MILF: MILF-UNICEF Hold Capacity Building for Religious Leaders

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Aug 4): MILF-UNICEF Hold Capacity Building for Religious Leaders



Moro Islamic Liberation Front in partnership with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) implemented their ways forwards program in a 3-day Training being held at Crystal Hall being held at Em Manor Hotel from August 2-4.

It is recalled that a Training of Trainers was held in Davao City last month for Aimmah, Du’at, Murshideen, and Murshidaat relative to the MILF disengaged children from combat.

The program in EM Manor that aims to enhance the capacity of the Selected Aimmah, Du'at, Murshideen and Murshidaat in dealing with Disengaged Children in Conflict Affected Areas will culminate today.

The training tackles the four (4) major topics such as; Magnetic Da'iyah, Effective Kuthbah, Effective Speaker and Trainer and Masjid Management.

It focused on giving spiritual transformation, capacitating mental ability and good values or behavior where they play as a role model of the Muslim Ummah in the Bangsamoro.

Relative to this, about 100 SWC members were also trained at CFSI building as para-social workers. The training was purposely to prepare them with the tasks of expanding services to the 1,869 disengaged children and identifying the basic services to be provided to the children for their survival, education, health and sanitation.

Meanwhile, the MILF-UNICEF in collaboration with the Community and Family Services International (CFSI), local government units (LGU's) and other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) has started reaching out provinces in Central Mindanao and other areas in Mindanao to train members of Social Welfare Committee (SWC) of the MILFin localities who shall become future advocates in countering radicalization and violent extremism.

The MILF religious group, Deparment of Da'wah and Guidance, and the trained members of Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) on dealing with disengaged children from combat will spearhead the advocacy as they are the right groups to convey the implications of violent extremism to the youth.

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