Category: PEACE WITH THE CREATION

Economic-Ecological Transformation

UBC GRAD STUDENTS PLAN TO VISIT COFFEE FOR PEACE

29 May 2016. Dann and Joji Pantoja, founding leaders of Coffee For Peace (CFP) and PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI), met with a group of graduate students from the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), University of British Columbia. This class is led by Dr. Leonora C. Angeles, Associate Professor, SCARP. This class of 9 …

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MENTORSHIP IS A HIGH-VALUE ACTIVITY AT COFFEE FOR PEACE

Now happening at the backyard of the office of CoffeeForPeace.Com: Our farming partners from Mount Apo, the Ancestral Domain of the Bagobo Tribe, deliver their Arabica coffee cherries; Nowie Blag and Jose Calaba, PAR (Peace and Reconciliation) Monitors from the Dulangan Manobo Tribe, who also have planted 10,000 Arabica coffee trees in their Ancestral Domain, …

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TO BE AN EFFECTIVE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT FIELD WORKER

While hiking the mountains of Upper Kalinga, my heart and mind brought my consciousness on how to be an effective Inclusive Development field worker: My main task is primarily to listen to the peoples’ imagination of their realities. In their various languages and expressions, they articulate their present realities (what is) and their future aspirations …

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WE HELPED BRIDGE TOP PCEC AND MILF LEADERS

02 April 2016. Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao — The PeaceBuilders Community initiated the top leaders’ meeting between the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), led by Bishop Noel Alba Pantoja, and the Central Committee Office of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), led by Chairman Murad Ebrahim. The two bodies discussed how leaders of …

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PARTICIPATING IN A TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE DISCUSSION

Had a great time listening to the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission report of Atty. Cecilia Jimenez. We will use many of their recommendations that we think are readily applicable in our Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) Community development initiatives on the ground through related programs by PeaceBuildersCommunity.Org and CoffeeForPeace.Com. This meeting was dubbed as “Ways Forward for …

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CFP GOES THROUGH IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Last November 2015, Coffee for Peace received an award initiated by IIX and UNDP on PeaceBuilding. Coffee for Peace was chosen for the Philippines as a Social Enterprise with Peace Impact. This month, Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX Asia) from Singapore conducted the impact assessment for Coffee For Peace in terms of inclusive development in …

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PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING

Two Kalinga tribes — the Sumacher Tribe and the Naneng Tribe — have invited Joji and me to become a ceremonial part of their people. This is equivalent to becoming both a spiritual member of the tribe and becoming a ‘naturalized citizen’ of the community.   Being embraced by the loving and caring tribal community …

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact