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.
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