Wednesday, February 27, 2008

History of Kalinaw Mindanao Movement Inc

Kalinaw Mindanao Movement Incorporated would like to join your dreams for PEACE and DEVELOPMENT in Mindanao. Kalinaw Mindanao Movement Inc., responses to the call of the Philippine Government under the Presidential Proclamation 127, S.2001. That the last Thursday of November to the first Wednesday of December will be the celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace. To be actively response to the call in celebration with Mindanao Week of Peace we must first enlighten and impart the peace and development education to the future leaders, which is the Youth.

K-Mindanao is a YOUTH FOR PEACE ACTION, non profit, non sectarian and non-government organization (NGO). This NGO is primarily operated by the students, youth, and young professionals and assisted by individual donors. YOUTH FOR PEACE ACTION is learning and educating through workshop-seminars on peace and development education that complements to local community activities. Our approach is to use non-formal education to promote non violent attitudes and behavior, values and ways of life, how to respond to violence, promote intercultural learning, dialogue, and respect of democracy and human rights. K-Mindanao YOUTH FOR PEACE ACTION participates but not limited to seminars- workshops but also in local community projects through exchange programs on leadership training, peace – war awareness and family orientation program. Also, we facilitate youth coalitions, partnership and networking on our programs and projects among youth and civic-ngo organizations that needs our services and supports.

The organization was founded by Wilfredo Gevero Jr., the Organization was a prophetic vision from the divine providence when he was 12 years old, way back November 14, 1996. The founder thought that it was impossible to organize the organization since he is young and not capable to stand in his own. At his high school life, he was trained primary on how to be a leader and to be part of the community. Community involvements and proper training/orientation equipped the founder’s skills. It continues until he reaches in college, he was the former President of the Liceo de Cagayan University under the College of Information Technology and the Secretary General of Communications under the Supreme Student Council; he then graduated from the university at the age of 19.

The journey continues, at age of 23 the visions and dreams becomes reality. The organization was being registered under Securities and Exchange Commission with permit number 2007- 28874. Divine visions, leadership training, community involvements and his philosophy in life dictate him to organize the movement. The Founder’s Philosophy is:

“Today is the time to act, act now and live without limits”
It’s a meaningful philosophy, today is the time to act for peace and to organize a friendly environment in the island of Mindanao. No matter what happen, no matter who will opposed as long as it is not against to the international ideology for peace, its constitution and by laws set by the Philippine government, by laws of k-Mindanao Movement Inc. and not against the teaching of our divine providence.

The main concern of the organization is to end –up the conflict between Filipino versus Filipino in Mindanao.

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