The 60-day School of Peace 2019 organized by the Interfaith Cooperation Forum is approaching its last two weeks. It started with the arrival of participants on September 23, 2019, and will culminate on November 20, 2019, a day before the participants depart for their respective home countries. The nineteen participants – nine women and ten…
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School of Peace 2019 now in its second month.
The two-months School of Peace is now moving into the second month of the program. The School of Peace is organized by the Asia Pacific Alliance of YMCA’s-Interfaith Cooperation Forum (APAY-ICF) in partnership with the YMCA of Chiang Mai in Chiangmai, Thailand from September 23-November 21, 2019. There are nineteen participants from eleven countries namely:…
ICF Peace Institute 2 held in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai
The two-week Peace Institute 2 was held on July 31 to August 11, 2019. There were 18 participants, 10 females and 8 males. In terms of religious traditions, there were 8 Buddhist (4 females and 4 males), 4 Muslim (3 females and 1 male) and 6 Christians (3 females and 3 males). The sessions in…
New Program Officer of ICF
Ms. Baidido Manalasal Saganding has been appointed as the new Program Officer of Interfaith Cooperation Forum. Baidido is from Pagangan, Aleosan, Cotabato, Philippines. Having taken a college degree in Social Work in a school affiliated with a Protestant Church and having passed the board exam given by the Professional Regulation Commission of the Philippines, Baidido…
ICF held a thematic workshop in Jayapura
On July 20-25, 2019, ICF held a thematic workshop on peacebuilding and nonviolent communication in Rumah Retreat Savelberg, Waena, Jayapura. Rina Yanike Krebru, an SoP 2018 alumna, did the hosting responsibilities including the arrangement of the venue and the community visit. Due to the distance of Papua from other Indonesian island-provinces, some participants could not…
To all YMCA Youth Participants and Interested APAY General Assembly Delegates and Interfaith Cooperation Forum (ICF) participants
WHAT: A Conceptual Workshop on Theory of Change and Strategic Peacebuilding WHEN: September 4, 2019 (Wednesday): 10:00 am to 12:30 pm September 5, 2019 (Thursday): 10:00 am – 12:30 pm /2:30 pm—5:30 pm (Participants of these two workshops will be able to join the exposure program in the afternoon of September 4, Wednesday) WHERE: …
ICF held Peace Institute in Cagayan de Oro City
On March 29, 2019 evening, the Peace Institute organized by Interfaith Cooperation Forum concluded with a simple ritual. Nineteen participants joined the institute from March 19 -29, 2019 held in Jesuit-owned SEARSOLIN-Xavier University (Ateneo), in Cagayan de Oro City located in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The nineteen (19) participants recommended by YMCAs and peace networks were…
ICF Program Committee Met in Chiangmai, Thailand
The Interfaith Cooperation Forum’s Program Committee held its meeting on March 15-17, 2019 at YMCA International Hotel in Chiangmai. This Committee is a forum of ICF alumni, peace activists, experts on inter-faith issues. Being an interfaith forum, the Committee is composed of members coming from different faith traditions, with consideration of gender balance. One of…
ICF held a Tri-People Thematic Workshop in Mindanao
The ICF Tri-People Thematic Workshop on Peace Processes and Nonviolent Communication was held on January 13-19, 2019 at Crystal Inn, Barangay San Miguel, Iligan City, Philippines. Sixteen participants – Christians, Muslims and Lumad came. SoP alumni Baidido Saganding and Mohaimen Arba led the team building activities and closing ritual, along with Dunhill Maraya and Eugene…
ICF School of Peace 2018
The two-months School of Peace was organized by ICF in partnership with the Facultas Teologi of Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana in Yogyakarta on from October 1- November 29, 2018. Seventeen (17) participants representing three religions, namely Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam attended the program. The nine (9) countries represented with Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines,…