Dam construction With assistance from Jesuitenmission and Jesuit Mission Australia, ESSC developed this year a micro-hydro power (MHP) generator to provide electricity for the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) school and other facilities of the Pulangiyen, a mountain indigenous…
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Learning Sustainable Life book, published in July 2010 Peter Walpole, SJ and his team’s engagement with the Pulangiyen community in Bendum is one of accompanying the people in finding ways to live sustainably. Since 1992, initiatives were undertaken to address…
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APC dormers keep vegetable wastes for vermi-composting It’s not surprising the amount of waste that a household of thirty produces that has to be well organized. With the arrival of new children each year, we have to go through the…
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Seeds that were gathered during the El Nino of 2009, including different species of Dipterocarpaceae (all closely related to the Lawaan), have flourished. With the high school students and the new program for the youth, there has been much discussion…
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The main school house in Sitio Nabawang One of the great expressions of hope at the beginning of 2010 was the desire of Sitio Nabawang across the Pulangi to start Kinder and Grade 1 classes. About 60 children have now…
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