TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte -- Some 118 young
people from Talaingod participated in the Youth For Peace Summit 2015 conducted
by the Army's 68th Infantry (Kaagapay) Battalion in partnership with the
Talaingod Tribal Office at Balimba Hills, Barangay Sto. Niňo, Talaingod, Davao
The participants of the four-day summit came from the most
remote and conflict-affected Sitios of Talaingod. The event highlighted the
discussion of the rights of the Indigenous People, ethnic practices and
challenges in their communities. The primary objective of the summit is to
educate the youth on how they can contribute to development and defend their
communities from the exploitation and influence of various Left-leaning
Organizations in the area that maliciously orchestrated the evacuation of IPs
to Davao City
Angelica Anlas, president of Talaingod Youth For Peace
Movement, during the closing ceremony of the summit thanked government agencies
especially the Department of Education for bringing the services in their area.
“We are very thankful to this opportunity to interact with
the youth of Talaingod and hear their sentiments and aspirations. Most of them
live in remote areas where they either have no or only have very limited access
to education. This situation is the reason most of the IP communities in
Talaingod are easily deceived by the works of Left-leaning Organizations and
their youth effortlessly recruited by the NPA. With this, we will continue to
engage the IP communities and help hasten the delivery of basic services by
concerned government units and agencies and other stakeholders. The IP youth
also have dreams and aspirations, and it’s high time that those concerned and
responsible shall provide them the proper motivation and the correct
foundation,” said Ltc. Oliveros, the Commanding Officer of the 68th Infantry
(Kaagapay) Battalion of the Philippine Army.
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