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'''Out-of-school youths trained for leadership'''

*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2011/10/25/out-school-youths-trained-leadership-186980

*Tuesday, October 25, 2011

:by  Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper

KOLAMBUGAN, Lanao del Norte – Some 64 promising out-of-school youths (OSY) concluded the Kaagapay ng Bayan sa Pagkamit ng Kapayapaan (Kabataan) seminar held here on October 18 to 21.

 

Kabataan seminar was aimed at developi OSYs to be leaders in Barangays Baybay, Muntai, Kulasian, Palao and Pantar, all of Kolambugan town.

 

Spearheaded by the 35th Infantry Battalion (35IB) Philippine Army through its Alpha (Alamid) Company, the seminar was a concerted effort of the various government agencies, non-government organizations, civil society organization, people’s organization, provincial government and the local government unit (LGU) of Kolambugan, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Philippine National Police (PNP).

 

1st Lieutenant Jason B. Torino, Commanding Officer of Alamid 35th IB, said the seminar was anchored with the Armed Forces of the Philippines’s Internal Peace and Security Plan ‘Bayanihan’, with involvement of different stakeholders and the support of village chieftains and the Youth Council leaders of each barangay.

 

“With this program, we can develop a pool of youth leaders to launch inter-agency activities aimed at curbing insurgency, promoting peace advocacy and enlisting support in the government’s anti- terrorist campaign," Torino said.

 

“The youth, like them, would help in the attainment of sustainable development and lasting peace,” he said. “Of course, this will not end here, we will choose among them the most promising to represent their barangay in the upcoming YLS at the municipal level and have a chance to join at the provincial level.”

 

 

He added that the activity is one of the community services of the AFP to prove that they are not only maintaining the peace and security but also extending their arms to help and do their share towards development. (PR)