Biography
Arizza Nocum, 23 years old, the Philippines. As the daughter of a Catholic father and a Muslim mother, Arizza grew up experiencing prejudice from both communities. This is what inspired her to use education as a tool to promote peace and tolerance. She founded KRIS, an NGO that builds libraries and provides scholarships to schoolchildren living in areas affected by violence. She has been recognised as one of the 100 most influential Filipino women in the world and was awarded the ‘Young Women in Public Affairs’ prize by Zonta International.
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Extremely Together Philippines launches training programme for urban youth
Amid recent attacks from violent extremist groups and incidents of conflict exacerbated by COVID-19 and the Philippines’ ongoing recession, a local chapter... Read More
Preventing violent extremism in South and Southeast Asia
The Kofi Annan Foundation, with the support of the European Commission, launches regional youth-led action to strengthen efforts in preventing violent extremism... Read More
ET Leader from the Philippines Arizza Nocum launches peace-building training program for young people
With both national and global calamities taking centre stage in only the first month of the new decade, Filipino youth peace advocates... Read More
Extremely Together for a safer world
Over the past month, Extremely Together young leaders Arizza Nocum of the Philippines, Hajer Sharief of Libya and Fatima Zaman of the... Read More
Our World is Bleeding
On June 12, Omar Mateen gunned down 49 partygoers and injured many others in a shooting spree at a gay nightclub in... Read More
Arizza Nocum – Between the Cross and the Star and Crescent
Extremely Together’s Young Leader from the Philippines, whose initiative builds libraries to promote education and interfaith as a preventative solution to extremism... Read More
