Teresita ging deles biography

We have to make an act of faith every day to overcome all threats to peace so we can become effective peace advocates and peacemakers. We have to stay the course. Teresita Quintos-Deles bornhas come full circle as adviser to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the peace process. Both the government and the rebels claimed to speak for the people, but there was no other organized voice to articulate the concerns of those suffering from the on-going violence.

Quintos-Deles and CfP moved into grassroots organizing, encouraging and supporting local communities to develop their own peace initiatives. They engaged in marches, education programs and consultations to help people understand the root causes of the conflict and mobilize to address those issues together. To make this possible, people have to own the peace process through their participation in it.

Teresita ging deles biography

Many communities took up this idea. As Quintos-Deles worked on organizing the local communities she noticed that to succeed in standing up to the armed groups a community needed strong internal structure. Those with either strong intact indigenous structures or where the churches had done extensive social organizing were the ones able to sustain the work of a peace-zone.

Quintos-Deles also organized opportunities for the community leaders to gather together from the various peace zone projects so they could share their experiences and broaden their views. They could transcend the local perspective and get a sense of the national movement. As the peace movement grew there was need for more organizational co-ordination.

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