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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
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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.
Peace Corps VolunteerElena Pahl
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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
Community Contact
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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.
Peace Corps VolunteerElena Pahl
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