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Bendum hosts UPeace-ALPS students (2010)

On 30 May to 5 June, Pedro, with Rowena and Dallay, facilitated a field-based learning visit for Asian students of the UN-mandated University for Peace-Asia Leaders Programme (ALP) in Bendum. The one-week learning and interaction with the community formed part…
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Assisting Forests: The Pulangiyen Approach in Bendum (2010)

By Lucy Linantad (Member, Bendum Livelihood Committee), Rufino Sagula (Member, Bendum Water Committee), Eric Bruno (ESSC Program Manager), and Pedro Walpole, SJ (APC and ESSC Executive Director) The youth clear bracken in the area The Pulangiyen community in Bendum is…
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Bendum Youth Regenerate Forest (2009)

A Pulangiyen youth group called Kabatan-on Lumadnong Pulangiyen (KLP) is regenerating 12 hectares of previously cleared forest areas in Bendum, an upland village in Northern Mindanao, by gathering lauan seeds from mother trees in the puwalas (maturing forest) and transplanting…
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Teachers’ Reflections about the Gathering for Peace (2009)

The recent gathering in Bendum for peace is an instance of Bentela daw Sayuda. This is a practice of visiting other communities, knowing their circumstance and sharing with them one’s village’s situation and events. This is seen when there is…
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