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fridays
February 16,
2024
Drill
A. Ask the students what is the meaning of the
following acronyms:
1. UN
2. SDG
3. DILG
B. What are the functions of the said terms and
agency to the society?
 NEWS
REPORT
Abalos: Peace education should be mandatory in
barangays
September 29, 2023
Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos
pledged to bring peace education to the
barangays and its inclusion as one of the criteria
to the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG)
 Abalos said he is discussing with the Office
of the Presidential Adviser of Peace,
Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) to make
peace education mandatory in all barangays in
three years’ time through a training program
to be spearheaded by the DILG through the
Local Government Academy (LGA).
 “We will win this war! After this seminar, I
will go to the LGA with OPAPRU to conduct
a seminar for all of our barangay and
Sangguniang Kabataan officials after the
election so that this program on peace
education will be on the grassroots,” he said
during the 2nd National Peace Education
According to the DILG Secretary, peace
education in barangays can also be a
criterion in granting the highly coveted
SGLG Awards in a bid to further the goal
of mainstreaming and bringing peace
education to more communities.
According to the DILG Secretary, peace
education in barangays can also be a
criterion in granting the highly coveted
SGLG Awards in a bid to further the goal
of mainstreaming and bringing peace
education to more communities.
The SGLG Awards, institutionalized under
Republic Act No. 11292 or "The Seal of
Good Local Governance Act of 2019”
gauges LGU performance in governance
areas such as financial administration and
sustainability; disaster preparedness; and
social protection and sensitivity, among
During the summit, Abalos likewise said the DILG
is committed to programs that will bridge
communities toward development and closer to
genuine peace such as the Retooled Community
Support Program (RCSP) and the Support to the
Barangay Development Program (SBDP). “I have
always said, we could only have peace if there is
economic development in the countryside all over.”
The DILG Secretary likewise underpinned the
critical role of nutrition in the education of
children saying that it can be integrated in the
efforts of the government for inclusive peace.
“This could be part of our program in peace,
going to the grassroots and having a dialogue
with the people. Knowing their needs and
responding to them.”
The DILG Secretary likewise underpinned the
critical role of nutrition in the education of
children saying that it can be integrated in the
efforts of the government for inclusive peace.
“This could be part of our program in peace,
going to the grassroots and having a dialogue
with the people. Knowing their needs and
responding to them.”
 Meanwhile, Presidential Adviser on Peace,
Reconciliation and Unity Carlito Galvez, Jr. said
that partnerships with national government
agencies such as the DILG can strengthen the goal
to institutionalize peace education in basic and
higher learning institutions nationwide, in
accordance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s
relentless campaign on peace and order.
 Guide Questions:
1. Why Secretary Benhur Abalos wanted to
include peace education as one of the
criteria to the Seal of Good Local
Governance (SGLG) Awards?
2. How peace education is important to
the start in the grass root?
 Guide Questions:
1. Why Secretary Benhur Abalos wanted to
include peace education as one of the
criteria to the Seal of Good Local
Governance (SGLG) Awards?
2. How peace education is important to
the start in the grass root?
 “WHO DO YOU
THINK THEY
ARE?”
Identify the logos / youth leaders
being referred.
 ANSWERS
• GREENPEACE
• Philippine Animal Welfare Society
• Haribon Foundation
• Kenechi Takagi
• Mark Ian Papa
• Steven Hoffen
 Guide Question:
1. How nonprofit organization
and youth leaders help in
building peace and sustainable
development?
 READ
ALOUD
 YOUNG TEEN FEEDS 600 FAMILIES
WITH HYDROPONIC GARDEN
The next generation of eco-warriors are the leaders
in making an impact. Steven Hoffen is no different.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Hoffen was inspired by Sindyanna of Galilee, a
nonprofit organization where Jewish and Arab
women come together to create hydroponic gardens.
Hoffen launched a nonprofit of his own
at just 13 years old called Growing
Peace. Since its launch, Growing Peace
has created four hydroponic gardens
spanning from New York to Tel Aviv.
 In Tel Aviv, Growing Peace is focused on
providing 600 families of asylum seekers with
food twice a month, offering over 2,100
servings of food. As a teenager, Steven Hoffen
has been able to bring people together through
food and nature in the most beautiful way,
inspiring generations of people.
 Steven Hoffen
Project Growing Peace
When Steven worked on a documentary
about a community organization in Israel
where Muslim and Jewish women
collaborate on projects to foster peace, he
learned about the transformative power of
 Inspired by the possibility of this
approach, he founded Growing Peace,
which installs and implements
hydroponic farming systems in
marginalized communities to improve
health, happiness, and welfare while also
addressing local food security
 Growing Peace has developed and
installed four gardening systems: one in
Tel Aviv and three in New York City.
The Tel Aviv system feeds up to 600
families of asylum seekers twice a month
with more than 2,100 servings of fresh
food.
The NYC hydroponic towers produce up to
1,800 pounds of yearly produce and more
than 6,300 servings of fruits and vegetables
every year. Growing Peace is working with
Dr. Topeka Sam and the Federal Bureau of
Prisons to install gardens that provide
incarcerated people with healthy food and
 Steven’s documentary “Growing
Peace in the Middle East” has been
featured at over 100 film festivals and
received global accolades and awards,
including Best Young Filmmaker at
the Cannes World Film Festival.
 Growing Peace
growingpeaceinc.org
Inspired by an interfaith effort to start hydroponic gardens in Israel,
Steven founded Growing Peace to install hydroponic gardens where
they could make a difference. Since he began this work, Growing
Peace has installed four gardens: one at a foodbank that serves
asylum seekers in Tel Aviv; one at Hope House, which supports
formerly incarcerated people in New York City; one at the
YM/YWHA in Washington Heights to distribute fruits and vegetables
to low income elderly and disabled people and Meals on Wheels; and
one at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center to service its food
 What What What
You Know You Want to Know You Learned
ENRICH
MENT
 Create a pledge of commitment
for the promotion of peace
education and the
conservation of the
environment while addressing
 Growing Peace
growingpeaceinc.org
Inspired by an interfaith effort to start hydroponic gardens in Israel,
Steven founded Growing Peace to install hydroponic gardens where
they could make a difference. Since he began this work, Growing
Peace has installed four gardens: one at a foodbank that serves
asylum seekers in Tel Aviv; one at Hope House, which supports
formerly incarcerated people in New York City; one at the
YM/YWHA in Washington Heights to distribute fruits and vegetables
to low income elderly and disabled people and Meals on Wheels; and
one at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center to service its food
ASSIGN
MENT
 Make a collage emphasizing the
different activities of your
Sangguniang Kabataan that promotes
peace education and conservation of
the natural environment.
THANK
th a n k y o u
YOU SO
s o m uc h