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Offering with you a great morning to all. May this view that you are perceiving allow you to bring in the positive vibes from it and good energy. May this scenery calms your trouble and disturb heart. May this sight seeing provides you peace of mind and soul in this dire moments of our lives. Wishing you all good tidings and beautiful morning. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Wanted to share this meal with you. Hope this meal will fill your tummy particularly those who haven't eaten yet similar to the volunteers. Without further introduction, let's dig in and enjoy some deep fried organic chicken. The rice is on its way to us. Enjoy the meal.
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Sharing with you the newest family member of the them. I would like to introduce Rave (White and Brown fur) and Reign (Brown and Black fur). Both are half beagle and half mastiff. They are both 4 days old. The volunteers are looking forward of your growth and development. Such a happy day to have this little cuties. May the positive vibes and energy of these two little pups be a good source of energy throughout your day. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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All ready and good to go. All veggies are well packed and secure. Let's make families happy and joyful with this little gifts of vegetables and family food pack. Surely this will put a smile on their face. Now, let's to the rural communities and slum areas to share this little gifts from the heart. Let's make 285 smiles today in various communities. Have a wonderful day everyone. Good vibes to all. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Bringing Happiness to Grannies Earlier today the team 4 volunteers along with the local government officials conducted a gift giving to the elderly in the community. The said gift giving have served around 87 grannies. The 87 grannies expressed their deepest gratitude to the volunteers and local government staff for the gift they have received. Inside the blessings bags are rice, fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, medicines and other groceries. Prior to the gift giving, all the…
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Very Late dinner Hello everyone. Few minutes from now it's already weekend. Hope you will have a wonderful weekend. As for us volunteers, we had a very exhausting day. The local hospitals and local community quarantine zone are overwhelming of patients as if ever hour new patients coming in. We just finish the task requested from the volunteers a few minutes ago. Great evening to all. Let's eat while the meal is still hot.
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Happy Birthday Madam Inie thank you for this tasty treat and we are happy to celebrate with you. Thanks for dropping by community quarantine zone. We are really full and busy right now. And thank you for thinking about the volunteers. Stay safe on your way home. Prayers to you and your family.
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Volunteers not only deliver the blessings bags but also their free medication to elderly who are unable to leave their houses due to their physical impairment. The volunteers also conducted several assessments that will benefit the welfare and also their well-being. Despite the long travel and ever changing weather the volunteers did their best to make sure the little gifts are well received by the impaired elderly. The long days of walking finally paid off as more than 85…
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Yesterday the volunteers along with the local government officials were able to turn over around 221 vegetables and blessings bags (Fruits, Meat, Medication and Milk). All the beneficiaries are happy to received such wealthy gift. Most of them thought it will just be canned goods and noodles but to their surprise it was more than what they expect. All of the family member went home feeling happy and joyful to be able to bring home a nutritious meal they can prepare for their…
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Thank you Elias brothers for dropping by at the local community quarantine facilities and checking the volunteers on duty. Surely this pizza you have offered to the volunteers will provide us the much needed energy as we have a lot of patients to take care of until dawn. Thanks to all the kind friends who drop by and shared their little blessings to the volunteers on duty right now in the facility. The volunteers will assist and support the facilities staff in terms of…
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Happy Sunday Morning to All Greetings of Peace and Happiness Just wanted to share a piece of sunshine to those who are still experiencing gloomy days right now. I know those gloomy days will subside soon. Just be patient at the moment and your patience will pay off triple time. May the warm ray of the sunshine provide warm to your body and heart. Happy Morning Everyone. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Thanks much Imbres Family for visiting the volunteers and also sharing their simple gift to the volunteers. This is surely a great gift to received. Congratulations to the family who successfully recovered and win from covid. More blessings to their family. The volunteers are happy that their family are able to relax now after battling and getting better from covid. But gentle reminder not only to the family but also to my friends and buddies here. That covid is still…
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Volunteers are doing their best safeguarding mother nature particularly now the climate are getting extreme more than ever. The volunteers are planting more trees in barren lands, replanting trees in rehabilitation site such as old logging sites and mining sites, as well as in the river side and coastal area. As early as 5AM the volunteers started planting to accumulate greater numbers of trees being planted. The volunteers are also planning to donate supplies to the forest…
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Shukran Madam Zoraida for this wonderful blessing you have shared to the fellow moro brethren. The gift of madam Zoraida will provide a decent meal for several families in the slums areas. This will aid families who are experiencing great hunger in this time of pandemic. This little gift also offer salvation to the children who are in a grave threat of malnutrition. The volunteers are really grateful for the kind hearted gesture of Madam Zoraida. Masha Allah and…
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After working 19 hours straight in the community covid facilities. I think I need some space to breathe and detached for a while. As volunteering in the facilities is really energy draining and brain cells exhausting. The river water music is really a soothing therapy for a tired body and soul. The cool water is loosen the tired body. The nature's song is relaxing and refreshing. How's your afternoon going on? Mind sharing your Sunday experiences? Have a wonderful afternoon…
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Before heading out to the nearest river area the volunteers decide to grab some meryenda and lucky the staff of the local NGO invited the volunteers to join them for pizza break. The volunteers never think twice and participated in the said break session. The volunteers were given an overload pizza and different beverages. The volunteers were really happy to be able to be invited and get treats from the local NGO partners. Blessings to the partner organisation and more power…
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Giving thanks for the Samuel family for inviting the volunteers for a simple dinner. The said family is giving thanks their daughter is getting better now. They wanted to extend their thanks to the volunteers who always say "Yes" when it comes to errands and minor logistics which is helping for the recovery of little Ryka (9 years of age). The family doesn't have much as their father is a humble fisher folk and all he can offer is one of the biggest catch he had. What's your…
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"100 Happy Kids" Giving happiness to children who wish nothing but to experience once again the feeling of being able to partake their most delightful meal of all time. No words could ever express how happy they are when they were able to taste the meal they have been missing for almost a long time not just because of the pandemic but also the reality of poverty ang financial crisis. The volunteers and several donors joint together and work on making this wish possible. And…
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Gloomy Monday Morning to all Greetings of Peace and Happiness from Mindanao Philippines 🇵🇭 Wanted to take this piece of beautiful image and share it with you. I wish to offer you a piece of comfort and relaxation ever by seeing this image. I wish to provide you a short but awesome view of the mother nature healing power and green energy. May this photo be of help to you as you start your day and life journey filled with blessings, happiness, joy and inner peace. Once again…
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Took a day hike just to stretch up and garner some positive energy from mother nature. Didn't bring with us our camping gear as we are just planning to have a day hike then afterwards proceed to the community whom we will be providing sustainable energy source which is solar power. Will be featuring about it later this day. We know this is not that typical healthy and nutritious meal of the day. This is just the meal we can pack and go as we have a ling day ahead. Would you…
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"Uwan Reflection" Life can always be tough and rough on us. But it's all up to us if we adapt and modify ourselves or just embrace defeat and sulk on it. Life might not be a sweet candy as we expect it to be but eventually it will be the sweatest taste as you learn to understand its process and value in this earthly journey. Peace out and Take care 📸 Brad Richard 📌 Lantapan, Bukidnon, Mindanao Philippines 🇵🇭
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Daily Inspirational Message Hello everyone. I hope you all are doing fine and great at this point of time. I wish to share with you this very meaningful message to those who are burning from within particularly those who are trying their very best to be okay when in reality they are not. May this message inspire you that we have a greater being who prepared everything for us in HIS great plan and time. HE will never abandoned us and leave us behind as HE loved and cared for…
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"New Hope New Light" The volunteers wanted to inform everyone, around 98 families from the rural areas of Bukidnon benefitted a new solar power source that provide lights during night to their humbles houses. This solar power source also offer adequate lights source needed by the kids/learners whenever they do their distant learning study or doing academic projects and modules specifically during the night when natural light is not available. This is the recent main goal of…
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Sharing with you one of the vehicular accident the volunteers encountered during their recent visit to the far flung communities. The group are lucky no major damages were taken. And most of the supplies are safe and secure. Out of 14 single motors vehicles, three of them encountered unpleasant accident due to the steep road up ahead and the heaviness of the baggage each transporting vehicle is carrying plus the weight of the volunteers itself, (in the pass few weeks been…
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Wanted to give Thanks to the Sabio sisters for sharing with the volunteers this delightful spaghetti and dragon fruit ice cream. This really sooth the tired body of the volunteers from the long hike. Its good to have a catching up discussion with them and the volunteers. Looking forward having them both in the future volunteering works. More blessings to their family and friends. Time to indulge ourselves with this tasty treat before heading back to the disaster response HQ…
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Quick Group Photo before departing to aid and assist several houses affected by the strong heavy rain due to the localise rainfall brought by the low pressure of the upcoming tropical storm. Stay safe everyone and keep warm and dry in this rainy weather. Enjoy your afternoon with your family and loved ones. Continue being productive for those who are working hard for their family and loved ones to survive another day.
