Philippines | Starting over together - Derek Sanico on reconciliation work in Mindanao

Hardly any family has not mourned a death. Displacements,
disappearances, torture, kidnappings, grenade and bomb attacks
have left their mark on generations of people in Mindanao since
the late 1960s. Children grew up with fear, mistrust and hatred.
Now there is hope for a new beginning: after successful peace
negotiations in 2014, a majority voted for the "Autonomous Region
of Bangsamoro in Muslim Mindanao" in 2019. Since then, the acts
of war have decreased, but they have not stopped. After all, how
can people overcome their hatred and engage in a new beginning
together? Derek Sanico has done it himself and now supports
people in opening up to dialog and reconciliation.


 


More information on peace work in the Philippines among others:
https://www.forumzfd.de/de/philippinen


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