Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc.

Kaangayan, Kalambuan, Kalinaw ... sa Mindanaw, sa Pilipinas, sa Kalibutan

A Peace Room opens for peace advocates

The Peace Room

Inside the Balay Mindanaw Peace Center is a facility which aims to advance initiatives in peace-building at the community level and in the peace process. The Peace Room will provide an area for greater learning as well as access to resource materials on peace and other related information related to peace-building initiatives.

A 60.43-sq.m. peace room may be a small area to talk about big issues like peace, but this will not limit peace workers and advocates to think big and envision peace.

This room aims to contribute further to Balay Mindanaw’s mission of helping build empowered sustainable communities, helping build peace in Mindanao. It is intended to be an integral part of the continuing peace-building and capability-building programs of BMFI and the rest of the Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs by providing a venue for the continuing interventions towards peace and development.

Funded by the German Development Service (ded-Philippines), this initiative came about in response to the increasing need and demand of Balay Mindanaw programs and interventions. This was clearly emphasized during the Peace Forum Workshop and eagerly discussed among the stakeholders of Balay Mindanaw. Officers and staff of BMFI, RCED, BDSI and BALAOD Mindanaw, including members of the Board of Trustees, participated in the said workshop which was held last September 23-25, 2004 at the Harbor Lights Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.