About John Piermont Montilla

This is how John Piermont is a Changemaker:
Because John Pierre considers himself a servant leader - who have been searching for answers and what his purpose of existing in this very hostile world... he cannot argue his self-discovery that he exist to fight for those who does not have a voice to survive because he himself did not have any voice.. Until he learned to let go his fears and confront the world. And because he wanted to rise above the givens in life most often than not he refuse to accept, he commit to overcome these by transcending the spheres of progressions he lay down upon himself and those under the care of his organization: from victims to survivors, from survivors to advocates, from advocates to nation-builders and finally enduring every adversity in life to become Global Citizens

The place for which John Piermont feels a fondness or connection:
John Pierre feels connected whenever he is with street children and other outcasts and rejected members of society. He feels a strange form of peace, security and belongingness. He considers these young people his family and source of healing. They see hope in his smile and he sees the same hope in their eyes. Though their organization's inner peace summit conducted every year when they unite themselves with the Earth, he go with them in a place where they can connect themselves from their inner wounded child, connect with eah other, and connect their inner struggles and strenghts believing that by doing so - they take responsibility of the others and that through shared strengths they overcome each others burden and each becomes lighter. As he strive to connect himself to the Earth and to Humanity, he did so by redifining God in his life as a manifestation rather that an exisiting supreme being. God's manifestation according to him is a human decision and spiritual journey and not a religious dogma. A sacred decision toward being respectful of his own existence, his relationship with other humans and how he cares for the source of life - the Earth. Man's failure in doing so is the manifestation of the Devil resulting to war, hunger, destruction. However weaving one's relationship to other humans, the animals, plants, the air, the seas, the mountains, the trees and the stars results in manifesting the Great Spirit that makes this world a peaceful place to live. To make the world a peaceful place however starts as an individual journey and an inner daily struggle confronting the givens in life exisiting before one is born or even when Humanity was formed. One is born with two powers, one is the inherent power of Light and the inherent power of Darkness - Man struggles within is darkness and light, when the darkness overcomes light = chaos and when light overcomes darkness = enduring peace.

The change John Piermont passionately wants to happen:
~ All people around the world will realize that we only have one home we call Earth, one race we call Human race and that we are all brethrens taking the responsibility of the others that someday somehow the other’s bounty will supply the others emptiness and the emptiness of the other will be supplied by the other’s bounty and we celebrate ourselves to be truly Global Citizens ~ Once, the International Youth Foundation engaged YAN fellows in an international youth symposium at the American Community School (ACS). As one of the panellist, I was asked by a student: "Is it the responsibility of First World countries to help the Third World countries?" I was dumbfounded and does not know what to answer... I just meditated for 10 seconds and ask the Great Spirit for Wisdom and replied: "I came here with this opportunity not as a Filipino or an Asian but as a Global Citizen... I do not know what happened in History why there are many races... all I know is that there is only one race - the Human Race... We are all brethrens and we should be helping each other... you are my brother and I hope you accept me too as your brother." Another one is when I was given the opportunity to visit Belgium when I was updating Belgian Nationals about the status of their sponsored children in the Philippines. I strolled around Borgloon and I was fascinated with the vast hectares of apple trees. What fascinated me is the fact that there are many apples in the ground and only few on the trees. I was told that the apples on the ground are left rotten and the best fruits are the ones still hanging. I pondered and asked “Why is it, that there is too much bounty here and too much scarcity on the other”... "I do not understand"