Moro NGO strengthens youth participation in community development

From the Philippine Information Agency (May 2): Moro NGO strengthens youth participation in community development

The Moro People’s Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment, Inc. (Moro People’s CORE) in Kabacan, North Cotabato empowers youth participation in order for them to contribute in the community’s advancement.

In connection, the group conducted recently a lecture on capability build-up.

Moro People’s CORE Executive Director Zaynab Ampatuan said that participants of the activity were students of Kuntaw Silat in Barangay Poblacion.

Kuntaw Silat is a Maguindanaon martial arts which is a project of Moro People’s CORE in a bid to promote the Moro culture.

Zaynab emphasized that their group aims to educate the youth in the importance of building youth organizations that are useful in the locality.

Moreover, she noted that it is essential to instill to young ones the characteristics which a good leader should possess as well as the responsibilities that must be performed.

In the activity which the group organized, Zaynab explained the role of the participants in achieving the objectives and goals of the Moro People’s CORE.

The goals include producing progressive and critical community leaders who genuinely serve the interest and welfare of the community,
promoting working relationship with like minded domestic and international organizations for mutual benefit, cooperation and support, creating progressive and dynamic communities that promote and practice cultural sensitivity and uplifting the economic condition, raise political and socio-cultural awareness of the Moro, Lumad and the community in general.

Moro People’s CORE is a group which is organized to promote the culture of indigenous people and strengthen youth’s participation in the society as they become catalysts for change.

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