Songs and games for peace

From Rappler (Oct 30): Songs and games for peace

PEACE SIGN. Celebrity Peace Ambassadors visit Aleosan, North Cotabato in the first of a series of immersion activities organized by the Office of the President Adviser on the Peace Process. Photo by Angela Casauay.

 

ALEOSAN, North Cotabato - Celebrity ambassadors have begun their crusade to promote peace through arts and sports. Hundreds of residents from Aleosan, North Cotabato, most of whom were forced to flee their homes when trouble erupted after the failure of the peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2008, came here to see celebrity peace ambassadors in the covered courts of Barangay San Mateo, Monday, October 29. The visit comes 3 weeks after the government and the MILF signed the Framework Agreement that sets the stage for the setting up of a Bangsamoro region.... The efforts are part of a plan to spread the message of unity by developing a program for each ambassador, said OPAPP spokesperson and director of communications Polly Cunanan.... The ambassadors also took part in a feeding program, a medical mission, and the distribution of footballs to the kids....

 

HELPING HANDS. Musicians Ebe Dancel and Datu Khomeni take part in a feeding program in Aleosan, North Cotabato. Photo by Angela Casauay.

 

 

 

FOOTBALL. Ashley O'Connor of the Malditas, and Roel Gener and Nestorio Margarse of the Azkals use sports to promote peace. Photo by Angela Casauay.

 

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