APC shares this story written by Mark Z Saludes of LiCAS News who visited the upland village of Bendum in September 2024. With climate change threatening their lands, the Indigenous Pulangiyēn people are rebuilding Bendum’s forests and restoring life-giving water…
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As an indigenous community, the Pulangiyēn respect the water source as it gives life and sustain local needs. Water is obtained from the source which is the regenerating forest. Having good relations with the environment for the water, the community…
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An “education open to the mountains” encompasses a holistic understanding of culture and goes beyond the language and the dances to include lifestyle, livelihood, and resource management. The community’s sustainable practices and deep knowledge of the landscape ensure that resources…
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Multiple narratives interweave to illustrate communal spaces that help uplift, empower, and transform young people. These spaces breathe new life by reviving youth groups and village communities who previously visited Bendum. Team building activities bring together struggling youth groups who…
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Experiencing new life are these remnant trees from the time of logging 50 years ago that was followed by farming on five areas by the Linantad, Almahan, Limbago, Nabas, Sat-ao, and Piping families, leaving the trees in their shared corner…
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