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PCA bases its work on a mixture of
non-violent approaches adapted to
the Sri Lankan cultural and social
context that allow people use other
means of interaction than, judgment,
punishment and reward while dealing
with others.
Non-violence is a process that
involves communication skills that
help people consider their own
wellbeing as well as wellbeing of
others. This methodology supports
people to work together to meet the
needs of all concerned. It helps you
get what you want for reasons you
will not regret later and it enables
people to have honest relationships.
Non-violent skills help people to
see their personal responsibility
for their own actions and the
choices we make when we respond to
others, as well as how to contribute
to relationships based on
cooperation and collaboration.
Non-violence is the key approach of
our work. PCA do not see
non-violence as a tool, it is rather
a pathway to peaceful co-existence.
The aim of our work is that people
adopt non-violence in their
day-to-day lives.
It is all about understanding us and
building relationships.
PCA teams facilitate individual and
group meetings to openly discuss
their problems using what they have
learnt from PCA workshops to
discover the underlying needs behind
them. The acceptance of others as
people just like them, enables them
to really investigate and analyse
the root causes of the problems and
to work together to address them,
developing solutions which do not
infringe or violate the needs and
rights of others, particularly
vulnerable or minority groups.
 
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