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The Young Persons Healing Learning Code
Posted Nov 2000. Last Updated
April 2014. The following document was
signed at Petford for Young Entreaties, a functional Laceweb matrix (CBO) in
July 1992. Resonant people, NGOs and
Community Based Organisations (CBOs) may consider using this Learning Code. This code or treaty
follows steps taken in Rio, Brazil by Youth and Children (Young Persons). It
also follows the Unique
Healing Treaty .
Being Between: Unique (Unrepresented and
Indigenous) Young Persons (UYP) and other Individual or Independent Young
Persons (IYP); all advised and assisted by older persons when requested; and Because dominant and Western
development models have failed to achieve the healing, Learning equality,
fairness and development objectives promised to both Unique and Individual
Young Persons, and Because some Government
Organisations (GOs) and some Non-Government Organisations and Persons (NGOs)
have imposed dominant development models, programs and values in their
projects, which have contributed to the deaths, particularly of Unique Young
Persons; and to the destruction of the environment, and Because Individual Young
Persons respect the evolving declarations charters and agreements of Unique
Young Persons, recognise all Young Persons rights to life, learning
self-development, rights to shelter, protection, and to cultural, healing,
identity and youth and children's rights; The undersigned Young
Persons and those young at heart hereby recognise and affirm the following
code of ethics for Individual and Independent Young Persons when entering
into joint activities with Unique Young Persons. We agree and commit
ourselves to: 1. Transfer of
Values: Existing practices and
approaches of some Government Organisations (GOs), NGOs and some Individual
and Independent Young Persons and their Organisations (IYPOs) contribute to
what amounts to the imposition of Western and dominant values and culture on
Unique Young Persons. This must be recognised; and approaches and models of
equality, fairness and consensus should be adopted to minimise, reduce and
heal these effects. 2. Community
control, management and ownership:
Unique Young Persons programmes should be based on an ethic of
self-development consensus. This takes into consideration Unique local
control, management and ownership of projects and initiatives. These are
based on local Unique values and cultural institutions. 3. Community-based
planning: Community-based planning
and healing development based on principles of community participation will
be the cornerstone of Unique Young Persons development supported by, and
nurturing to, Independent Young Persons and their NGOs. 4. Unique Young
Persons Knowledge: The basis of
Unique Young Persons development is Unique Peoples' knowledge, which is
owned, collected, documented and carried out by Unique Peoples. Its
stewardship may be celebrated with Independent Young Persons and their NGOs
for the artistry of mutual benefit. 5. Spirituality: This is the expression of the harmony of Unique Peoples
in their way of life; and in their holistic communion with each other, nature
and the land. Independent Young Persons should recognise, and can accept
healing from such Unique spirituality. 6. Respect: The principle of respect that is the foundation of Unique
Peoples' human-development policy means respect for self, community, Mother
Earth, other people and nature, as well as respect for the gifts and
contributions of all forms of life. Independent Young Persons will be helped
to learn this. 7. Sharing: The principle of sharing should be the basis of healing
relationships between Independent Young Persons and Unique Young Persons,
with balance and caring at all levels, between individuals, community, others
and Mother Earth. 8. Technology: Unique Peoples' concepts and holistic technology are
fundamentally different; therefore culturally appropriate skills and
techniques must be found that can be applied and controlled by Unique Young
Persons. 9. Sustainable
development: Unique Peoples'
understanding and philosophy of development are based on cyclic and
sustainable concepts and approaches that should be shared with Independent
Young Persons to benefit them and their respective countries. 10. Capacity
building: Unique Young Persons can
expand their skills, knowledge and plans for healing, education, development
and action in various programs and projects and in their own NGOs. 11. Unique Peoples
societies: The practices of earlier
colonizers must end - namely use of force, religion, schools and
administrative policies and laws which promote dependency. The wisdom of
interdependence will be shared with Independent Young Persons. 12. Unique Peoples
models: Western and dominant
models of development must not be used in designing programs and policies
affecting Unique Young Persons; these practices must be stopped, in favour of
those which help, heal and build solidarity, culture, values, and other
relevant customs. 13. Unique Young
Persons NGOs: Non-Unique
Young Persons should support the development, training and financing of
Unique Young Persons' NGOs. 14. New Unique Young
Persons institutions: Non-Unique
Young Persons should support the development of new kinds of regional and
international institutions which coordinate and support Unique Young Persons
in carrying out self-evolving planning. 15. Unique Young
Persons financial institutions:
Independent Young Persons should recognise that Unique Young Persons
financial institutions must be managed and controlled by Unique Young
Persons. This will promote economic, environmental and human development
initiatives in the community; and learning for Independent Young Persons and
their NGOs. 16. Financial
management: Independent Young Persons
and their NGOs should establish healing relationships, structures, and
policies which make them more responsible and accountable for their
development initiatives with Unique Young Persons. 17. Consultation and
Agreement: NGOs should develop
policies which provide fair consultative mechanisms to harmonize their
policies with Unique Young Persons priorities, values and culture. 18. The undersigned parties agree to seek knowledge and assistance that embody
compatible spiritual and cultural values. This will allow dominant non-Unique
Young Persons to behave with humility and respect. They may thereby seek
spiritual lessons from past injustices, show how forgiveness can help heal
the wounds inflicted between peoples, and promote the continuing healing of
Mother Earth. The above statements are
now agreed to and affirmed in order to contribute to Unique Young Persons
survival and self-development', to create a new partnership between dominant
Independent Young Persons and their NGOs and Unique Young Persons, and to
fundamentally change and heal the relationship between Unique Young Persons
and dominant or Western Young Persons institutions, so as to correct and heal
the mistakes and errors of recent centuries. Signed 1992 at Petford, Australia UYP/ IYP Inter-people Healing Treaty Between Non-Government Organisations and Unique Peoples An
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