Lanao del Sur. Three months after the siege, there’s an overpowering sense of gloom and frustration as paper and plastic cover the windows inside the teacher’s lounge of a small elementary school. Its occupants are Marawi siege survivors who want
Nabunturan, Compostela Valley. I’d never guess that thin and big-eyed Bobong, father of three, achieved an extraordinary feat. He went from having no goals in life and binge drinking to saving a mountain. In one year. Bobong is surrounded in
Why is it some are calm and speak carefully while others can’t stay still and speak without thinking? Why is it some can be so emotional while others have a hard time connecting emotionally with others? Human beings, according to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 April) — When they were in college, Ma. Theresa Gil swore she’d never get involved with a seafarer. Her concern: “It’s hard having a relationship with someone living in the same city, what more if
Nabunturan, Compostella Valley. A huge truck that looks like a sleeping giant under a saris-a tree waits for the thirty of us. How can we all possibly fit? The owners of the jeans and leggings, baseball caps and hijabs who
4th of a series Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur. Today is the third and last day of playing with children in this covered-court-turned-evacuation-center. Did the healing movement activities help the children? How? “I felt like giving up on the first day.
Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur. Dance music blasts from a loudspeaker in the evacuation center at the edge of Marawi City. Children between five and 15 years old sing and move along to the beat. Nobody among them smiles; they look
Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur. Rest is hard to come by in the evacuation center. Evacuees scream in their sleep throughout the night. Men, women and children relive in their dreams the horror they faced during the height of the siege.
Kidapawan to Lanao. It is still dark outside the community health center. Two shiny vans are parked nearby, their drivers chatting to kill time. Inside the vans are bags, herbal medicines, hand towels and cloths, thermoses, a stove, and donated
