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This documentary chronicles the successes of an innovative USAID development assistance program – the Livelihood Enhancement and Peace (LEAP) program – and its impact on the lives of former members of an Islamic rebel group in the Philippines, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

The film profiles the difficult transition that four former MNLF rebels made to peaceful civilian lives, after more than two decades of fighting in the Southern Philippines.

Through the compelling stories, of these former MNLF combatants, viewers witness a striking illustration of the success that the LEAP development assistance program has had, not only in transforming the individual lives of its participants, but also in contributing to the overall peace and economic development in the Mindanao region of the Philippines.

 

1. Senior MNLF Commander Narimin Hussin of Basilan, a successful seaweed farmer.

2. Elol Salim at market place.

3. More than 300 ex-combatant share Elol Salim’s successes as members of the seaweed cooperative that he heads.

4. Narimin Hussin shows off a sample of his newly harvested seaweed.

5. Elol Salim of Sulu, a former trade in illegal goods, makes the transition to productive seaweed farmer.

6. Commander Datu Daud Guiama of Maguindanao takes the “leap of faith” to overcome his suspicion of both the U.S. and the Philippine governments and joined the LEAP project.

7. Daud Guiama, chairman of the successful Multipurpose Cooperative, and his fellow corn farmers organized as LEAP participants.

8. Ustadz Napisa Guimaluddin of Maguindanao, a survivor of the turbulent martial law years of armed conflict between Marcos’ soldiers and MNLF rebels.

9. Bangasamoro Women’s Multipurpose Cooperative President Bombay Bernan on one of the motorized ‘banca’ pump boats provided through the group’s participation in the LEAP project.

10. Napisa Guimaluddin with Bombay Bernan, president of the Bangsa Moro Women’s Cooperative, and the floating restaurant their Cooperative established, following their successes in fish culture production initiated under the LEAP project.

11. Using the profits earned through their co-op, the enterprising women of the Butuan Cooperative established a convenience store at the marketplace in Maguindanao.

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