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Disaster Response Team inbound successful rescue 58 families including 8 elderly and 74 children ranging 0-14 age. Tired and exhausted but fulfilled. Rescued families are now safe and sound in the temporary evacuation center. For those families who are residing in the river side be cautious and be prepared. If the local disaster team order for evacuation please do as mandate. Its for everyone safety. Acquired bruises and cuts but all is well. Stay safe everyone. Rainy…
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Volunteers are not paid for all they are doing or compensated with all the sacrifices they have made. They are fortunate to be given opportunities to avail bountiful meals such as presented in this post. The volunteers are empty pocket but filled with loved and care when it comes to tummy, heart and soul. Thank you disaster Response Team for the gracious meal. More blessings to all of you who contributed in the team to allow the volunteers to be part of such treat. Anyone…
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Happy Tuesday Morning to all. Greetings of Peace and Happiness Wanted to check on you all if you are doing well. Wanted to share with you a piece of nature that will make your day lighter and warm in this chilly weather today. I hope this scenery be of help to you as you find inner peace in this trouble days and times. Wish you good tidings and abundance in times scarcity. Have a wonderful day ahead of you. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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A good way to start your day filled with endless troubles and worries is getting ourselves a nice and decent meal to keep us push forward. I know it's a bit late for breakfast but it's good have one than having nothing at all. Let's dine and enjoy the meal we have. What's your first meal of today? Mine is the typical province style Filipino breakfast. An egg, some fish (fried & stew) , steam and fried veggies. Do grab some utensils. This is more than enough for me. Enjoy…
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Wanted to featured what happened last night. The volunteers went out for a detoxification for a couple of hours. It was really good and help for everyone in the group to somehow unwind for a bit as the past several weeks seems to be intense in the team. A good night watch and galaxy gazing is a good remedy from tired and trouble body, heart and mind. The volunteers pitch tents and structure their hammocks. Some of them are under the shelter and others tied their hammocks in…
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Gentle Reminder We often give our all to those people who matter to us. And sometimes we left nothing for our own. But sometimes it's good to spare some (love, care, respect) to ourselves. Let's value ourselves once in a while. It's never shame or down grading valuing yourself even once. Just as want the message in the photo said. Learn to love yourself little by little.
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Daily Inspirational Message Hello everyone. How are you all doing? I wanted to impart this beautiful message to you all particularly those who feel inferior and low because of their physical characteristics, physical impairment, and physical disabilities. Please know that you are beautiful inside out and you are loved and cared by the people who truly see your value and significance. May this message be a push factor to you to continue loving and caring for yourself. Hope…
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Late Lunch Frying the Tilapia fish as our energy source this afternoon. The photo shown below is the last piece needed to be cooked. It will be paired with steamy rice and a soy sauce dip filled with garlic, kalamansi, and chillies. What's your lunch? Would you like to have freshly catch tilapia fish for lunch? Come join us and have a banana leaves with you and let's dine using our hands. Don't forget to wash your hands.
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Featuring with you is the choco chams the volunteers have prepared for the children in Lanao del Norte specifically in the outskirts of marawi. The team are working hard to serve around 174 kids ranging 5 to 14 years of age. The kids will be entertained first with various games to provide fun and learning session prior receiving the much awaited choco chams. Chams comes from the word champorado (porridge). To make it inviting the volunteers devised such name. What makes it…
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Wanted to spotlight the smiles given by the kids who enjoyed the activities and games and now ready to claim their most treasured price which is the choco chams. The kids line up according to their age and gender. In Muslim areas particularly in Marawi, the only Muslim city in the Philippines (100% residents are Muslim "moro"). All 174 kids received their rewards and filled their tummy with choco chams. Once they have completed their choco chams they will be given hygiene…
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Sharing with you the image of the choco chams given to the 174 kids in the outskirt areas of marawi city. The children loved it and they wish to have more. Some of the kids eat half of it and reserve the other half for their parents/guardians/grannies. The choco chams is also eco friendly as we are using a paper cups. The plastic utensils are properly dispose without damaging mother nature. Thanks to the cooking committee and kitchen team for making choco chams possible, and…
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Having a quick break indulging ourselves with a simple home made organic chicken arroz caldo. This is a good protein and carbohydrates source at the same time a warm meal in this cold and rainy weather. What's your for afternoon snack? Would you like to have a taste of this arroz caldo? Have a spoon full and enjoy it.
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Volunteers continue to grow more trees to reduce the soil erosion, to enhance the air quality, to minimize the warming of the ozone layer, to improve the water quality in the water shed areas, minimize the flash flood in the lowlands, to enhance the habitat and ecosystem and many more. Along with the volunteers are local government staff and local people who share the same thoughts of saving both mother nature and humanity as a whole. Thank you so much volunteers and all the…
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Presenting to you the youth force who made a big positive impact in our environment. Thank you guys for sharing your heart, care, loved and compassion to mother nature. Continue being an eco warrior safeguarding mother nature from any possible harm and violence. Keep inspiring others to become more conscious and aware of protecting our blue planet. Salute to you all. Until next tree growing activities.
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Our humble veggie meal for tonight. Eating light is good for the body. Light meal helps the body recover from previous heavy meals. Having fried eggplant with eggs and tomatoes dipped in a soy sauce filled with garlic and chillies. What's yours for dinner? Have a beautiful rainy evening everyone.
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Completed repacking around 158 blessings bags and 144 family food packs. Just recently finish tons of backlog paper works and adjustment reports. Now time give myself some fresh air and good scenery to wash away the tired body and mind. Would you like to jump in with us in this beautiful view this evening. Feel free to hop in and feast your eyes with the city lights and the sky lights above while the sky is still clear from dark clouds. The attached photo is taken earlier as…
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Greetings from Mindanao together with Mr. Sun. Hope you are energize by seeing Mr. Sun infront of you. May the warm ray of the sun gives comfort to you in this cold season of the year. May the bright light of the sun shine down on your darkest moment. May you have a wonderful day ahead and I wish you all good tidings/blessings for the entire day. Enjoy your day with your family and loved ones. Do your best in whatever you do today. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Having a good and healthy breakfast is vital to make our physical body functional and in great shape to fulfill all the given task of the day. What we have here is ginataang sitaw (Coconut milk stew with pork). What do you have for breakfast? Would you like some of it and some steamy rice as well?
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Last night while the volunteers are indulging themselves with the much deserve rest is paired with a sweet and creamy chocolate moose cake. It was baked by one of the volunteers and he prepared it as a simple small success celebration for the volunteers for several months serving the minorities and the people in need. The volunteer who baked the said cake is also grateful for the other team of volunteers for inviting him in the volunteering work as he find the purpose of his…
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Happy International Teachers Day I wanted to greet all teachers around the globe particularly my fellow community volunteer teachers, the mobile teachers, and volunteer teachers for providing basic education to the children and youth. I wish to highlight their sacrifices and endless effort to fulfill the needs of the children in the learning centers and community schools. They have given everything they can just to make sure the children/learners are well taken cared of when…
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Having a quick lunch and enjoying a home made lasagna by one of the volunteers. Please be informed that this lasagna presented here is one of the food items used by the volunteers to raise funds for the activities in the community such as charity works, outreach, supplemental feeding, and medical mission. This kind of initiatives have been on play since year 2010. It's almost 11 years of service have been given various communities in Mindanao with the help of the food item…
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The volunteers are now preparing the native snacks for the frontliners. The volunteers already packed around 122 pieces of snack pack that will be given to the local community covid quarantine facilities. Looking forward seeing the smiles of the frontliners who work hard to save the lives of our fellow brethren and Filipino. Time to load all this little goodies and prepare to depart. See you all later.
