Training awakens need to mainstream gender

A training that requires workshops and processing has raised the need to widen the outreach of mainstreaming gender issues in the community to prevent further problems related to misunderstanding about each other’s gender issues. One participant in the training held in Marawi City in September expressed this concern after he participated in the training organized …

Provincial Election Monitoring Action Center Organized

Through the collaborative effort of the related agencies and the civil society organizations, the creation of the Provincial Election Action Center (PEMAC) was realized. It becomes a bridge to have a sharing and counter validation of the data received from the ground during the May 13, 2013 national and local synchronized elections. The objective of …

City Mayor Salic graces BRAC 1st Moving-Up ceremony

The Maranao People Development Center Inc. conducted its first BRAC Centralized Moving-Up Ceremony by municipality with the theme “Building the Nation’s Future Leaders through the K to 12 Basic Education Program.” It province-wide activity was conducted simultaneously from May 1- 10, 2013. The various sub-activities were held at the different towns’ Municipal Hall or Barangay …

Youth leading to the way to peace PEACE CAMP

“Youth is the hope of the nation”, as believed some development workers.  As part of the project entitled” Strengthening Grassroots in Interfaith Dialogue and Understanding”, a five-day peace camp was conducted on June 3-8, 2013 in two venues:  first at the MARADECA quadrangle office at Barangay Ragayan, Marantao, Lanao del Sur, and followed by an …

MYPD assembly wants youth to be public speakers

Members of the Meranao Youth for Peace and Development (MYPD) got the nerves and acts together to face the public better and more confident in a training that was held mainly to address the fear of being in front of the public. Abdulbassit M. Abolhusain, Peace Building Staff Maradeca ensured that 26 males and 12 …

The Role of Citizen’s Care in Election Monitoring

Through the Citizens Coalition for ARMM Electoral Reform or better known as Citizens CARE, the Provincial Election Monitoring and Action Center (PEMAC) was realized. The PEMAC was designed to serve as the central monitoring unit where information relative to the conduct of elections including security coverage would be addressed. It becomes a strategic bridge that …