photo by JES AZNAR

 

BALAY Wins Second Time in Panibagong Paraan 2008

BALAY made it again as one of the winners in the last April 14, 2008 Panibagong Paraan. The Panibagong Paraan is a unique marketplace of innovative ideas that provide solutions to the most pressing social and economic concerns of the country; project ideas that deliver results and have the potential for expansion and replication. This is the third time that Panibagong Paraan was held. Balay did not participate in the second PanibagongParaan call for innovative projects. ···> read more

 
BALAY’s Psychosocial Response to
Peace and Humanitarian Crisis in Mindanao

After the refusal of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines to sign the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the humanitarian crisis ensued in Mindanao. The agreement was a product of 11-years of negotiations and would have been a real, substantive breakthrough towards reaching a peace compact between the government and the rebels. But due to developments, there has been a resumption of hostilities in many areas in Cotabato, Basilan, Lanao, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Saranggani. ···> read more