Pedro Walpole SJ, APC Executive Director It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Datu Nestor Lumista Menaling, tribal chief of the Pulangiyēn community in Bendum on 11 January 2026. He was 81 and for the last…
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Community water tub that the youth constructed in Bendum village in Upper Pulangi, Bukidnon, Philippines Jason Menaling As one of the participants from the Philippines who joined the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) workshop that Jesuit Mission Australia facilitated in…
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The Bendum Kaamulan is celebrated in December at APC in Bendum. This event reaffirms the Pulangiyēn cultural identity, lands, and their way of life, highlighting the strength of a living culture that continues to evolve while staying rooted in indigenous…
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Datu Nestor (seated in the center) spoke to the community as they gathered and prepared for the pamuhat. He was joined by elders from other communities. The Kaamulan is a time when clans and their extended families talk about the…
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Jenny Lynn Lee The onset of Covid-19 in the country in early 2020 caught many schools unprepared for the shift to distance learning. Given the limited resources of an upland indigenous school, APC was at first not certain whether it…
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