Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Inc. (MISFI) Executive Director Ms. Percinita Sanchez talks about the situation of Lumad schools and communities in Mindanao. She also asks for support to the participants of Manilakbayan and their call to end military aggression, human rights violations and save the Lumad people\'s ancestral domain from environmental plunder.
Tag: Lumad
Post
Appeal for Support For Internally Displaced Lumads in Surigao del Sur
More than two thousand Lumads are taking refuge in Tandag City Sports Complex as they were forced to flee from their homes and source of livelihood out of fear from the intensified military and paramilitary attacks in their communities. These people are members of a Lumad organization called the Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU) protesting mining operations, land...
Post
Attacks on Mindanao Lumad schools and communities intensify as Aquino’s military goes berserk for Oplan Bayanihan
This statement is issued by the Save Our Schools Network. Statement September 4, 2015 The last year of the Benigno S. Aquino presidency has meant a bloodbath for indigenous peoples and for Lumad education, two months after his State of the Nation Address where he gloated of figures that have purportedly addressed classroom shortages and increased...