PBCI InfoComm Team

The PBCI Information & Communications Team is a group of volunteer writers, applied communications specialists, and web designers serving with PeaceBuilders Community Incorporated (PBCI) who are working from different parts of the globe. PBCI is a community of missionaries who are dreaming and working together for a just, radical, and active non-violent transformation of our beautiful land.

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FINAL REPORT ON SENDONG RELIEF OPERATIONS SUBMITTED; REHAB PLANS SET

TYPHOON SENDONG (INTERNATIONAL CODE: WASHI) On December 15, 2011 Typhoon Sendong entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility with an estimated sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather report. Public Storm Signal Number One was raised in the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Siargao Island, Surigao …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2012/01/final-report-on-sendong-relief-ops-submitted/

“SERVING OTHERS IS SUCH A FULFILLMENT!”: A VOLUNTEER’S STORY

Typhoon Sendong prompted PBCI to declare a Red Code Status (highest state of alertness; real and immediate danger).  We were trying to make busy schedules, scarce resources, overburdened organizations, and equally urgent matters to work together. It was a difficult task of harmonizing everything together to serve the thousands of Sendong survivors. In the midst of …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2012/01/touched-to-serve-a-volunteers-story/

PBCI LEARNS FROM SENDONG SURVIVORS’ EXPERIENCES

One of the areas that PBCI served was in Area 5, Barangay Consolacion, Isla de Oro, Cagayan de Oro City. In partnership with Kagay-an Evangelical Disaster Response Network (KEDRN) and the PAR Community Region 10, this area was specified as the recipient of PBCI Relief Operation. The people there shared their experiences during the typhoon, …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2012/01/the-sendong-survivors/

2ND WAVE FIELD OPERATIONS NOW ON; 1500 MOST NEEDY FAMILIES WHO SURVIVED SENDONG IDENTIFIED

02. January. 2012 — Mei Solocasa (Mindanao PeaceBuilding Coordinator, PBCI)) took a plane from Davao City to Cagayan de Oro City. She was sent to lead an advanced team to identify 1,500 families among the Sendong survivors who live in less reached communities. Her report: There are 800 households that were identified who need kitchen …

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LET US HELP THE SURVIVORS OF TYPHOON SENDONG (WASHI)

Our City was hit by a strong typhoon last Friday, Dec 16. It was the most destructive and tragic calamity in the history of our city. As of today there were already 346 dead, hundreds are still missing and more than 20,000 homeless temporarily sheltered in Public Schools and Village Centers. — Rev. Alex Eduave …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2011/12/let-us-help-the-survivors-of-typhoon-sendong-washi/

PBCI CONDUCTS MEDICAL OUTREACH IN MAGUINDANAO

Video documentation by Daniel Byron Pantoja     28 November 2011—Maguindanao. Peacebuilders Community, Inc. conducted a Medical Outreach in Brgy. Bagoinged, Municipality of Pagalungan, Province of Maguindanao. The medical outreach was held in Bagoinged Elementary School, where the School Principal and the Barangay Captain warmly welcomed the team. PBCI Healthcare Specialist, Mei Solocasa, led the …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2011/11/pbci-conducts-medical-outreach-in-maguindanao/

PBCI DEPLOYS BUKIDNON PAR TEAM ORGANIZERS

19.November.2011 — Peacebuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) deployed two teams of Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Team Organizers in the province of Bukidnon. For one year, each team will organize and train volunteer pastors and church leaders who will be willing to undergo the series of PAR training in their respective areas. The organized teams will be …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2011/11/pbci-deploys-bukidnon-team-organizaer/

PBCI SUPPORTS GPH-NDFP PEACE TALKS

7-9 November 2011—Midsayap, North Cotabato. PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) staff participated at the Ecumenical Peacebuilding Training conducted by the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP). The Peacebuilding training aimed to analyze the root causes of conflict between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), as well as to …

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AN ALL OUT WAR WITH THE MILF IS NOT THE ANSWER

PCEC STATEMENT ON THE OCTOBER 2011 BASILAN CRISIS We grieve and condole from the depth of our hearts with the families and friends of those who were killed from all sides in Sitio Bakisung, Barangay Cambug, Municipality of Al Barka in Basilan last Tuesday, October 18, 2011.  In a battle that went from 5:30 AM …

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PAR NUEVA ECIJA RESPONDS TO DISASTER VICTIMS

The Peace and Reconciliation Community in the Province of Nueva Ecija (PAR NE) actively responded to the disaster victims after the onslaught of typhoons Pedring (Nesat) and Quiel (Nalgae). Bishop John Tayoto, former Chairman of Peace and Reconciliation Nueva Ecija (PAR NE), and currently the Chairman of the Peace and Reconciliation Commission (PARCOM) of the …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2011/10/par-nueva-ecija-responds-to-disaster-victims/

PCEC BISHOP INSTALLS REGION 10 PAR COMMISSION OFFICERS

Bishop Efraim Tendero, National Director of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), and Bishop Genesis Udang of PCEC PAR Commission in Mindanao officially installed 18 key leaders from Region 10 who successfully completed the three-month Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Seminar Series. These monthly seminar sessions were held in three different cities: ::  August 04-05, 2011 …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2011/10/region-10-par-commission-officers-installed-by-pcec-bishop/

PBCI AND UNIFRUTTI AGREE TO ADVANCE PAR TOGETHER

In joyful response to God’s initiative and provision, PeaceBuilders Community Inc. (PBCI) and Coffee For Peace (CFP) have agreed to work together in a joint ministry with the Unifrutti Group of Companies (UGC), along with their foundations — Unifrutti Foundation Inc. and Hineleban Foundation Inc. (HFI)– to advance Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) initiatives in the Province of Bukidnon. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://peacebuilderscommunity.org/2011/09/pbci-and-unifrutti-agrees-to-advance-par-together/

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