GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan 29 (PIA)---- The International Peace Youth Group
(IPYG) led half a thousand youths from different places of Soccsksargen in a
“world peace walk” at the Oval Plaza here to show and campaign for peace among
their peers in the region.
The IPYG that visited the city over the weekend is an international coalition of some 128 organizations in 53 countries worldwide.
IPYG partners with Mindanao State University (MSU)-GenSan in the latter’s effort to promote lasting peace in Mindanao.
The visit was not only to initiate the peace walk on January 24 with peers but also to lead an interfaith dialogue which was separately held at the Greenleaf Hotel. A day before that, it also held a press conference at the Graduate School, MSU AVR.
According to Jacob Cheng, IPYG regional coordinator, the string of events was dedicated especially to the youth because “their hearts are great and it is important that their mindset is for peace.”
He also said that same “peace walk has already been conducted in different places in Asia, South Africa, Europe and Central America and now, reaching parts in Mindanao.”
He also described the interfaith dialogue, which was attended by religious and political leaders as fruitful.
Cheng said participants expressed oneness, cooperation, and agreement to propagate and sustain peace in Soccsksargen and the entire island of Mindanao.
The IPYG exists to work on the establishment of a platform to uphold world peace through various endeavors such as the conduct of world peace walk project, among others.
In keeping with the motif of peace, the Young Educator’s Summit was also integrated and conducted on Saturday (Jan 25) with a theme: “Yes to Education, Yes to Convergence.”
Event organizers have pegged the number of participants to this gathering held at Lagao Gymnasium to reach 3,200.
It said attendees were mostly comprised of education students and young professional teachers from different colleges and universities in the region.
The one day summit was designed to provide understanding on the role of education in attaining peace, developing educational plans, programs and projects and activities in Soccsksargen and in fostering cooperation and establishing linkages among all education students and young educators in the area.
Kenjave Parlero, president of MSU’s College of Education Students Organization, expressed appreciation for the IPYG’s visit saying “they are not just here to instill knowledge but also they want the youth to understand what peace is all about.” (CT Apelacio/Lipsy Grace Carayo, PIA-12 General Santos City)
<Reference> http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1671390898493
The IPYG that visited the city over the weekend is an international coalition of some 128 organizations in 53 countries worldwide.
IPYG partners with Mindanao State University (MSU)-GenSan in the latter’s effort to promote lasting peace in Mindanao.
The visit was not only to initiate the peace walk on January 24 with peers but also to lead an interfaith dialogue which was separately held at the Greenleaf Hotel. A day before that, it also held a press conference at the Graduate School, MSU AVR.
According to Jacob Cheng, IPYG regional coordinator, the string of events was dedicated especially to the youth because “their hearts are great and it is important that their mindset is for peace.”
He also said that same “peace walk has already been conducted in different places in Asia, South Africa, Europe and Central America and now, reaching parts in Mindanao.”
He also described the interfaith dialogue, which was attended by religious and political leaders as fruitful.
Cheng said participants expressed oneness, cooperation, and agreement to propagate and sustain peace in Soccsksargen and the entire island of Mindanao.
The IPYG exists to work on the establishment of a platform to uphold world peace through various endeavors such as the conduct of world peace walk project, among others.
In keeping with the motif of peace, the Young Educator’s Summit was also integrated and conducted on Saturday (Jan 25) with a theme: “Yes to Education, Yes to Convergence.”
Event organizers have pegged the number of participants to this gathering held at Lagao Gymnasium to reach 3,200.
It said attendees were mostly comprised of education students and young professional teachers from different colleges and universities in the region.
The one day summit was designed to provide understanding on the role of education in attaining peace, developing educational plans, programs and projects and activities in Soccsksargen and in fostering cooperation and establishing linkages among all education students and young educators in the area.
Kenjave Parlero, president of MSU’s College of Education Students Organization, expressed appreciation for the IPYG’s visit saying “they are not just here to instill knowledge but also they want the youth to understand what peace is all about.” (CT Apelacio/Lipsy Grace Carayo, PIA-12 General Santos City)
<Reference> http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1671390898493
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