Part of the plan to help increase development in the Triangle area is to provide them with health services. One of the ways of doing this is regular visits by outside health professionals, like the doctor from Damulog, but the best way is to train local people to act in the doctors stead on non-serious cases- local health workers and midwives. Discussing this idea with the locals was the main reason for this trip. We visited Bala, Kitas and Pagompong.
Taking the boat up the river
The first thing we see on approaching the village is the masjid/mosque so of course I have to check it out...... the next thing is the sound of the Qur'an. SubhanAllah. It was Jummah and I managed to pray in Jama'at when we reached Pagompong.
The Classroom they had managed to set-up on their own showing their commitmen to education. JTS would soon be building them a more permanent school buildiing.
Town meeting
Sharing the boat back up river- they had been involved in helping some local Lumad (indigenous tribes) defend their land from groups hired by a corrupt official to try and drive them away so that a major corporation could have the land for palm oil plantations. Most fo the conflict here bascially comes down to Land. They are just normal farmers defending their homes/land and catching a ride home- not at all what you expect from rebels, quiet and humble, no rowdiness whatsoever- not very Hollywood.
An Imam, a Fighter, a Farmer
Taking the boat up the river
The first thing we see on approaching the village is the masjid/mosque so of course I have to check it out...... the next thing is the sound of the Qur'an. SubhanAllah. It was Jummah and I managed to pray in Jama'at when we reached Pagompong.
The Classroom they had managed to set-up on their own showing their commitmen to education. JTS would soon be building them a more permanent school buildiing.
Town meeting
Sharing the boat back up river- they had been involved in helping some local Lumad (indigenous tribes) defend their land from groups hired by a corrupt official to try and drive them away so that a major corporation could have the land for palm oil plantations. Most fo the conflict here bascially comes down to Land. They are just normal farmers defending their homes/land and catching a ride home- not at all what you expect from rebels, quiet and humble, no rowdiness whatsoever- not very Hollywood.
An Imam, a Fighter, a Farmer
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