December 21, 2023. The Positive Peace Project (3 Peace) is a youth reintegration program of the Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC) being implemented under the Special Development Fund of the Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
In this project, 200 youth combatants are selected to undergo various skills trainings through the Technical Education and Skills Development of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE-BARMM) as facilitated by the accredited partner Technical Vocational Institute (TVI).
The Values Transformation Training (VTT) comes in before the skills training based on the guidelines being implemented by the TESD of MBHTE-BARMM.
All 200 combatants have already completed the VTT likewise the skills trainings through a mass graduation happened on December 19, 2023 at Shariff Kabunsuan Complex inside Bangsamoro Government Complex in Cotabato City.
Youth combatants as defined in the 3 Peace Project are the sons and daughters of Mujahideens across the 10 camps of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF): Camp Bushra, Camp Badre, Camp Omar, Camp Bilal, Camp Darapanan, Camp Rajamuda and of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF): Camp Ebrahim, Camp Husni, Camp Jannatul Ma’wah and Camp Sofia.
Integration of VTT to the project for the youth combatants is significant in developing the sense of self-change and personality development by teaching faith-based values to help them become responsible and productive member of the society.
One participant expressed thanks for implanting the relevant knowledge on faith-based values through VTT.
Another trainee believes that the VTT has given them knowledge about faith, and being responsible.
“I am thankful that even in a short period, I was able to internalize these teachings on values”, he stated.
As the implementing agency of the VTT, the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA Inc.) is glad to expand its wings to spread the message and significance of faith-based values in building people as agents of change and development.
BDA Inc. has been recognized as the official facilitator and implementer of VTT in BARMM as one relevant approach to achieve the call for moral governance in the Bangsamoro.
BDA Inc. is the development arm of the MILF established in 2002 and has emerged as duly registered non-government organization in 2019 with the official name, BDA Inc.
