The Reconciliatory Initiatives for Development Opportunities Inc. is almost five years old organization founded by people involved in peace building advocacy and as a full time or part time in development work. Experiences of the Founders of the Organization showed that development processes is more effectively achievable if done jointly with other social change agents under conditions that facilitates stronger cooperation.
Experienced in clan organizing of the descendants of Sultan of Marawi motivates a lot of the Founders to continue the endeavor since its shows remarkable strategies in conflict resolution particularly on the Family feuds and other form of conflict. RIDO Inc. resolves ninety eight (98) major and minor conflicts by utilizing the potentials of the council of elders of the clan.
The RIDO Inc. focused to capacitate the council of elders specially the traditional leaders to support the reduction of rido or conflict in Lanao areas since rido is very rampant in Lanao provinces and only few institution were concerned on it. Thus, issues on the causes and effects of rido or clan feuds includes poverty, literacy and unemployment and a like are also concerned by the organization so that causes of violence will be prevented. RIDO Inc. will also to continue to serve as a hub of cooperation and pooling of efforts of the identified clan to work for peace and development.