March 4, 2024. The influence of the Values Transformation Training (VTT) has come for the barangay chairmen of various villages in the province of Maguindanao del Norte in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

This year, this significant action was undertaken when the Provincial Government of MDN partnered with the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA Inc.) for the implementation of the VTT for the local officials of the province at barangay/ community level.

There were three batches of participants from 221 barangays in the 12 municipalities namely Parang, Sultan Mastura, Matanog, Barira, Buldon, Sultan Kudarat, Kabuntalan, Northern Kabuntalan, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Talitay and North Upi.

They were organized for the VTT in the province on February 23-27, 2024 at Al-nor Convention, Cotabato City.

“Moral governance may seem to be easy but it is not because it is in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Qur’an”, Chairman Tatua Sangki of Brgy. Pagalungan, Kabuntalan, told.

VTT teaches the participants the significance of faith-based values towards self-change and personality development that will help an individual to become more responsible with his actions (in whatever role/ position) in the society, and therefore be an agent of change and development in building a society of peace.

The VTT for the barangay chairmen was implemented through the Ministry of Interior and Local Government Unit (MILG) of the Province of Maguindanao del Norte.

BDA Inc. was the official training facilitator with the Development Academy of the Bangsamoro (DAB) as the official secretariat.

VTT has been reaching more individuals and communities within and beyond BARMM, as one strategy to support and advocate the moral governance.

In 2023, BDA Inc. reported 12, 193 individuals trained on VTT in various set-up, from regional offices of the BARMM, the beneficiaries of scholarship programs, cooperatives, the decommissioned combatants, others.