Youth participants gather in a hall at the Panaghiusa International Peace Camp and Grants Competition.

Program · Philippines · Since 2020

Extremely Together Philippines — Panaghiusa

The Philippine chapter of Extremely Together, the Kofi Annan Foundation's global alliance of young peacebuilders, supported by the European Union.

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1,398

Total youth trained (2020–2022 reporting period)

Local ET chapters established across the Philippines

61%

Of participants were female; 34% were Muslim

Completed youth-led P/CVE projects, of 18 grants awarded

47%

Peak increase in pre/post-test knowledge scores

Editions of the Panaghiusa Pages magazine published

The program

Leading the way to peace, together.

Launched in 2020 with the Kofi Annan Foundation and financial support from the European Union, "Leading the Way to Peace – Youth Together for Social Cohesion" set out to strengthen the networks and capacities of youth-led civil society organizations in preventing violent extremism and building peace.

The program ran in the National Capital Region, Zamboanga City, Sulu, Marawi City, and Davao, reaching youth in some of the communities most exposed to conflict and extremist recruitment.

Extremely Together is a global alliance of youth leaders founded by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; KRIS co-founder Arizza Nocum is one of ten young leaders worldwide chosen to help lead it.

Youth participants smile and flash peace signs at a Panaghiusa peace camp.

Flagship activities

How the network trains and connects.

Panaghiusa Peace Camp & Grant Competition

Residential training and seed-grant pitching held in Bulacan, Zamboanga, Marawi, and Tagum.

Hiraya

A seed-grant and peace-project competition supporting youth-led community solutions.

Kalinaw Forums

Annual September Peace Month virtual forum series, including a dedicated "PeaceTech" webinar.

Grand Conference (2021, Tagum City)

120 youth joined in person and 698 more online for the program's largest single gathering.

Good Practices Dissemination (2022)

Shared outcomes with the EU Delegation, the Bangsamoro Youth Commission, and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos.

Panaghiusa Pages

A 3-part magazine on preventing violent extremism and youth leadership, distributed nationally.

Panaghiusa Peace Camp & Grants Competition

Pitching ideas, building friendships.

A participant pitches a school microfarm project on stage.

Four participants smile together at a workshop table.

Facilitators speak on stage in front of the Panaghiusa banner.

A participant presents her project, Be JUAN to save JUAN.

Participants at Group 8 write out their project ideas.

The organizing team and facilitators pose on stage.

Grant recipients raise a fist to their chest while holding certificates.

Two participants flash peace signs in front of a book club sign.

A participant shares her thoughts with the group at the microphone.

Youth-led grant projects

What local chapters built.

Project ABaKaDa

Storybooks on child-abuse resilience, by UNITeam.

Handang Halalan

Voter education by WMSU Peace Mediators.

Lettuce Be Happy

Hydroponics livelihood for trafficking survivors, WMSU Gender Association.

Project iPeace

Indigenous Peoples' rights education, Rotaract Metro Zamboanga.

Tambayayong

Livelihood support for out-of-school youth in Tagum.

Sining at Kapayapaan

An arts and music hub for Dumagat Indigenous youth.

Dyakatra

A children's storybook on Maranaw folklore, by MSU Scholars Society.

Puntadas

Sewing livelihood support for displaced children.

Hundreds of youth network members make a hand gesture together in a ballroom.

Still growing

A network that outlasted its funding cycle.

After its formal 2020–2022 reporting period closed, ET Philippines–Panaghiusa continued as a peer-learning and mobilization network through 2024. It sustained more than 1,000 youth trained and 40+ organizations supported cumulatively, and fed directly into KRIS's newer regional work under Champions for Peace.

See where the network is headed next