by Rene V. Carbayas
ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 10 (PIA) – At
least 150 young people from the different barangays of Lantawan Municipality in
Basilan gathered for the seven-day Bridging Leaders’ Summit Youth Camp, dubbed
as Kabataan Summer Fun in Lantawan
from May 2 to 8.
Aimed at strengthening inter-faith
relationship between young Muslims and Christians of Lantawan and enhance their
role in peace and development, the camp provided the young minds with inputs
and activities on leadership, environment, ethno-history, livelihood,
sexuality, and sports.
Held at the village of Tairan in Lantawan,
some 20 kilometers from Isabela City, the Camp also provided youth participants
with the experience of the life and hospitality of the people of Tairan. It was
a rare opportunity for most participants and guests to be able to visit this
remote agricultural community, located northeast of Basilan.
The youth camp is an initiative of District 1
Provincial Board Member Ust. Yusop T. Alano as part of his thesis project as
fellow of the Mindanao Bridging Leadership Program (MBLP) of the Asian
Institute of Management (AIM).
Ust. Alano cited the role of the youth as
significant and vital to the future of Basilan. His initiative draws positive
responses from a social networking site as news and photos of the activities in
the camp were posted.
Spearheaded by the Lantawan Association of
Youth Advocates (LAYA), the camp was successfully conducted with the full
support of the Municipal Government of Lantawan, the 4th Special
Forces Battalion of the AFP, the Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc. (NFI), the Liga ng
mga Barangay and the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation of Lantawan.
