Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) have a special bond with the Philippines. In 2016, the chairman of HWPL, Lee Man Hee, visited the Philippines to help resolve the conflicts that lasted for forty years in Mindanao island. Back then, Mindanao suffered from conflicts among religions (which have a complex background related to the history of the Philippines) and lost 120,000 people. Chairman Lee gathered people from both sides of the conflict and guided their leaders to sign a peace agreement on 24th Jan 2016 (If you’re interested in what happened on that day, you can read a post about it here). Since then, Mindanao holds commemorative events every 24th Jan to remember the day and to urge the neighborhood nations to help them build peace in the Philippines. What’s more, peace monuments to express support for HWPL had been established in the Philippines.

On 24th Jan 2023, a new monument was established in Manila, the capital of the Philippines!

You can watch a YouTube video of the ceremony.

Chairman Lee Man Hee visited the ceremony and gave a celebration speech and Filipinos overjoyed the event.

I hope the Philippines will be a good example of peacebuilding soon.