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Imagine. Coffee For Peace Canada. A group of Canadian investors who see life and reality from the lenses of Peace Theology and are committed to help build justice and peace among coffee farming communities around the world. These are women and men who are convinced to invest in companies like Coffee For Peace that aims …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2016/06/coffee-for-peace-invites-canadian-partners-for-impact-investing/
Ms. Wendy Kroeker, a senior consultant at PeaceBuilders Community, held a public forum in Davao City last 13 May 2016. Her presentation was entitled Philippine Peacebuilders: Building Strategies and Hope. The forum was organized as part of Wendy’s Ph.D. dissertation, wherein she was able to interview local actors from the peacebuilding community on how they were …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2016/05/wendy-kroeker-holds-public-forum-on-philippine-peacebuilding/
The PeaceBuilders Community in MetroManila is now a worshipping body. For the past few years, a group of friends, supporters, members, adherents, and consultants of PeaceBuilders Community in the MetroManila Area have been dreaming of a Sunday morning worship event where they can sing praises to the Creator using the native language and indigenous tunes …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2016/04/metro-manila-peacebuilders-community-is-born/
Our CEO, Rev. Luis Daniel Pantoja, represented PBCI in a round-table-discussion on “Ways Forward for the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in the Bangsamoro”. The forum started with the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) report of Atty. Cecilia Jimenez. Commissioner Jimenez highlighted the following findings of the TJRC Report: Legitimate Grievances. The ‘legitimate grievances of the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2016/03/pbci-participates-in-a-transitional-justice-discussion/
We were invited by the Sumacher Tribe of the Upper Kalinga to explore an inclusive development partnership with them starting with coffee production and marketing. This is part of our long term relationship with the Kalinga people that started in 2010. Twinkle Alngag Bautista, or Tala for those who are close to her, is the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2016/02/sumacher-tribe-in-kalinga-invites-pbci-for-inclusive-development/
The staff of PeaceBuilders Community and Coffee For Peace gathered for a special fellowship to celebrate Christmas 2015. Everybody participated to make this modest celebration a loving, just, peaceful, and joyful demonstration of our relationships as a community. The Administrative Staff designed to make this event more memorable by being simple and yet meaningful. We avoided …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/12/pbci-and-cfp-staff-celebrate-2015-christmas/
14-16 November 2015. The Managa Tribal Council (MTC) and the Balutakay Coffee Farmers Association (BaCoFA) invited PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) and Coffee For Peace (CFP) for a series of consultations. With the guidance of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the discussion revolved around the socio-cultural procedures and legal steps towards an inclusive development …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/11/bagobo-tribal-community-and-local-farmers-invite-pbci-cfp-for-consultation/
21-23 October 2015. Joji Pantoja, CEO of Coffee For Peace (CFP), received an N-Peace Award from the United Nations Development Program – Impact Investment Exchange Asia (UNDP-IIXAsia) in behalf of the women who comprise the 80 percent of the farming farmers of CFP. The N-Peace Awards Ceremony was held at One UN Hotel, New York, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/10/coffee-for-peace-receives-award-from-n-peace-network-and-undp/
Every three years, Dann & Joji Pantoja, the lead peace and reconciliation missionaries at PeaceBuilders Community, are assigned to speak at various church organizations, inter-faith gatherings, peace advocacy groups, and academic institutions. The Pantojas arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia in the evening of 10 September. Joji will be back in Davao on the second week …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/09/dann-joji-pantoja-off-to-north-american-ministry/
Jobelyn Palo Basas is our new local intern. We call her “Jobey.” She obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Development from Southern Christian College, Midsayap, Cotabato. Prior to coming to PBCI, she served as a psycho-social worker in an organization advocating and working for children’s rights. She has good working skills in dealing …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/09/jobelyn-basas-represents-pbci-to-peacebuilding-partners/
This month we mark the completion of a nearly two year PeaceBuilders Community Inc. operation designed to enhance the disaster response capabilities of the Church in the Visayan Islands of the central Philippines. From small beginnings, this program really took off thanks to the enthusiastic participation of the Visayan pastors and the financial backing of …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/07/pbci-finalizes-par-drn-organizing-in-eastern-samar/
Peacebuilders Community, Inc. was invited by Central Mindanao University (CMU) as consultant for Proposal Writing for Peace Process last April 28-29, 2015. The said activity was participated by selected professors who are members of Mt. Kalayo Institute for Social Enterprise Growth (MKESEG). CMU decided to have this kind of workshop because they believed that …
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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2015/04/cmu-starts-university-center-for-peace-and-reconciliation/
