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Quiet achievements, stronger futures: APC-Bendum celebrates JWL course completions

This year’s Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) cycle in APC brings encouraging news – stories of perseverance, growth, and small but meaningful victories that strengthen APC’s mission. Across five different JWL courses, seven indigenous youth and teachers completed their programs and…
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Best practices of the Pulangiyēn community in Bendum

Presentation by Jason Menaling at the Asian Sacred Wisdom webinar on World Indigenous Peoples Day (WIPD) 2025, 8 August 2025 Good evening to everyone. I’m grateful for this opportunity to share from the perspective of the Pulangiyēn community in Bendum,…
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Celebrating Lagun and the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Maura Lipanda, Risajean Berdesola, Mercy Pakiwag, and Thelma Compade In ancient times, the Pulangiyēn community of Sitio Bendum, Busdi, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon celebrated Lagun, or taking some fruit of the crops planted in the taligba or garden. The Lagun was…
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Finding leadership in humility and courage: APC in the ILEAD program

“I never thought I could do it, but when I stood in front of everyone to present our institutional plan, I realized that even if I was shy, I had something important to say.” With these words, Eneriza Menaling, a…
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Asset based community development: Focusing on what we have, not what we lack

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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