CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI) has been chosen as one of the finalists in the 6th Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) Triennial… Read More »Balay Mindanaw chosen as finalist in 6th RAFI Triennial Awards
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc., which acts as secretariat of the Tulay Kalinaw Mindanaw (Tulay KAMI), successfully hosted the chief peace negotiator of… Read More »Balay Mindanaw, Archbishop Ledesma, Tulay KAMI host MILF chief peace negotiator
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), through its DREAM or Disaster Risk Reduction, Resiliency-building and Emergency Assistance Mission, has recently conducted the Emergency… Read More »Balay Mindanaw DREAM conducts Emergency Coordination Training
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The Tulay Kalinaw sa Mindanaw (Tulay KAMI) is spearheading the local launching of the national campaign All-Out Peace (AOP) on March 6 (Friday), the 40th day of the tragic Mamasapano incident.
Tulay KAMI, convened by Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D., Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (ACDO) and the Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), is a multi-sectoral peace conversation among civil society organizations (CSOs) and agencies working and advocating towards peacebuilding and conflict resolutions in Northern Mindanao.Read More »Tulay KAMI spearheads AOP Campaign launching in CDO/NorMin
“While we will not surrender our advocacy for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), let us move forward to think how we can prevent the escalation of violence in the conflict-affected areas.”
In sum, this was the call of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Balay Mindanaw Group. Last February 17, they had their 2nd Joint BOT Meeting and reflected on the conflict and peace processes in Mindanao over time. Each shared their thoughts and insights after viewing a short video documentation about the history of conflict and peace processes in Mindanao which cited Balay Mindanaw’s peacebuilding efforts. But altogether, they agreed to continue community-based dialogues, particularly in North Cotabato and Maguindanao, do more peace education campaign in our institutions, in schools, in our communities – “to further understand the history of Mindanao, its conflicts and the Bangsamoro people.”Read More »BMG Board call for peace amidst Mamasapano tragedy