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Giving thanks to Madam Tabitha for this generous gift for the people in need. This will surely provide several meals for the less fortunate families. Thank volunteers are always thankful to friends, colleagues, workmates, relatives and acquaintance who are kind hearted in providing help and support to those who are poor and vulnerable. This stack of eggs will surely will put a smile in the face of the beneficiaries. Looking forward seeing their smile again as they received…
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Shedding the light of the last beneficiaries who received the blessings bags in the river banks areas of the upland communities who are severely affected by the recent typhoon storm that struck several houses and uprooted many families and disabled their daily livelihood and way of living. Around 245 families are affected from the said tropical storm. And most of the families are in a dire situation leaving them helpless and vulnerable from covid, malnutrition and other…
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Earlier this afternoon the volunteers delivered several school supplies and medical supplies to the local teachers who have difficulties of accessing supplies that will benefit their students distant learning. The local teachers are supporting children who barely have enough school supplies and they take it from their own pocket. To ease this difficulties to the local teachers, the volunteers took this call for aid. The volunteers sort out school supplies and also added…
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After finish repacking the 358 blessings bags for the affected families of the Typhoon and also the arm conflict areas. The volunteers decided to head out and find some place to eat. And they found out a barbecue station and decided to have some grilled food for evening dinner/snack. It was a tiring day for everyone but really happy and fulfilling, knowing that each blessings bags and family food packs will surely provide happiness to the reciever of the said simple food…
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Wanted to give the honor to thank Ate Vanessa for sharing this little goodies for the kids in the remote communities. This little goodies will surely help the mission of the volunteers popularising the importance of hand washing and also the giving value of good hygiene. Thanks Ate Vanessa for answering the call of the volunteers. Thanking Ate Vanessa and her family for always being there for the Indigenous people when they need help and assistance. Can't wait to see the…
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Helpful Information Attached herewith is a information graph that depicts challenges in our lives. It bespeak the hindrance and also the possibilities it can offer to us. This information certainly illustrate that challenges are walls the constraint and restrain us from reaching our goals and purpose in life. But once we understand the meaning and lesson behind those challenges, we will find out at the end part the value and significance of the opportunities that awaits us.…
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Greeting from the southern part of the Philippines, home of the highest mountains and prestine forest. Wanted to offer to you this beautiful view in the morning that will help you boost your morning confidence and energy. Hope this offer of renewed energy from mother nature recharge your mind, heart and soul from being weary and exhausted. May the energy you receive be a good source of good vibes as you start your day today. May you all have a good tidings and bountiful…
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One of the positive reward from community outreach is being able to get connected with mother nature and witnessing its beauty and majesty, particularly in the mountainous regions of Mindanao. Seeing its marvels and stunning creation will always take your breath away and feeling refresh whenever you have a close encounter with nature. The green scenery, the warm ray of the sun, the cool breeze of the wind, the fresh air, and the music from the animals and insects are such an…
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While team 1 and 2 volunteers are heading to the community to distribute the much needed blessings bags and family food packs. The team 3 are busy as well preparing the meals for the frontliners. Now, they are packing the last batch of free lunch is which made of pork sisig. The team 3 are the excited and looking forward to seeing the frontliners jump in joy as they received their request meal. Fulfill the little wishes of the frontliners is just a small act of kindness out…
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Presenting to you team 4 along with the local parent leaders and local authorities staff work together in finalising the blessings bags to be given to 185 families in two puroks. The blessings bags are filled with rice, fruits, vegetables, milk, dried fish, eggs, condiments and others. Another separate bag will also be given to the beneficiaries that includes hygiene kits and sanitation kits. With this goodies to be given to the impoverished families will improve their lives…
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After team 4 volunteers and its partners finish the final packing. They immediately head out and one by one visited each houses and offer the blessings bags to the families. Each houses felt over joy for the gifts and freebies they have obtained. Most of the family members shown teary eyes and sweet smiles as they can't express how happy they are to be able to have such blessings. The local partners (local authorities and local parents) are really happy seeing their fellow…
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Sharing with you the view as the volunteers depart to the community and before the rain catches the volunteers with cold rain water and strong wind. Nature is drastically changing without warning. If unprepared and not mentally ready for this kind of challenges, one will be physically shock and mentally disrupted. Luckily the volunteers are open to this kind of challenges and they often dance in the rain and sing more during strong wind as if they are in a concert. As one…
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"Quick Water Break" Such an amazing masterpiece made by our beloved creator. Such a beauty to witness and perceive. Truly it wash away the tired bodies of the volunteers. Few more ups and down in the hill and we will reach the community. And we will make the people happy particularly the kids. Before that happen. One must self massage the leg and foot for the long walk and shoulder for carrying a heavy load. Self massage are great particularly when you are under a waterfalls…
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Saying hello to everyone while rain is still taking a pause. Photo taken earlier as the group continue to hike the difficult terrains in the mountainous region of Mindanao Island to reach the unreachable communities. Will be sharing later the path the volunteers hike earlier this morning until this afternoon. Please note everyone is safe and now at the community. Still struggling to find a good spot to catch the data signal reception to keep you all posted. Hopefully it will…
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Sharing with you a glimpse of the hiking photo footage. Barely able to take some photos due to heavy rain. The path the volunteers took was muddy and slippery. The volunteers took the muddy path as it is much safer compare to the previous route which is filled with sharp rocks and risky terrains. Much of the terrain are forested and unsafe to pass and not advisable to faint hearted folks as there are technical routes which is heart pumping. Will be feature the technical…
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Imparting with you the bone chilling cross over to the next river bank area. Please be informed that the bamboo bridge was severely damage from the previous tropical storm which leads to manual crossing to the other part of the river. On the first photo one volunteer from the rescue team named jayboy assess the river crossing portion to understand the depth and also the strength of the current of the river. Luckily the volunteers found a safer passage part of the river after…
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Taking a quick break from the discussion with the elders and local leaders for future activities in the community. Staring at the sky lights from above while waiting for the native dish to be served courtesy by the local folks in the community. Will continue later with the updates after the meeting with the leaders. For now let's enjoy together the beautiful skylights (stars) "ad rakann". Have a pleasant evening everyone.
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Wanted to share with you all the simple meal prepared by the community. A simple yet tasty coconut milk jackfruit (Ginataang Langka). This simple meal is really helpful in this cold and chilly evening. The weather in the upland is really cold and the weather is really windy and rainy. This meal is perfect to warm up thy heart and body. Have a pleasant evening everyone.
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Greetings of Peace and Happiness to all in the heart of uncharted and prestine forest of Mindanao. I hope you all are doing great despite the cold weather right now. I know most of us are enjoying the bed weather but morning is up and we must do our best to make things possible for today commitment. I wish you all good tidings and blessings. See you all later. Amping (Take care), ©️ @Uwanderer777 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Broken people help broken people Team 7 volunteers (Maguindanao youth) who are all survivors from the previous arm conflict in 2012 are now providing basic education with blended psychosocial care support to the younger generation. They wanted to help the younger generation as they know first hand how it felt about the traumatic events in their respective communities. To reduce the trauma from the inner most part of the children. They provide interactive awareness session…
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Finish the last interviewee (Indigenous people) who will be part for the farming assistance program. Started the interview process around 5Am and we have interviewed around 15 farmers in total. All the farmers whom we interviewed will received farming grants, farming supplies, and farming materials as part of the farming assistance the volunteers have formulated with the guidance and support of the local agriculture agencies. This will surely change their lives particularly…
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As mentioned to you yesterday post. Here is the photo footage of the technical route heading to the community. Its an uphill trail where the soil is already eroding. Overweight pressure will surely reduce the stability of the trail which is why only one person can hike uphill with this trail. And the volunteers limit the load they are carrying as it too could affect the structure of the eroding soil structure. If one false move it will create a landslide that will bury the…
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As indicate in the previous post I am now presenting to you the humble community whom the volunteers are sharing their blessings and gifts to the much needed families and individuals particularly the elderly, impaired, sickly and the vulnerable groups which are the children. The first two photos was taken yesterday when the volunteers arrived in the community when they are welcomed with heavy rain which is visible in the photos. While the third and fourth photos depicts the…
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The community learning center for Indigenous Children Sharing with you the learning space of the children in the community. I know it's small and unsafe for children. Please be inform that the supplies are hard to come by given the fact the community itself is far from civilization and far from the nearest town/city. The local people along with the community volunteers teachers work together to establish the learning center little by little. The community learning center…
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Art for Inner Peace The children actively engaged themselves with the art therapy activity given to them. They were instructed to draw their dream place. Most of them draw a home and neighbours filled with children playing freely without the fear of guns, bombs and other tools that kill children and adults. They wanted a peaceful community like before without the fear of being killed, being hunted and being hurt. This children have experience multiple times of being uprooted…
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"Pledge to continue" In this post we will be focusing on the children/learners committing themselves to continue their study and reach their dreams. To symbolise this commitment. The volunteers made an artistic and interactive way of pledging their commitment. The volunteers made it more colorful and child friendly. As they use a white canvass with children images in the background, while children are using various colors to reflect their innermost feeling about the…
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Spin the wheel (Play Therapy) Would loved to highlight this play activity given the children earlier before rain came in. The mechanics of the game is the children will be divided into two groups. One is male and the other one is female (gender sensitivity in the cultural context). They will be placing themselves inside a improvised plastic wheel. The children will race from the starting point to the end point. Who ever came first will be the winner. One important point to…
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Traveling Marbles (Play Therapy) In this post we will be spotlighting the play activity named mentioned above. The children will be divided in two groups. One is male and the other is female (Gender Sensitive context in the Indigenous people perspective). After dividing the children in two teams. Each team member will received a plastic spoon. This spoon will be used as their transportation vehicle for the marbles to travel from one point to another. Each children must…
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"Moving Holahop" (Play Therapy) Sharing with yiu the second to the last play given to the children as part of the psychosocial care support. In this photo the children are playing the abovementioned interactive activity. I hope he mechanics of the game is the children will be divided in two groups. Team male kids and team female kids. The two groups have two holahops. The two groups must pass the holahop from the end point to the front point without breaking the human chain…
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Finally back in civilization. And we have bulalo for dinner after a long trek. Will be continuing the community outreach updating later on as well as the updating when we are heading back to the civilization. So for now let's just enjoy this tasty bulalo to regain the much needed energy to continue the activities this evening. Would you like to have some bulalo with us? We can spare a bowl for you. Come and join us.
