Pedro Walpole SJ Mindanao has long been touted for its resources. Recognized for its ecological splendor, cultural diversity, and uniqueness, the region is also threatened in many ways. At the same time, there is great faith and occasion for hope…
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Pedro Walpole SJ Culture refers to the pattern of life constructed by communities over generations and within its language and landscape that in its uniqueness not only describes but inhabits every nook of the land and relation of the people….
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Today is a celebration of Sacred People, Sacred Earth, and we, the indigenous youth here in Bendum in northern Mindanao, Philippines, put together an image of how we see ourselves as guardians of our ancestral domain and its ecological services….
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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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Chiqui Aljas The APC continues to respond to the indigenous peoples’ appeal for a positive change through education. This year, the school opened three new extension schools in far‐reaching villages in the Upper Pulangi area of Bukidnon, Mindanao. These appeals…
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