Picture Documentary:
State of the Bakwit (IDP) Address and Peace Convoy
July 23, 2009
A Muslim civic leader reads a prayer while behind him are members of Cotabato’s Catholic Church who likewise followed in reading a prayer.
Incumbent North Cotabato Provincial Governor Sacdalan giving his message of support for the IDP’s prayer rally.
Participants of the inter-faith multi-sectoral prayer rally held at the gym of the Notre Dame University of Cotabato City
Some of the IDPs along the Datu Saudi Ampatuan – Datu Piang Provincial Road. At least 2 dozen times, the convoy of rallyists were met by IDPs along the road. Everytime the convoy neared a cluster of IDP tents, IDPs came out on the highway and blocked the road for a few minutes to call the attention of the media contingent to their plight. At one point in Guindulungan, the IDPs managed to block the path of a convoy of military vehicles.
With the assistance of NGO support groups, the IDPs prepared placards that read “stop the war”, “safe return for IDPs”, “respect rights of IDPs”, “resume peace talks”, “rebuild homes destroyed by soldiers”. 