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When you arrived in the warehouse. All I did was unpacked all the used stuff then packed again for another trip to the community. After this one will be doing a quick laundry, while doing the laundry will be posting some updates from various volunteers team so stay tune. Now please excuse me from packing up my stuff for tomorrow community outreach. Let's hope by tomorrow the signal reception will be better like the previous communities we have visited. Have a great evening…
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Would love to update you all that team 5 have completed acquiring the much needed school kits supplies for the distant learning students. The photo shown below is the last batch of stationaries being repacked. The children of Sitio be-rang learning center will be happy to recieved around 144 school kits ranging from nursery to grade 9. It will be a surprise for the learners after attending the film showing and supplemental feeding they will recieved such gift. Looking…
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Earlier today the team 6 volunteers visited several schools and provided several school supplies to the teachers and also some hygiene kits for their safe and protection whenever they visit their students for checking and monitoring. This initiative done by team 6 is to commemorate the international teachers day. The team wish to help the teachers who are having scarcity when it comes to supplies particularly numerous teachers are assisting those learners who barely have…
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Never thought I would stumble upon this live audio interview in a national radio station. The audio interview be speak about the international teachers day celebration. To know more about it. You can find the details about in the link below. Please know I am speaking Filipino-Tagalog dialect which might not b applicable to English speaking folks in this community. But nevertheless I hope you find it informative about the life of a community volunteers teacher.…
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Earlier this morning Breakfast before departing to the community to conduct a community outreach activities to make the children and adults lived a better life for a couple of weeks. What we have here is a porridge filled with spirulina powder and topped with various nuts and a side dish which is a papaya. Whats yours for today breakfast? You can dine with us. Please grab a bowl and enjoy your meal with the volunteers.
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Taken earlier this morning as the volunteers prepare their motorcycle vehicle ascending to the remote communities in the western part of Mindanao which is the Caraga region and this place is located at Sitio Luiz. The motorcycle driver and the volunteer named Jim boy securing all the luggage and supplies are well tied to the vehicle to avoid being drop out along the way as the group ascend to the mountainous areas of Western Mindanao. The motorcycle travel will last around 3…
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As the volunteers continue to ascend to the mountainous area of Western Mindanao. The volunteers encouter a truck load filled with old trees from the abuse part of the forest. As you have all known that the western part of Mindanao is being exploited by illegal loggers, small and large scale deep mining, and illegal poaching. For several years the eco system and habitat in the western Mindanao particularly the highland areas and forested areas are gradually being taken down.…
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Pointing to you the direction of the community we will be visiting (please see the attached photo). Its in the middle of the thick forested area. We will be there late afternoon. We will be on foot and will be hiking as fast and careful as we can as time is against us and weather is not with us this time. At this moment rain is heavily dropping to us. And we are taking a quick shelter. Muscle pain and cramps is kicking in. As the weight of the bags we are carrying is getting…
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Giving you all a glimpse of the trail the volunteers are hiking right now. Most of our shoes are already soaking wet. Some of our shoes have twigs inside it as we need to submerge our shoes to have a good footing. Nevertheless what we are struggling right now is just a tiny specks of what the Indigenous people are suffering right now. They have been stripped from their own land (ancestral land). Killed for safeguarding their forest and watershed for the sake of the greed of…
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This is a photo taken earlier finding alternative route as the prior route is severely affected by flash flood. Volunteers along with the local assessing possible route and how to go about the supplies they are carrying with. It took almost an hour longer from the original plan to reach the community as the weather didn't permit us to proceed accordingly. The locals along with the volunteers utilise primitive method to overcome this difficulties. After several attempts and…
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This photo was taken earlier as the rain pause itself. The volunteers along with the local guide re assess the river current if its possible to pass. A life rope was used tied in the waist of yours truly to re check the river current. As soon as yours truly establish a passage the rest of the volunteers followed as time is against them. Every hasten with caution as safety is the top priority. Despite the exhausted body carrying heavy load baggage as the rain water made the…
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I wish to highlight this photo that depicts the primitive way of eating as well as food resources. Please be informed that the packed lunch we have was spoiled due to heavy rain and wash out by the river current. The local people and the volunteers stop at a safe spot and cooked some corn and grabs some edible leaves for our lunch and mixed it with salt. We can't unpacked the other food in the packed to avoid it from being spoiled. We cooked the corn in bamboo and then cut…
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Sharing with you the Pig-ulingan community, home of the Banwaon Tribe, the first settlers of the western mindanao. The first photo is the first house upon entering the community. The second photo is the house the volunteers will be staying for the night. Most of the volunteers will be sleeping in their individual hammocks. While others sleep in their sleeping bags. Please note that it's really cold in the forested area given the fact we have a tropical storm right now in the…
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Sharing with you the photo footage taken this morning. Please be aware due to the heavy rain storm yesterday and today we were unfortunately could not conduct the play therapy. Instead the volunteers resorted to interactive storytelling, puppets how, and indoor games. On the photos shown in this post. The students/learners enjoyed their learning from the basic illustrations shared to them. As it is new to them and would loved to learned more about the outside world of their…
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And we are all heading out the upland community in the western part of Mindanao. Home of the Banwaon Tribe. Departing is really hard particularly if you grown quite attached to the people in the community. And also the desire to learn more about their life stories, culture, history, and way of life. As much as we wanted to stay longer but we must take our leave for the other community whom we are committed to visit with awaits us. Plus the rainy weather is really unfriendly…
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Greetings of Peace and Happiness to all Presenting to you a groupie of the community volunteers teachers before passing the adgao river. Before the rain smash to us. We wanted to share the happy side of the community volunteer teachers smiling under the rain. Despite the cuts, muscle cramps, sprains and body pain we still chose to smile and laugh. Which made our hike and travel light and fun but also cautious. Thanks much for dropping by. See you later. We will be hiking for…
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The volunteers immensely would like to thank everyone who prayed and send their well wishes. All the volunteers are safe and well after hiking for several hours under the raging heavy rain from the remote communities to the local town. We just arrived in the wet market where the motorcycle terminal is located. The volunteers will just grab some snack (steamy sweetened deep fried banana) while waiting for their transportation vehicle. The ride heading to the warehouse will be…
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The driver and also one of the core team of the volunteers group just arrived and they have some sweet treats for the field team. What they got for us is brownies filled with cashew nuts. This is really a blast for the field team. Truly such a blessings to received after a long trek. Thanks much for this core team and see you all this evening at the headquarters. For now let's take some bite of these delicious sweet delight then get some few hours rest to be resdy for the…
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Giving thanks to one of our esteem volunteers in cotabato City. Thank you for inviting the team to celebrate your humble birthday. Also thank you for being with the team for the past 3 years. We are truly grateful for your time, energy, skills, knowledge, gifts and talents you have shared to the community particularly to the children and youth. Thank you Tristan for allowing the volunteer team being part of your wonderful natal day. Cheers to more birthday to come.
