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Global Law Brigades with Ember PurGlobal Brigades Peace Corps Partnership Program

UIUC Law Brigade

June 14-21, 2009


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Background Information & LocationCommunity Background

Ember Pur, is an indigenous community located upstream of Pequeni River, an affluentof the Alajuela Lake in the Coln Province about 2 hours from Panama City. Travel to thecommunity requires a 45 minute to 1 hour boat ride from Puerto Viga.

This community is made of Panamas indigenous Ember people. Originally from Dariennear the border with Colombia, they migrated to this area looking for better quality oflife. According to the Ministery of Finance, the community is poor and their members livewith less than $100 a month.

Ember Pur leaders are interested in working with Global Law Brigades on the processof establishing personera jurdica for their education fund. The community is alsointerested in legal capacity building workshops including alternative dispute resolution

Partner Organization

United States Peace Corps Volunteer ElenaPahl

Warrara Krincha is a local NGO with themission to increase access to education.

Zuleika Mepaquito is the current leader of theNGO and she is fully engaged in getting thecommunity mobilized to improve theirparticipation in the formal legal sector, accessto education, and overall quality of life. TheNGO must establish personera jurdica as partof the process needed to function in the

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Tourism has been the main income generation activity for the past 10 years. Recently thenumber of visitors to the community has been decreasing.

UIUC Law Brigade

Student Leader: Meghan Martin

Panama Advisor: Diane Dunn,Director, Global Law Brigades

Trip Dates: June 14-21, 2009

formal legal system. This will enable the

NGO to open multiple bank accounts, berecognized as a legal identity, developpartnerhips, and give it more legitimacy.

Community also needs Legal Empowermentworkshops about land use regulations forvillages inside the national park, andAlternative Dispute Resolution workshops toimprove skills for achieving win-win solutions

for disputes and conflicts.

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Personera Jurdica

Project Area

Help establish Personera Jurdica for education fund NGO

named Warrara Krincha

Needs/Problems

Warrara Krincha, needs to establish personera jurdica inorder to function in the formal legal sector. Once

established, they will be able to open multiple bankaccounts, and more easily receive and manage donationsand other income.

Goals

Explain process and prepare legal documents needed to

establish personera jurdica for Warrara Krincha.

Community Contact

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Available Resources

Previous drafts of documents, community commitment,

Spanish translation, and local legal expertise.

Needed ResourcesFunds for legal project expenses, research, writing ,analytical, and presentation skills.

Proposed Method

Full transparency and collaboration with community

members, local legal experts, community contacts, and

other stakeholders. Meet with local attorney forworkshop about legal process of establishing personera

jurdica. Lead presentation to explain legal process to

community including information about the importance

and advantages of legalizing the NGO.

Potential for

Sustainability

Follow-up for personera jurdica process will be

maintained by local legal expert and community contacts.

Peace Corps VolunteerElena Pahl

[email protected]

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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Project Area Alternative Dispute Resolution workshops

Need/Problem

Community needs capacity building workshops to improvecommunication skills including active listening, conflict de-

escalation, analysis, creativity, and collaboration.

Goal

Inspire creative, analytical approaches to prevent and/orresolve conflicts peacefully. Carry out one workshop withGLB volunteers before going to community, and carry outtwo workshops together with community.

Community Contact

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Resources

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translation, and community leadership commitment.

Needed Resources

We would like to include Ember youth who are bi or tri-

lingual, so they can share the information and skills.

Proposed Method

GLB volunteers will learn and conduct Alternative Dispute

Resolution workshops by applying role playing techniques.

Interactive role-play exercises will be utilized to encourageconflict de-escalation and transformation to achieve win-

win solutions.

Potential for

Sustainability

Capacity building efforts will be sustained by teaching

new skills and training future trainers who can lead

similar workshops as needed in the future.


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Legal Empowerment

Project Area

Access to Justice: Inform about laws and regulations that

govern villages within national parks and environmental

reserves.

Need/Problem

The community is confused about land use regulations, andneeds accessible information about issues including collectiveand private land ownership, and land use regulations by thePanama government for communities that live within nationalparks and environmental reserves.

Prepare Legal Empowerment Workshop to share

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Goal

information about laws and regulations that affect these

communities. Inspire consideration of alternative revenue

sources such as eco-tourism, adventure tourism, and/or

projects for reforestation to offset carbon emissions.

Available

Resources

Local legal expertise, Spanish translation, and research

tools.

Needed ResourcesResearch and analysis conducted by GLB volunteers, anddevelopment of Legal Empowerment presentation

Proposed MethodLead presentation for community, and provide writteninformation translated into Spanish for easy reference.

Potential for

Sustainability

Networks and contacts for local legal service organizations

that specialize in these issues.


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Community Contact

Documents

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