Hosted by the Cebu-based Kalinaw CC under the leadership of Sr. Sandra Clemente, RSCJ (outgoing Regional Trustee), the regional meeting was attended by: Ms. Marites Guingona-Africa (incoming Global Council Trustee & leader of The Peacemakers’ Circle - Manila); Dr. Amir Farid Isahak (GC Trustee, leader of INSaF/URI KLCC & also representing the Malaysian Interfaith Network CC); Mr. Musa Sanguila (incoming GC Trustee & leader of Pakigdait CC - Mindanao); Ms. Jessiee Kaur-Singh (leader of COMMON CC - Australia); Mr. Boni Quirog (leader of Bohol Goodwill Volunteers’ CC - Bohol); Ms. Marjorie Angalot (representative of TULAY CC-Bohol); Mr. Lee Collano (representative of Muslim-Christian Peacemakers’ CC - Manila); Dr. Shakuntala Vaswani (URI SEAP Regional Coordinator - Manila); and Mr. Orlan de Guzman, Jr. (URISEAP Regional Information and Communications Officer).

Day 1 – On June 5, 2008 (Thursday) the delegates started to arrive and were checked-in at the Hotel Fortuna – a clean, simple hotel found in the heart of the city, and was conveniently accessible to the different places to be visited.

In the afternoon the first official activity in the program was a courtesy call to the president of the University of Cebu (UC) where Sr. Sandra holds office at the Extension Programs and Civic Welfare Training Service department. Despite his busy schedule, managing four campuses with about 40,000 students, the university owner and president, Atty. Augusto W. Go graciously met the delegates at Sr. Sandra’s office. Having been very supportive of URI projects initiated by Sr. Sandra and Kalinaw CC, the delegates expressed their gratitude and appreciation to the warm and friendly Atty. Go—who also generously lent the university vehicle for use by the delegates for the duration of the regional meeting.