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Great and happy Monday morning to all. Just wanted to highlight this tasty dinugoan as one of the primary meal to be given to our hard working modern heroes. The volunteers already have prepared around 221 meals for cater the various local hospitals and local community covid quarantine facilities. The volunteers are excited once again to make the frontliners happy and excited with the meal they will be sharing with the frontliners. Time to wrapped up and carry this delicious…
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Women helping Women The group of women in davao del sur namely "Mabuhay Kababaihan" donated four (4) boxes of sanitary pads to the evacuation centers in the Caraga regions which is severely affected by the recent tropical storm. The women's in the evacuation center often doesn't have much resources with them during their evacuation center and one of the small femine stuff forgotten during evacuation is sanitary pads. Often times many womens in the evacuation are having…
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Children supporting Children 👶🏻💖💗💕 Many children in the evacuation center in Caraga doesn't have much with them during the force evacuation. For that reason the children are vulnerable to stress and heavy anxiety. To reduce this invisible negative feeling the volunteers call for stuff toys to their fellow friends and one of the volunteers younger siblings namely Allen and Sheen answer this call and willingly gave their toys and other children learning materials as well as…
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"Educational School Kits Repacking" 📚🖍️ Hello everyone amazing Monday morning to you all. I wish to share with you the cute and creative photo documentation done by one of the volunteer from yesterday evening repacking. Please see the photos for direct reference. This school kits will be given to one of the beneficiaries learning center the volunteers have in the remote communities. This learning materials will surely improve the study of the learners/students in their…
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Candid Moment 🤣😅 Rain is pouring outside as the tropical storm. Marking is raging in the Mindanao area. The volunteers decided to have some hot beverages to warm up in this chilly weather. The volunteers found a nearby coffee shop and head straight to it. When you just got inside the coffee shop but the coffee shop want you to hit the road immediately with their jolly advertising message ("Uwan" {Indigenous Name} is the English equivalent of Rain). When the volunteers read…
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The long wait is over and my coffee is here. Time to savor this coffee to warm up this shivering physical body and sleepy brain of mine (slept for an hour and few naps in the vehicle). While sipping this coffee, the core team will take the time finalize the activities for the month of October and also prepare in advance for the month of November. Almost two months to go and year 2021 will be over. November and December will be a busy month to all the volunteers. With that…
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At the moment the rain haven't stop and it's pouring heavily outside. The team decided to find the nearest eatery where we can find some soup kind of dish. Luckily despite the heavy rain we found one and they offer this beautiful dish soup that is mouth watering and perfect for this rainy day. Its time for lunch and let's have some soup dish for lunch along with some steamy rice. This is a good treasure to find and worthy partner as we continue the planning and preparation…
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Just to keep everyone posted team 8 volunteers are packing up and ready to distribute the school and hygiene kits to the children along with the blessings bags and family food pack to their families. The volunteers along with the brave motorcycle drivers are securing all the supplies in place to keep it from falling from the baggage area of the motorcycle and also protecting it from the heavy rain. We ask our friends and buddies here to pray for them as they ascend to the…
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Volunteers Update Alert (Happy Families 💖) The team 6 volunteers along with the local government officials and uniform men joined together to provide assistance to several families affected by the recent tropical storm that struck the land of Lanao del sur along with the on going threats from the arm conflicts with the rebel group. The team 6 volunteers offer 212 family food packs to two communities. The uniform men and government officials provided free snacks and meals to…
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Volunteers Works Post Alert ⚠️⚠️📳📳 The team 6 volunteers would like to informed everyone that they have delivered the 155 rice bags to various elderly and impaired families in the rural areas who are severely affected by the pandemic. The 155 families express their deepest gratitude to all who have shared effort and time giving them this valuable resources for their daily survival. The 155families also would like thank the people who work hard in delivering this precious…
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Before my memory get blurred wanted to share with you that happened yesterday evening after completing the repacking. One of the volunteers prepared a post celebration drinks to the remaining volunteers who stayed for the repacking of the family food packs and blessings bags. Frelim was inspired by the Korean movies and he wish to celebrate in Korean ways. It was my first time having this kind of beverage and it was really good to have after the muscle aching hike and tired…
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Volunteers Update Alert ⚠️⚠️📳📳 Congratulations team ten (10) for the successfully completing the child right session in twelve communities in Maguindanao and cotabato. The task given to the m is not easy yet they accepted it wholeheartedly with compassion and commitment. This young leaders also have created bridge in sustainable peace and psychosocial support to the victims of the arm conflict in Maguindanao and cotabato. Salute to this young leaders who took the challenge…
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Before the evening ends I wanted to give thanks to my mentor ate janna, my advisor mam riza, core team member ate cyril and ate Elsie and lastly our consultant nanay Mel. This lovely souls are making short but solid positive changes in arm conflict communities particularly when it comes to the topic of women and children rights and human rights as a whole. This beautiful being have change Mindanao in many ways and brought peace in all possible ways since year 1995. And being…
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Giving thanks to my mentor, my adviser, my consult and core team for this bountiful gift. It was truly an evening rich of stories about peace effort, peace initiatives, struggle for peace, the challenges in making peace. We (local peacebuilders) wanted to achieve peace in the land of Mindanao after several decades have past from the brutal horror of war and arm conflict. Rest assure I will pass on the legacy you have given to me to the younger generation. Thanks for the…
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Volunteers Post Alert ⚠️⚠️📳📳 Wanted to share with you the successful turn over of materials to the loc beneficiaries in bukidnon. The beneficiaries for the Poultry program are the workers and laborers from a factory that closed down due to the impact of the pandemic. To aid the unemployed workers and laborers, the volunteers tapped several local NGOs and local agencies to assist the unemployed people. Most of the workers and laborers received poultry materials that will help…
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Before it slip through my mind I wanted to share with you the life changing stories shared by the Datus (tribal chieftain) to the volunteers during our stay in the rural communities. Its a ritual to the Tribe to pass on the knowledge of the ancestors to the younger generation through the art of oral sharing (Ta'lbilr Tigwahanon/Banwaon Tribe) "storytelling". During our first night when the rain itself took some rest the tribal people went outside to continue the storytelling…
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Greetings of Peace and Happiness to all lads and gals out there particularly our buddies and friends. Wanted to share with you this tranquil environment we are in right now to breathe in good vibes and positive energy and breathe out all the negativity we accumulated within us for several hours, days, weeks, months, and years in our lives. Let the magical power of nature be of help to us in this difficult time and situation we are in right now. I hope as your friend here in…
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For seven months of staying in this community I have met various people from all walks of life. For seven months of journeying in this platform I have seen its potentials and growth and how it change many individuals and groups. For seven months of walking this path in this community I have seen and experienced people leaving and coming back after long slumber and how they miss the community. For seven months I have gained many friends from various countries which is great…
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Taking a quick Breakfast before heading back to the training and continue the facilitation of the said training. The training is all about empowering local leaders in governance management and policy making management in a conflict sensitivity and peace promoting process and methods. It will be a gruesome day but let's work it out and make it happened as we are peace advocates and peace loving people. By the way having this lovely meat soup with steamy brown rice for late…
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"" Learning Space for Local Leaders"" During the field assessment, the humanitarian field workers conducted an evaluation session with the partner local offices in the government. From the evaluation session pop up the request of capacity development in terms of project management, policy making, governance andd other skills development opportunities particularly in the lens and perspective of peacebuilding and conflict resolution. The humanitarian organisation responded to…
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Giving thanks and gratitude to our local partner NGO for this bountiful lunch. Thank you for this tasty treat. This is really touching and mouth watering. We will be continuing the discussion about peace work in the community level while feasting this meal shared with you in this post. This is a bit too much for me, I would like to invite you to join with us. Grab a seat and enjoy your lunch. Happy Lunch Everyone.
