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APC youth join Global Climate Action: Pagsalimateng hu Gulabung daw Lendeng (Awakening for Climate Action)

September marks the beginning of the Season of Creation. This year, the celebration coincides with the Global Climate Strike (20-27 Sept) where millions of young people will take part to urge local and global leaders to embark in greater efforts to address the…
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Indigenous youth lead action for Mindanao forests and farms

by Gloria Amor Paredes Community spirits were high in Sitio Nabag-o, a village in the Upper Pulangi area in northern Bukidnon, Philippines, as gulang (high school) students from the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) school in Bendum led tree-planting and…
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Youth access to sustainable livelihood options in Mindanao: Hulas youth receive TESDA NCII Masonry Certificates

by Gloria Amor Paredes For many young people in Bukidnon upland communities, a National Certificate (NC) from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is not just another piece of paper in their job application folder. The certificate also…
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Learning and teaching Laudato Si’: Enabling the youth’s sense of belonging

To address the urgent problems of today, the one thing educators must teach the youth is a sense of belonging, according to Pedro Walpole SJ, Executive Director of the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC). “We are kept so busy…
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From Bendum to Vatican: Pulangiyen Stories Reach International Conference on Laudato Si’

Representatives from the Pulangiyen community shared stories from the uplands in the recently held international conference on the 3rdAnniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, at the Vatican, 5-6 July 2018. Pulangiyen community members Mercy Pakiwag and Jason Menaling…
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