PBCI joined a solidarity group of peace advocates from 17 countries. We trekked through 500+ kilometers of Central Mindanao roads with a peace convoy of 25 vehicles. We saw more than 100,000 people–children, youth, adults, seniors–shouting for peace under the heat of Mindanao sun (38-40 degrees celcius). Their loudest cries: “Stop the War in Mindanao!” “Respect the MOA-AD!” MOA-AD is the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain. (See also our Facebook Photo Album)
LIGAWASAN, CENTRAL MINDANAO: 16.OCTOBER.2008
A CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRP-MILF MOA ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN
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