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Sharing this photo with you as a response to the question raise by one of our friends here. He wish to see how the volunteers and local people manage to cook their lunch during the rainy encounter in the river side. Attached herewith is the photo depicting a small make shift shelter for the volunteers and local people built by the volunteers to secure themselves from further being soak by the heavy rain and at the same time being able to cook corn as carbohydrates source and…
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One friend of mine here in this platform requested if we could share a photo of a recent meal preparation in the middle of the forest. The photo attached is a typical meal preparation outdoor. All the cooking utensils, meal ingredients and cooking materials are segregated to other volunteers to equalised the weight carry by the cooking committee. There are committees in the group of the volunteers. One of those are cooking, logistics, activity implementer, health and…
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Final session for today's training. As soon can see in the photos the local leaders along with the stakeholders and duty bearers are helping each other in formulating better interventions and methods of improving their communities into a modernize and well equipped community prepared to deal and managed conflict concerns in various means and approaches and maximize the sensitivity in all levels to adhere the true essence of sustainable peace in the community level. After…
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Congratulations dear local leaders, stake holders and duty bearers for successful completing the capacity development training. I wish best of luck and blessings in conducting your roles and responsibilities in your respective communities, groups, teams, organisation, committee, offices and agencies. I am truly happy they have learned a lot from the training and how far they will continue in committing themselves in bringing sustainable peace and development in their…
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I wish to thanks Sir Marvin and Sir Alex and Mam Gwen and Mam Kris for sharing this delightful snack this afternoon. Its so nice to hear the feedback of the local duty bearers how they are positively influence by the said training and they are excited for tomorrow continuation which will be given by my colleagues and area manager. Its nice to hear people appreciate the kind of learning approach you are using to enable the participants to absorb the lesson efficiently and…
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Volunteers Update Alert Post ⚠️⚠️📳📳 The volunteers team eight (8) and concern citizen have given free snacks, hygiene kits, and face mask to the tricycle drivers who are tirelessly working to make a living for their family. This initiative started when one driver confess to the volunteers that he doesn't have food for himself as he gave up all his mere earning to his family. From that day forward the volunteers started a weekly free giving of snacks to the tricycle driver.…
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Volunteers Update Alert Post ⚠️⚠️📳📳 Great evening to all. Allow me to share with you the photo footage of the school kits distribution and slipper distribution in one of the rural relocation sites. The volunteers were able to cater around 89 kids ranging 6-14 years of age from nursery and grade 7. The parents of the beneficiaries kids/learners are really happy for their children to be able to acquire such gifts. After the distribution the children also received free snacks…
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Taken earlier this evening before heading back to the warehouse while waiting for our kind donors who will be donating several school supplies for the children. Its really nice to have some self time to reflect all the challenges encountered and also small success in life. Had a little sugar to doze of the tired brain of mine. How was your afternoon/evening doing? Praying for our fellow Filipino particularly in the Luzon areas who are severely affected by typhoon maring..…
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Due to the tough schedules and unending commitments from various individuals and groups regarding the preparation of the activities. The volunteers almost failed to cook for dinner. Good thing we still have some shrimps in the refrigerator. We will be having shrimps tonight. Surely the volunteers will loved it given the fact that most of them are really tired and barely thinking of eating. Let's make them happy with a good old meal which stew shrimps with chillies. What's…
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Volunteers Update Alert Post ⚠️⚠️📳📳 Team four volunteers are helping out the Municipal Risk Reduction Management office in setting up this modular tent to accommodate the evacuees who suffered from the strong winds and heavy rain brought by typhoon maring. The working force are working in haste as the numbers of evacuees are increasing. After putting up the tent the volunteer team will be aiding the cooking committee in preparing the warm meals to the survivors. The…
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Happy Morning Lads and Gals. Greetings of Peace and Happiness from the southern part of Mindanao. Wanted to share this stunning ray of light of Mr. Sun. May this image filled with stunning light warm you mind, heart and soul.. May it provide brightness in times of dim night in your life right now. May you have a great morning ahead. The Mindanao youth volunteers would like to express you all matter, you are valuable, you are important, and the youth in Mindanao cared for you…
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Last night while the volunteers are pre occupied with the repacking and sorting of the supplies to be given to various beneficiary communities. Ark and I decided to cook a home made pepperoni pizza using the firewood we have left. The result went well despite several attempts of postponing as wind and rain continuously visiting us in the dirty kitchen and playing with us. Finally all those hurdle paid off and the volunteers like the home made pizza which provided them energy…
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"Volunteers Update Alert Post" ⚠️⚠️ "HAPPY kiddos" Sharing with you some striking pose made by the kids from boys town. They were really happy receiving their hygiene kits and treats after attending the psychosocial session earlier this morning. The kids were looking forward this day to be able to see their Kuya and Ate (Big Bro & Big Sis) volunteers and play along with them. They are so happy to be able to mingle with them face to face after a year of virtual meeting from…
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" Volunteers Update Post Alert" ⚠️⚠️ The orphan boys of boystown orphanage are patiently waiting for their turn to received their treats and snacks. The orphan boys just finish their two hours psychosocial care support session (Art therapy and Play therapy). The boys felt so happy to be able to play again with new games prepared by the volunteers. They are thankful for the volunteers for continuously checking and supporting them for almost 8 years already. The boys/kids…
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"Volunteers Update Alert Post" ⚠️⚠️ Sharing with you the kids in the orphanage center along with the volunteers. The psychosocial care session finally ended with big smiles in the face of the children with happy heart and tummy. The kids loved the hygiene kits, sanitation kits, face mask, freebies, snacks and free meals. The kids promised to continue their contact less learning in the orphanage and will do their best to perform well at school as they have pledge during the…
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"Cooking & Baking Utensils & Ingredients Donation" Finally the volunteers have completed the needed supplies, materials and ingredients needed by the women's committee in Sitio tipas. This supplies the volunteers gathered and sorted will be the capital of the women's in Sitio tipas to start their small cooperative business that will assist them with their goals to have a stable income generating source. The women's of Sitio tipas are good in cooking and they capitalise from…
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Traffic jam is really heavy now a days due to the repair of the drainage and sewage system. Repair is needed to allow the accumulated rain water flush out from the clogged areas in the city which resulted to bumper to bumper traffic. But all of this traffic worry finally went out after arriving the meeting place and received such a delightful plate of meal. What we have here is a sea food pasta. That will be my lunch for today. What's yours for lunch? Feel free to have a…
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"Simple Reward" We are all set. We have now 70 pieces of burgers for the young people together with the shelter staff and care taker. We will deliver this snack as promise to the young folks. Please be inform we will be visiting a rehabilitation center. One of the rules in the rehabilitation center is no picture taking of the young people as they are high profile individuals who have extreme cases in the court. Aside from the burgers, the volunteers will also provide some…
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Helpful Information you might wanna check out and learned from it. Its really helpful in various situations in life. It is not limited to those who are working alone, its far more than that. To learn more about it please refer to the information graph attached below.
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Useful details surpassing the traditional mindset you have in mind particularly those who wish nothing but to please others. This information is a good eye opener for you. A simple message that will guide you more about being more than just pleasing others. Hope this becomes useful to you in anyway possible. For further input, please refer to the attached image below.
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We just finish the turning over the simple treat to the youth in the rehabilitation center. After the said activity, the team hurried and travel down town to catch up a in person meeting. The core team along with the local partners will have a discussion for the upcoming activities that will be focusing more on the providing medical assistance and free check, while the volunteers will be conducting series of different session withe numerous participants coming from children,…
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We have finally collected the donated school supplies from kind hearted donors, sponsors, supporters and helpers. Thanks to them, the volunteers could inspire more kids to continue their distant learning in this time of pandemic. Thanks to them, the children can continue reaching their little dreams of becoming someone in the near future. Thanks to them, the parents of the children are happy knowing their children will reach their life goals with the help of concern people…
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We almost forgot what time it is until a good friend of ours visited the warehouse and hand over fresh shrimp to the group. Maxi found out the volunteers like shrimps, for that reason he went out and buy some and head to the warehouse. His arrival is perfectly timing as the volunteers haven't eaten yet for dinner. Luckily Maxi came to the rescue or else the volunteers and I are submerging ourselves in repacking. As soon as Maxi turnover to us the fresh shrimp I head to the…
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Daily Inspirational Message Greetings of Peace and Solitude to each and everyone. I deliver to you a valuable message that surely leaves an impact in your life, emotionally, psychologically, mentally, and spiritually. May this significant message find you well and provide good news and good tidings as well. Have a great evening to you all. Keep safe at all times. Sending our prayers and well wishes to all survivors of the recent typhoon that struck the northern part of the…
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The volunteers received a call from Cortez family expressing to pick up the beverages donated by the family for the kids in the various communities in the remote mountains of Mindanao. After the call automatically the boys in the group jump in the transportation vehicle to help lifting the boxes of beverages and piling it up in the vehicle. Before arriving the residence of Cortez family, the volunteers doesn't have any idea how many boxes they will bring but as soon as the…
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Good Morning to all Wanted to greet you all with positive energy. Allow me to offer you a green energy from mother nature to fuel your day with good vibes and positive force. May the wonders of nature fill your life today with goodness and joy. Enjoy your day and have a wonderful Thursday ahead. Big virtual hugs to you, Uwan (Rain) "Tigwahanon Tribe" 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Hi everyone we are off to our next community to bring happiness and joy. We are lucky Mr. SUN is with us today and yesterday which made our travel a little bit okay. We travelled as early as 4Am and wake up around 3Am. We slept around 1Am finishing the last batch of school kits and blessings bags. We sleep in the transportation vehicle for two hours (from warehouse to motorcycle terminal) then ride the single motorcycle with wings (side luggage carrier). Currently we are now…
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Allow me to share with you the nerve breaking ascend of the motorcycle. If the motorcycle lose its balance it will surely fell on us walking behind it. The second photo depicts the motorcycle is struggling after several ascending with the heavy load supplies on its side part of the motorcycle. We hope the motorcycle will push forward more as we are still far from the drop point area where we will start our long hike heading to the community. Thanks much for sparing some time…
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For several hours ascending our motorcycle meet up a little vehicular malfunction. With this at hand, we need to carry with us the supplies and hike up. Which means it will be an arduous trek for the volunteers. Done hydration break time to load up 70 kilos of weight. Let's move forward with a smile and positive mindset to bring smile to the Indigenous people and their community. See you all later for the next short break. Will b composing the next post while trekking and…
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While taking a hydration break allow me to share with you the photo footage of the hike made by the volunteers. It was a back breaking hike as the load started to gain additional weight as rain started visiting us during our hike. The volunteers pass through a small creek to fine potable spring water as most of our water is already gone due to the extreme heat earlier. The second photo is the uncharted trail the volunteers must navigate to reach the community. It's unpaved…
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Hello Everyone Just wanted to inform you we are all safe and secure after crossing the river. We are taking a quick break before continuing our journey to the community. I have taken two photos. The first one is where the volunteers are crossing the river and the following photo depicts our successful getting off the river. I could risk taking photos during the middle part of the river crossing for the reason I might lost my mobile phone if I lost my balance or suddenly a…
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We have finally reach the community. It was one heck of a trek as we need to pass through an old wooden log as the previous trek is not passible due to fallen debris from the side of the mountain. Attached herewith is the log I have mentioned earlier. Its really difficult balancing with heavy bags at your back and front and also at your waist. In addition the log is slippery because its soaking wet. One false move and your injured which what happened to the local who guided…
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The trail was really hard particularly crossing the river. The river itself is filled with broken branches sharp enough to put damage and injury in the lower part of the body. Fortunate for me I only have a few cuts (not really that deep). But was concern me now is my travelling buddy which is my shoes. This shoe is my vehicle that carry me around for countless remote communities for the past 7 years already. It did serve me so much and I am deeply grateful about it. I am…
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Hello Everyone Greetings from the mountainous region of Mindanao. I wish to inform you all we have successfully conducted the art activity earlier this afternoon. Sadly the data reception is really low and I can't upload the photos. As soon as I can get a good data reception I will keep you all posted. Tomorrow we will have a play therapy with the Indigenous children. Let's hope and pray the weather will be good tomorrow. Thats all for now. I will go down the tree as I have…
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Fabulous Friday Morning to all. Sharing with you the view up in the tree in the high mountains of Mindanao particularly in Caraga Region. May you have a wonderful day ahead of you as you spend time with your family and loved ones, as well as doing your best at work and/or task. May the positive energy from the mountains and trees provide you good source of happy vibes today. Enjoy your day and live life to the fullest.
