We are delighted to share with you our first edited book published by Seeds for Mindanao’s Advocacy on Youth Leadership (SMAYL), through the support of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future Program of the U.S. Department of State.
SMAYL is a phonetic distortion of “smile” and stands for Seeds for Mindanao Advocacy and Youth Leadership. It is a youth leadership program which introduces the story of peace and conflict in Mindanao through a hybrid of online and offline programming geared towards an action agenda.
SMAYL is one of the recipients of the 2021 YSEALI Seeds for the Future Grants Competition. YSEALI Seeds forthe Future is a small grants competition for young leaders in Southeast Asia. It is sponsored by the U.S. Departmentof State through the Cultural Vistas and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN