Philippines
Current Situation
The Philippine government's conflict with Muslim separatists on the southern island of Mindanao and a second conflict with communist insurgents have left 160,000 dead and rendered up to 2 million homeless. More than a third of the population live in poverty.
The Lumads, the second largest group of Indigenous people in the Southern Philippines, face injustice daily. Act for Peace project partner, The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), is working to retain the hope and dignity of the Indigenous people and their livelihood.
“For four decades, I have been rebelling against my slums. I have no intention of giving up. My children and my children’s children deserve a better life…Poverty has taught me to stand up and fight for better conditions. In order to know genuine peace…the peace based on justice, we must wage war! War against exploitation, oppression, patriarchy, poverty and apathy. We must rebel against our slums.” ~ Nanay Mameng, community and church leader, Payatas, Philippines
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can provide 20 hygiene kits for the suffering Lumad people of the Philippines.
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can provide a literacy course for an indigenous person in the Philippines so that they can retain their political, economic and land rights. |