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Great Morning to all As mentioned yesterday afternoon, I am presenting to you two photos illustrating the community learning center of the Indigenous people. The first photo is the close up view of the school. It's a simple learning space with two rooms. The second photo is a wide view of the learning center. It is surrounded with beautiful flowers and a community garden made by the hands of the students/learners assisted by the community volunteer teachers and their…
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Quick Crowd Sourcing Mayroon po bang update ngayon sa noise? Napapansin ko na marami rami na din ung mga writers and authors dito ng nakakatanggap ng zero value hearts. Kayo din ba mga kaibigan at kabayan naka nakaranas nito?
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Finally back in civilization after a long an arduous hike. It was truly a hard trek whenever heavy rain is striking from the sky. Everyone is safe and now resting for a bit. While resting we reward ourselves with a little bit of delights to renew the lost energy. Because Aron (one of the volunteers) miss Korean food after a long day walking. He decided to treat the team with Korean food. Horraay to him for the kind gesture. Time to eat everyone. Hope everyone already have…
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"Light of Hope" The volunteers are please to informed everyone around 122 household/families received a renewable light source.. Below is the last family/household to received solar light. Nanay Mersinita thank the volunteers for delivering an early Christmas present in there home. With this solar power supply her grand children will be able to study well without having problems of losing light similar to losing kerosene supply. All the 122 families in the remote communities…
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As mentioned before to you I will be posting the evening sky in the community where the volunteers have stayed and extended their helping hands to the vulnerable group which is the Indigenous people. Please see the thousand lights high above the tallest trees in the highest peak of the mountain in the Caraga region. Such a beautiful scene to look at. Truly a beauty beyond words could express and define. A once in a lifetime experience to have. And I am happy to share it with…
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Sharing with you the meal the volunteers shared to each other during their first day (dinner) and second day (breakfast - extra from last dinner meal) in the community. Some of might ask, why the community didn't prepared some meal for the volunteers? Allow me to response to that. The community itself is undergoing famished. The volunteers doesn't want the community to used the resources given to them just to provide food for the volunteers. And for that reason the…
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Presenting to you all the volunteer team 5 who recently turned over this morning the school supplies to the teachers to aid them it them with their humble request of helping the distant learning students who barely have enough learning supplies for themselves. The volunteers felt happy to be able to share blessings and gifts to the 79 students who wish nothing but to continue their studies and also reduce the stress of the teachers and parents who themselves also have…
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Hi and hello to each and everyone. Greetings to all my buddies and friends here in this beautiful and life changing community. Wanted to share with a piece of amazing scenery offered to us by mother nature. Happy weekend to all and I hope you will enjoy your weekend both at home and at work. Have a pleasant morning and stay safe everyone.
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Let's begin our weekend it with a good meal that we deserve and what our physical body need. May you enjoy your breakfast everyone. And do take good care of yourself. One hot meal surely gonna warm our day filled with happy vibes and good energy. I wish you all a stunning day ahead may it be at work or at home with your loved ones.
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While munching and enjoy my breakfast. Allow me to share with you the small success made by the volunteers team 4 yesterday afternoon along with the local government officials. They have given around 148 rice sacks to the severely affected families due to the recent flooding in Maguindanao. The 148 families appreciate the immediate response given to them by the volunteers and local authorities. They also thank the emergency response team for helping them evacuate during the…
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Allow me to share with you the activity conducted by team 2 volunteers along with the shelter teachers. Included in this photo is the children doing their basic art activity with the youth volunteer facilitator. The children enjoyed the sketching, coloring, highlighting, and painting. They find it fun to do and they love the colors given to them. The children also thank the volunteers for bringing free snacks, hygiene kits and mask for them. The shelter teachers and care…
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Sharing with you another successful achievement for the positively influencing and motivating the youth surrenderee and youth recruit by the extremists. Around 218 youth have redirected their lives from extremists mindset that was instill to their mind by the extreme groups into a youth leaders that will positively inspire their fellow youths and their families and communities. The first photos are the volunteers facilitators who help handle and manage the capacity…
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Thank you Major Alvarez for this beautiful treat you have given to the volunteers. This is surely such a reward. The volunteers are happy to assist any civic groups who are in line with the vision and mission of the volunteers. Ans one of the volunteers commitment is helping and supporting fellow youth to become a positive influencer in the community they lived in. Once again thanks again major for the kind sponsorship. Time to eat everyone. Who want some steak?
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Thank you local leaders, youth formators, community transformers and organisers for successful completing the three day training. Thank you for having me as one of your resource person for community transformation discussion and awareness. I am looking forward seeing you all doing great achievements in the grassroot level. Once again congratulations to everyone. Continue being a blessing to others. Thank you for sharing kindness and goodness to the community. Time to depart…
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Hello Everyone Happy afternoon. Its been a busy day but as promise I am updating you all. As mentioned in the previous post I will be sharing with you the art therapy activity participated by the Indigenous Children. The said activity focuses more on the life goals and dreams of the children. All of them received a bond paper, pencil and crayons to illustrate their life goals and dreams. Most of them find the activity heart warming and fun to do. They see very interesting…
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Taking a quick snack break while emptying the brain with overflowing workload. Thanks much cousin Marlon and cousin Mel for fetching me up and kicking my butt out of the office when I am drowning myself with huge waves of paperwork 🤣🤣 Thanks to them I am back alive from drinking too much paper work. Happy to see you both and thank you for welcoming me as part of the bilbil (fatty tummy) gang 🤣🤣🤣 Sharing this delicious snack with you all. Feel free to have some of it.
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Great evening to all. As per shared earlier from the previous post. Allow me to share with you several outputs made by the Indigenous children of the western part Mindanao specifically the Caraga mountain region. Each photos share a story to tell. Some photos can't be displayed as it represent the death of their loved ones due to the on going arm conflict between rebel groups and arm forces. Through art the children could tell their pain. Through art the children could…
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Amazing Sunday Morning to all I hope you all are doing well and feeling great today. Wanted to impart with you another masterpiece mother nature has to offer to us as refuge in times of turmoil and chaos from the inside and out of ourselves. Hope this image of nature be of help to you in any possible way. Happy Morning to all and enjoy your last stretch of the weekend. Keep safe always. Be the reason for others to live, Uwan (Rain) "Tigwahanon Tribe" 🧑🏻🇵🇭
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Quick dip to wash out the negative energy accumulated for the past 12 hours. Cooling down and gathering the green energy from mother nature is truly a magnificent gift worth having. This quick rest will surely help the volunteers prepare for the succeeding activities this afternoon and the next week. How about you? How is your Sunday doing? Have a wonderful day ahead and keep safe.
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Late Breakfast Its a chicken dish overlooked. And the good part it's all spicy from various chillies and herbs. This is a good pair after a good dip from mother nature best water splash in the falls. This surely gives the volunteers the extra energy needed for the humongous task and responsibilities in their individual shoulders. Time to eat. What's yours for breakfast? Come on and join us as we feast the chicken overload.
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"Home of their Dreams" (Community Learning Center for Indigenous Children) Hello everyone, great Sunday afternoon to all. As mentioned before in the previous post. I will feature with you the community learning center the volunteers are supporting with. The volunteers are teaching and educating the Indigenous children wihh basic math, english and Filipino that will help them in trading of their farm products and with that knowledge it can prevent them from being exploited by…
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Thanks much Bossing Aldrin for picking me up at the office and grabbing me out from my desk. Thanks also for the very late Lunch. Lastly, I wish to say congratulations to him for his upcoming wedding. I am so proud of him to be able to settle down and have a family on his own. Congratulations to him and also to Ate Mayet. For now let's enjoy this meal. Did you also have your lunch already? If not, do find a seat and join us.
