by Cherrydyn Miguel In collaboration with Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM), we concluded a 3-month Online English course participated by different indigenous youth from various villages in UpperPulangi. Last April, 15 youth finished the English as Foreign…
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Katherine Pitman Bendum is becoming known as a place in which people from across society can ground their understanding of community-based environmental management, seeking a greater sustainability that can be shared by all through the development of a ‘science for…
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Kay Pitman A group of professionals from Australia recently visited Bendum, exploring ways of assisting and supporting the emergence of Bendum as a center for ecology. Julie Edwards, CEO of Jesuit Social Services in Australia, with Clinton Murray and Nelson…
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This landslide occurred just south of Bendum. Over 50 landslides of this nature caused blockage along the roads and a loss of 20% or more in agricultural production. This form of slumpage is widespread in upland Mindanao where the forests…
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Loyola Heights is still quiet; the Scholastics are back from their summer work where they sought to develop further skills in social program implementation and management. These skills include meeting documentation, village water system manual development, sari-sari store bookkeeping, and…
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