Caroline Seow Together with Louie Bacomo from JRS Asia Pacific, five urban dwellers travelled to the mountains of Bukidnon, Mindanao, to better understand the effects of climate change and unchecked development on indigenous communities. Our journey—via jeepney, motorbike, and on foot—led us to Sitio Kaulayanan in…
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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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I am Maura Deloso Lipanda, a Pulangiyēn community teacher of the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) in Sitio Bendum, Northern Mindanao, Philippines, a Jesuit-supported Indigenous school. I am a Pulangiyēn Indigenous Community member and live along the Pulangi River headwaters…
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Jenny Lynn Lee One of the greatest challenges and the greatest obstacle to learning in Philippine education is the use of English as the official medium of instruction. Almost all of the learning materials, from kindergarten onwards, are in English. …
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