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Taken earlier in one of the attraction in benham farm, lantapan bukidnon. Send a few wishes personally, professionally and for everyone. Hopefully it will happened soon. Have a beautiful rainy evening everyone.
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The office would like to thank Nanay Merna our admin and finance personnel for preparing a delightful meal for everyone in the office. This is truly a rewarding treat after battering our brains from the annual assessment. Will surely filling up good stuff like this as we have a long night to go. Would you like to have some of Nanay Merna delightful meal for dinner? Feel free to join us.
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Beautiful Evening to all Sharing with you Day 2 at the remote community of the western part of Mindanao,home of the Indigenous people named under the Banwaon Tribe. Even they are part of the minority groups and underprivileged sectors, they are proud to be a Filipino and their love for their country. Indeed a great view of nationalism at a very young age. Thank you for visiting and supporting this post. Have a wonderful evening dear buddies and friends. Continue enabling…
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Late night snack prepared by the volunteers while working with all the pending papers needed to be submitted. This will surely provide me a goos strike to continue the paper work mowning. The volunteers prepared a Korean style meal which they call samygeopsal (correct me if my spelling is wrong - not really fluent with Korean stuff 🤣🤣 but I am familiar with the eating process 🤣🤣). Let's start mixing the meal. Would you like some Korean meal? If yes, please do take a seat and…
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Happy Monday Morning to all Better days are coming. Claim it and own it by heart. Have faith on it as you have faith from above. Believe with what you do best and let God do the rest. Enjoy your day and continue to practice preventive measure from covid.
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Let's start the Monday morning with a typical fillipino dish rice toppings. Thanks much save the children colleagues for this lovely breakfast and meal. This is a good energy booster and anti-nervous remedy to prepare myself facing different country representative of various humanitarian organization from 18 countries. Let's indulge ourselves and get ready for action later. Come on, join our rice topping breakfast. Share with us.
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Daily Inspirational Message Howdy to all buddies and friends. I also wish to welcome those who are fresh in this community. Allow me to share with you a beautiful message that will guide our inner core and inner being in doing what is right, good and just in times of dire situation. May this message serve you a good guidance to re-establishing your connection and relationship with HIM, the almighty being from above. Have a wonderful day ahead everyone. Just passing through…
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Greetings of Peace and Unity to each and everyone. Wanted to impart with you the field visit family assessment the volunteers conducted during the recent visit to the remote communities during the community outreach. As seen in the photos attached, the volunteers doesn't just conduct dole out process of helping but going beyond expected from them. As seen here, yours truly and the volunteers are extracting possible solution that will aid the Indigenous people (Banwaon Tribe…
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While everyone in the office are busy reporting and presenting their individual reports to their superiors. Nanay Melai the finance officer of the organisation distribute yummy morning snacks to our individual working space. Thanks to her my brain who's been torture earlier might recover faster than expected with the help with this delightful treat. Come, and join me. This is a bit to many for me. Let's share this meal together.
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Happy Noon everyone. The organisation just had a wonderful project presentation and the successful discussion with the country representative from 18 countries via online. Because of the said success, the boss and superiors decide to treat their staff a good lunch meal. And here we are having a good meal. Come and enjoy the feast with us.
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Earlier today the volunteers and local NGO work together to provide blessings bags to 178 elderly who are living alone in their respective houses. The two photo seen below are the last elders who received the blessing bags. The contain of the blessings bags are rice, tea, medicine, ang facemask. The vegetables and fruits are in a separate bags to avoid being spoiled or damage. The elders give thanks to the volunteers and local NGO workers for never forgetting about them.…
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"*Empowering Future Generation" (Part 1) This morning the volunteers and young peacebuilders conducted a basic peacebuilding awareness in marakan community. The children enjoyed the peacebuilding interactive lecture, and they loved the school supplies they have received. The children also thank the volunteers for the free mask and alcohol they received which help the practice what they learned from the hygiene and sanitation discussion earlier after the peacebuilding…
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"*Empowering Future Generation *" (Part 2) After fun filled awareness raising and gift giving of school supplies the children also received free snacks. The children were really happy to received additional blessings aside what was given to them. One child was express if possible the volunteers conduct fun filled activities in a daily bases as most of them have difficulties in distant learning. They find the activities much easier to learn compared to individual reading and…
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Interactive Play Therapy (Sailing Cone) Hello everyone happy Monday afternoon, as mentioned in my previous post during the visit of the volunteers in the far flung areas where they conducted a community outreach. The volunteers facilitate a play therapy session with the Indigenous children named Saling Cone (Paper Cone drifting in the string) The volunteers divided the group of children into two. One is male and the other one is female. Each group need to blow the paper cone…
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"Life changing and heart warming Facilitation" 💖💗💕 Facilitating is not an easy task/job to do. It takes courage, knowledge, skills sets, and vast amount of experience to handle small or big groups particularly children. Handling and managing children in big groups are challenging and rewarding. Challenging as each one of them have different needs, attention span, learning style, and learning methods that you need to be fluent and familiar with to be able to connect and build…
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The staff decided to go out for a dinner after a heavy meeting. Everyone in the team needs energy to function and work well. They decide to have some barbecue evening. And here we are now. Grilling some meat to replenish the suffering brain cells from the agonising paper work. Would you like to have a barbecue evening with us?please us in the table and grab some utensils and let's enjoy the sizzling meat and steamy rice.
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Sharing with you a glimpse of the humble celebration of the International Indigenous People Month. As seen in this photo the passing on of the culture, dance, music and arts are slowly imparted and shared by the great elders through the power of singing and music. This is one of the tradition now a days that are missing and slowly dying in various Indigenous groups due to the influence of social media, modern education, and being penalise by the insensitive teachers and…
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Gentle greeting to all ladies and gentlemen in this community particularly my buddies and friends. I wish to share with you a piece of mother nature a its finest. May this image bring you a closer connection with mother nature and somewhat grounded by its positive energy bestow upon you in this image. Have a wonderful day ahead everyone. Just saying hi and hello from the mountains of Bukidnon Province. Photo taken this morning around 5AM.
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Taking a quick break together with nature is really great to do as it improves your inner being and inner core it develops you in various ways (Physically, Mentally, Psychologically, Spiritually). We also took the time to savor the beauty of nature by simply having breakfast on top of the peak. Attached herewith is yours truly preparing for breakfast early this morning around 6AM. Wasn't able took a photo as I was incharge in cooking. Hope everyone already have eaten their…
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After a few hours on the top, the group decided to descend as the heavy rain is coming up close. We run down hill to avoid the heavy pouring rain. And head directly to a nearby fruit store in the community. The group decide to have some coconut juice and coconut meat to hydrate us after running for several minutes. Also, the group wanted to support Tatay Tindero (Elder Peddler). The group bought several pieces of coconuts to be shared later in the office. Truly coconut is a…
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And here we are at the Bitaran Falls. Time to get ourselves some refreshing cold water from the falls to sooth the tired muscles and brain. A good water massage is great to have to relax the tired and exhausted muscles of ours. Come on, join us a enjoy the relaxing breeze from the falls gushing down and also the cool water to beat the scorching heat earlier. Will be off for a while and will be back later. Have a amazing morning everyone. Take care.
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We are finally back in the city and because its lunch time already let's have some light meal. Some fries for a little carbs and some spicy chicken for a little bit of protein. Let's replenish our tummy before heading back to work. Here take some extra chair and be with us and enjoy the meal along with us.
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While munching my lunch I wish to feature a photo taken during the remote community visit. This photo depicts of a mother who silent struggle raising her five children who are still young and currently managing her well being particularly the emotional side after losing her husband from a grave illness. She express how hard it is to find good health service in lowland that doesn't discriminate them and take them for granted. She mentioned they were abandoned as they are…
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In continuation to the update from the visit to Sitio Simontanan, I wish to highlight the passage to the community. In this photo, heavy rain begun bombarding the volunteers without fail. The water up stream rush downward making the trail more difficult to pass. The mossy thick passage become rushing waterline and the ground soil soften and become mud and this mud become knee deep in a few hours. The volunteers struggle most of the time with heavy rain crushing down on them…
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This post is a continuation of the journey heading to Sitio Simontanan to conduct a community outreach compose of medical check up, family food pack and blessings bags distribution, psychosocial care support intervention (Art therapy, Play Therapy, Reflective Storytelling, Reflective Film showing), and supplemental feeding. The volunteers along with the local people assist the volunteers in carrying the much needed supplies in the unpaved community of Sitio Simontanan. After…