WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! The Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI) is now looking for volunteers to staff its Secretariat for its 2023 Annual Peacebuilding Training that will be held from May 15 to June 2, 2023, at Mergrande Ocean Resort,  Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines.  As members of the Secretariat team, it is hoped that the volunteers will enhance thei...

Elections are one of the key elements of democracy. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ensures the fundamental right of every citizen in democratic nations to take part in the government of his or her country through transparent and open elections.1 However, peacebuilders continue to face the challenge of ensuring and guarding the integrity of elections through people’s participation, especially in ethnically plural societies. In the Philippines, the International Observer Mission reported that the 2022 presidential elections “were ...

On 10th November, 2022 on the occasion of World Science Day for Peace and Development, peer mediation camapign was launched at Peace Centre (North East Institute of Social Sciences & Research) Chümoukedima, Nagaland. Addressing the students and faculty, Dr. Fr. C.P. Anto Paul, Principal, NEISSR emphasized on the need of peer mediation among the youths especially college students as it will help to address individual, classroom, as well as institutional issues. In Peer Mediation, the volunteers are trained to become peer mediators who resolve these issues/ conflict at individual, group, in...