Launching of the APC publication, Learning Sustainable Life
Wednesday, 19 May 2010

APC Launching.jpgThe Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center or APC with support from the Environmental Science for Social Change will hold a series of three launch activities for the book Learning Sustainable Life this July.

On 23 July 2010, the launch will be in Makati City at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) with support from AIM and the Philippine Business for Education. The second launch will be in Malaybalay City, 29 July 2010 where members of the Bendum community can fully join, along with local government, education officials, and other assisting groups for indigenous communities in the area.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 )
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Bendum host UPeace-ALPS students
Monday, 19 July 2010
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On 30 May to 5 June, Pedro, with Rowena and Dallay facilitated a field-based learning visit for Asian Studies of the UN-mandated University for Peace-Asia Leaders Programme in Bendum.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 )
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More children are returning to school
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Children returning to school.jpgThe new school year begins with children appearing in the dugo (sunken floor) with their parents in tow. There is a quiet discussion with all as to the commitment and requirements and then a check with Datu to see if he will accept the people from new families of other villages.
 
This year we have children from three new villages, they are much shyer and older that the other children, but they must have heard the stories and decided its worth a try. We have about 130 kids this year and 32 of them are staying in the dormitory at this point. The problem is again the dining room table, it is not long enough, but no one really worries.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 )
 
Rains return!
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
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El Niņo finally waned in May and the rain gently came from the hills at night and again during the days that followed as the inter-tropic cloud convergence coming off the equator started to give us the moonsoons long awaited.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )
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Lighting of Sitio
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Beginning to dark in the area.jpgFinally power is being generated, the biggest thing is to light up the dining area for dinner and for studies afterwards. 
 
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )
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The first wave ......
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Digging better drainage.jpgMaintenance is always a challenge, while replacing the marine plywood of ten years that had softened with the rains on the front of the school we found a main support post hollowed out by termites and needing replacement.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )
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ANR youth needs development
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
ANR youth development.jpgThe landscape is for ever changing but with the emphasis on protecting our water sources also for the benefit of those downstream we have been mapping out all the small plots along and between the streams and though some people
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )
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Help Send a Child to School
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Kids in Bendum.jpg Be our partner in providing primary education to indigenous children of the Pulangiyen tribe of Bukidnon. Over 100 of these children are full scholars of the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC), a non-profit organization headed by Fr. Pedro Walpole SJ that runs a DepEd-recognized grade school in Bendum, Bukidnon.    
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 July 2010 )
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Bridging the Gap - The film
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Bridging the Gap videoThe Bridging the Gap documentary film, was produced by ESSC in cooperation with Jesuit Communications (JesCom). It took a week of shooting and five months of post-production to finish the film.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 )
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