Programs
Fifteen years of programs, one purpose: young people leading peace.
Every KRIS program sits under one of three pillars: Educate, Empower, Inspire. Here are our flagship initiatives, past and current.
Flagship programs
Our five major initiatives.
ASEAN Peace Exchange Leadership Programme (APEX)
A 24-month initiative equipping, connecting, and amplifying emerging peace leaders from all 11 ASEAN member states, through needs assessment, residential activities, virtual learning, and mentorship.
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Champions for Peace
With the Kofi Annan Foundation, Temasek Foundation, Nagulendran Philanthropy Alliance, and Diana Koh Fund, building youth resilience and social cohesion across the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
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Applied Peace Network (APN)
A two-week seminar with Innovations in Peacebuilding, grounded in the Philippine peace process and the Bangsamoro experience, that sends every participant home with a capstone idea.
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Extremely Together Philippines, Panaghiusa
The Philippine chapter of the Kofi Annan Foundation's global youth alliance, funded by the European Union. 1,398 youth trained, 4 local chapters, and 8 completed youth-led peace projects.
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Publications
Research reports, the Panaghiusa Pages magazine series, storybooks, and annual reports documenting 15 years of programming.
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Also part of the KRIS network.
Bangsamoro Mediators Forum (BMF)
Led by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD). Brings together young Meranaw, Maguindanaon, Tausug, Iranun, and Bisaya mediators to build skills in resolving rido (clan conflict) and community disputes, with Innovations in Peacebuilding and OPAPRU.
Panaghiusa Youth Fund
A national peace-pitch competition for youth-led and school-based organizations aged 16 to 30. The 2023 cohort's three winning organizations, from across Mindanao, are still running with their solutions.
EduIkaw
A pandemic-response initiative providing tablets, smartphones, prepaid credits, and school supplies to learners in need, with PLDT-Smart Foundation and @sell4acause.
Where it started
Our founding programs.
Peace Libraries
Built between 2008 and 2012 in Zamboanga City, Quezon City, Zamboanga Sibugay, Rizal, and Davao, offering free books, computers, and safe spaces in conflict-affected communities.
Scholarships
Awarded 2011 to 2017 to students from preschool to university in conflict- and poverty-affected areas. Graduates now work as teachers, health workers, and civil servants.
IsangBayan Conference
A youth peacebuilding conference held in 2020. It drew 81 in-person youth and reached 361,000 more online.
