Westmincom holds Youth Leader Summit

From Sun Star-Zamboanga (Jul 16): Westmincom holds Youth Leader Summit

OVER 50 promising young leaders from Zamboanga City and the nearby provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have converged in an event dubbed as Youth Leadership Summit (YLS).

The summit which kicked off Saturday, July 16, is being held at Camp Navarro that houses the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom). The activity ends Monday, July 18.

Lieutenant General Mayoralgo Dela Cruz, Westmincom chief, spearheads the conduct of the summit in partnership with the 4th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service and other stakeholders.

Major Filemon Tan, Jr., Westmincom spokesperson, said the summit is aimed to develop and empower the youth in order to reach their full potentials by engaging and implementing peace and development programs geared towards nation building.

Tan said the activity will not only provide a venue for convergence but will also provide capacity building through skills development.

Tan said the summit would also develop avenues for youth leaders purposely to help them put their aspirations and hopes into action, with the end goal of fostering a more peaceful and productive community.

He said the YLS 2016 Western Mindanao Leg shall also serve as a venue where deserving participants from Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) will be selected to join the National Youth Congress to be held in Cebu City in November this year.

He said the participants will undergo series of lecture-workshops during the summit with invited resource persons from non-government agencies such as Environmental Talk Sibugay, Peace Advocates Zamboanga (PAZ), and other partner agencies like the Philippine National Police.

He said Westmincom believes that the three-day event will open more opportunities for youth leaders to empower them to become productive members of the society.
“This (summit) will also help them acknowledge their potentials when performing their duties and responsibilities as youth leaders,” he said.

Tan said the summit will open more opportunities for the participants to be empowered and become productive members of the society especially when interacting with various religious and cultural groups.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/07/16/westmincom-holds-youth-leader-summit-485755