Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Moro peace builders to highlight 6th Leaders Change Forum in Cagayan De Oro

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 18): Moro peace builders to highlight 6th Leaders Change Forum in Cagayan De Oro

The 10 finalists of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) Triennial Awards for the Visayas and Mindanao areas will converge here on Thursday for the 6th Leaders of Change Forum.

The forum, hosted by RAFI, aims to present exemplary individuals and outstanding institutions in the Visayas and Mindanao regions to inspire local leaders to succeed in their chosen fields of endeavor.

Elisabeth Baumgart, program officer of the RAFI Triennial Award, said that the forum aims to attain a wider audience in the region as people want to hear the inspiring real-life stories of the winners and past winners.

Baumgart said that the forum would feature the works of the former rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), who now build peaceful communities in Maguindanao.

The Maguindanao-based Kadtabanga Foundation for Peace and Development Advocates, Inc. (KFPDAI), was founded 15 years ago by former MNLF Moro rebels-turned-peacebuilders, Baumgart said.

Other RAFI finalists are: The Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation (AIDFI) and their ramp pump that brings water to upland communities in Negros Occidental; Cantaan Centennial Multi-Purpose Cooperative and their work with their community in conserving the giant clams of the Philippines in Camiguin; and Agri-Aqua Development Coalition–Mindanao and their work in coalition building in bringing sustainable development in Bukidnon; and Balay Mindanaw and their work in building peaceful, developed and resilient communities in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao and the Visayas.

Baumgart said that the RAFI Triennial Awards for Exemplary Individual and Outstanding Institution in the Visayas and Mindanao was initiated in 1996 by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. to recognize the valuable contribution of individuals and institutions to social development.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=828657

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