should Australia give aid to Papua New Guinea? Use the same information sources as in question nine to research other situations or projects worldwide where women have played major roles in either bringing peace to their country or community, helping them develop, or protecting or sustainably using their environments. What sorts of conditions and support have been necessary to help women in these roles? We all experience 'conflict situations' in our daily lives where we do not agree with what others think or do. Imagine one such situation in your life. What have you learned from the case study that could help you deal with the situation and achieve the best possible outcomes for all involved?   Top © Commonwealth of Australia