Youth leaders from Eastern Mindanao will gather altogether for the Youth for Peace Eastern Mindanao Congress to be held at Felis Resort Complex, Matina Aplaya, Davao City on April 27-30.
With the theme “Harmonizing Peace Initiatives for a Better and Reliable Youth for Peace Network in Eastern Mindanao,” the gathering will be participated by selected 100 youth leaders all over Regions X, XI, XII and XIII.
“The main objective is to encourage the youth to participate in promoting contribute in development and also contribute to youth development all over eastern Mindanao, as well as to strengthen the collaboration of all youth leaders and organizations,” said Kenneth Tagaro, representative of Youth for Peace Mindanao, in a press conference on Wednesday.
Tagaro also cleared the issue that the youth have been used by the military against terrorist groups.
“Ako lang klaruhon nga kami mga kabatan-onan wala gigamit sa mga sundalo. Kami nagserbisyo sa komunidad, dili sa mga sundalo. Kabahin sila sa among mga proyekto kay partnership man ni siya. Naa silay mga resources nga possible namong magamit and vice versa. Ang among mga miyembro mga lumad, aduna pud mga kabatan-unang Moro, naa pud mga settlers. Kana sila, nakighiusa pinaagi sa Youth for Peace,” said Tagaro
The congress will be having a series of engagement and team-building activities, following three (3) modules, namely, Awakening, Nurturing and Empowering.
Youth for Peace Philippines is a national organization that aims to champion peace and unity led by John Patrick Onggao from Bacolod City. It has subchapters located all over Mindanano and Visayas. In Davao, they have Youth for Peace TALBOS which stands for Tanan Lihok Batan-on og Sundalo.
