Stories and ideas about being in harmony and at peace with the Creator.
Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed more than one million homes in its path. In response, the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), through the leadership of Bishop Efraim Tendero, aims to distribute 30,000 shelter repair kits (SRK) to pastors and to the most vulnerable families in their respective communities. Each PhP15,000 worth of SRK consists of: …
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23 Deccember 2013. While many of our fellow Filipinos in the Haiyan devastated areas are suffering, we decided to keep our Christmas celebration simple. Frani Catua and Cres Eclevia prepared a modest but delicious food for the whole PeaceBuilders-Coffee for Peace community. Tyron Ortiz, Nenia Galanza, and Sherel Quider led in community singing of Christmas …
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Disaster Capitalism leads to Disaster Exploitation. The former has been explained and used as a framework in our understanding of the Zamboanga Crisis. The latter is an abusive action of the more powerful against the less powerful in times of disaster, taking advantage of the powerlessness of the survivors in the middle of a shock or …
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:: People are beginning to get tents and tarps from international donors. :: We saw survivors queuing for relief goods. While smiling, a man gave us the middle finger. Tired of photographers taking their pictures? Angry? :: Local, national, and international aid authorities report that most communities are served. :: Food seems to be quickly …
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We need volunteers to serve Typhoon Haiyan survivors. 1. Are you culturally sensitive and respectful of others and yet have good command of the English language? 2. Do you have good attitude, able to follow command promptly and precisely without grumbling? 3. Do you have your own tent, sleeping bag, food supply, your own travel …
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Please help the survivors of SuperTyphoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The numbers are overwhelming! Help means massive and systematic emergency disaster response. Our disaster preparation training identifies at least 14 aspects needed for effective response: survivor camp coordination and management early recovery education emergency shelter emergency telecommunications food security and agriculture health livelihood logistics nutrition …
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Introduction The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), led by Bishop Efraim Tendero, recently sent a letter to His Excellency President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on August 31, 2013. As a national network of more than 30,000 churches and organizations, PCEC decided to address several issues of importance to the Philippine people. Its letter appealed …
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17-19 October 2013, Davao City. Coffee for Peace (CFP) took the lead as the major partner of the 2013 Davao Trade Expo (DaTE 2013) for the coffee industry. The theme of the 15th DaTE was Empowering the Farmer: Engage. Enable. Excite. It is the biggest agribusiness expo in Mindanao and is spearheaded by the Davao …
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07-13 October 2013. Pastors, theological educators, civil society leaders, and mission executives finished the Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) training in Zamboanga City. They are part of the forty-five Christian leaders who requested PBCI PAR Seminar as part of their preparation and equipping for a united evangelical body who will seek to actively participate in the …
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The 2013 Zamboanga Crisis did not just happen. While the people were shocked by the seemingly uncontrolled war between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), we see some patterns at work that are similar to various disasters happening around the world. Those observable patterns can be referred to as manifestations of Shock …
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These recent armed clashes between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Zamboanga is characterized by confusion, disinformation, utter disregard for human lives, and grave human rights violations. According to our latest update, this senseless violence has left 53 killed and 70 wounded. There are now 25,000 …
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The God of the Bible is the God of History. God is working in our history. God is doing a radical transformation in our land. The people are seeking God-centered, people-oriented, moral-ethical leadership towards the transformation of our land. That could be the Body of Christ—the community composed of people who have submitted their being …
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