Our Beginning

Priority Programs

Peace Advocacy, Campaign, and Education (PeACE)

The program aims to continue what has been started in terms of peace campaigns of the tri-people such as consultations, dialogues, forum, caravans and peace summits. To have a long term impact, it was seen that Sumpay will not only focus on peace education and trainings but must as well assist in the coming up of peace plans of its different partners especially at the grassroots level.
Research Development, Promotions, and Advocacy Program (RDPA)

The output of tri-people initiatives for resources management, conflict resolution and transformation, and peace building initiatives shall have corresponding advocacy in the promotion and legislation of policies that will safeguard these initiatives and when the opportunities and options of the tri-people in Mindanao
Organizational Development and Peace Constituency Building (ODPCB)

To strengthen the organizational formation of the people’s organization, sectoral organizations, NGO and network partners thru planning workshops, capacity building, SIAD support, Networking, Formation of Peace Committees, Establishing linkages and fostering partnerships.
Sustainable Integrated Area Development (SIAD)

Develop means to implement sustainable sustainable integrated area development (SIAD)-type projects. These communities will have the following criteria: presence of tri-people, or at least, of two peoples, organized, and willingness of the people to undertake SIAD and the area shall be recognized as "peace zones" and with due recognition from the government and revolutionary forces. The SIAD program will enhance the initiatives of the tri-people in building peace and developing the community.

Our Beginning

Sumpay is a vernacular term which means “to connect” or “to bridge”. The word connotes unity, solidarity, and cooperation.

SUMPAY Mindanao is a network of NGOs and POs trying to coordinate and collaborate its efforts to facilitate the promotion of Tri-peoples’ issues. SUMPAY started in 1996. During that time SUMPAY focused on facilitating study visits, exposure programs, and information exchange with other countries particularly in the northern part of the world.

Since then, SUMPAY took an active part in promoting the Mindanao Tri-peoples issues and concerns including peace and development campaigns at the grassroots level. Cognizant to the fast changing events in the island, the partner organizations of Sumpay felt the need to pool their efforts to create greater impact in peace and development advocacy. Thus, SUMPAY has to expand and embark on a more dynamic and comprehensive networking and advocacy programs from the local communities up to the international level.

Last Updated on Monday, 24 August 2009 09:24

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