PEACE AND RECONCILIATION CENTER


::  A Home for Peace and Reconciliation.   In this Peace and Reconciliation Center, peace movement leaders from our network organizations find a home away from home.  Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) seminars and workshops are held here.  National and international resource persons will be invited to encourage and nurture community leaders in various learning events on PAR.  The center charges a reasonable workshop fee or seminar fee from each participant to cover some of the expenses.

::  Training Center for Peace and Reconciliation Team Leaders.  This will be the main training center for our PAR Team Leaders.  From here, they are pre-assessed, given theoretical training, and are assigned to various conflict zones for practical exposure and immersion.  This will also be the place for their final evaluation and graduation.  From here, they will be assigned to their respective peacebuilding project areas where they would organize a PAR Team.  The PAR Team Leaders Training will be a year-round program—just like a regular school year.

::  Revitalization House for PAR Field Workers.  Peace workers from our partner organizations are welcomed in this center for their spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental revitalization.  There is a limited dormitory-type accommodation provided for peace workers.  Professional counsellors or theologically trained spiritual directors will be provided when needed.

::  Space for Inter-Faith Conversations.  This center is a safe space for religious speakers from various faith communities to share their spiritual perspectives.  After each presentation, an Inter-Faith Conversation follows.  We schedule these Inter-Faith Conversations at least three times a year.

::  Peace Research Center & Library.  We have received our first set of books from the Mennonite Central Committee and will continue to solicit peace-oriented books from other sources.  We hope to expand our peace research facilities to resource the peacebuilders on the field.  Eventually, we will publish Peacebuilders Journal Quarterly and will make it available for subscription to college and university libraries, churches, NGOs, and other institutions to cover publication costs.

::  Coordinating Center for Peace Learning Tours.  We facilitate Peace Learning Tours for peace-oriented organizations, churches, and other groups from around the world who want to see various peace projects in the Philippines.  This program includes international and local travel arrangements, board, lodging, itinerary, and orientation seminar.
 
::  CrossCultural Orientation Center for International Volunteers.  We provide training and orientation to volunteers—farmers, environmentalists, builders, water & sanitation experts, nutritionists, business people, counsellors, computer experts, ESL teachers, etc.—from churches in Europe, Canada and the USA and from other places in the world who have availed themselves to serve the people of the Philippines.  They are coordinated from here and are given socio-cultural preparation before they go to their specific areas of service.

::  Coffee for Peace.  This café helps us generate local, sustainable income to finance our full-time PAR Team Leaders.  It also provides a space for peace-loving people to share their ideas on how to advance the cause of peace in the context of their communities.  The coffee shop also promotes the cause of strategic peacebuilding among young professionals in our city.  Coffee for Peace, Inc. is promoting our rich lands' fair-traded coffee in the national and international market.

The whole center, including the café, is a wi-fi zone.


For further inquiry, send email to center@peacebuilderscommunity.org