First graduate of Australia’s in-country scholarship program hopes to promote peace in Mindanao
Tu Alfonso saw first-hand how the relentless war in Mindanao has been affecting the young people. His parents, who had been IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) because of the war, lived and met at an evacuation center. Tu grew up seeing war victims suffer in the evacuation centers of Cotabato City: children were forced to stop schooling, some worked at a young age, and some, because of their dire need, even ended up in wrongdoings.
“Most of the victims of the war are the Moro, and it’s painful to just watch my brothers and sisters suffer and not do anything. Eight years ago, I helped form the United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD); I did it because of the oppression, because of the depressed families…” Tu shared. Read more...
- Tu Alfonso, the first of the 100 awardees of AusAID’s in-country scholarship program (ICSP) to graduate, received his Master in Development Management at the Asian Institute for Management (AIM) in Makati City. Tu (center) is joined by his women colleague
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