This month, three Pasali units ( the Children’s Desk, the FSS- SRI team and the documentation team) went to Biao, a Manobo indigenous group community in Palimbang Sultan Kudarat to map it out. We looked into social, economic, political, cultural and health concerns. Journey up Biao has been a controversial place before. Now, things are… [Read more…]
August 22, 2010
…just another eye opening first time experience of mine. Last Friday , Pasali staff and I went up to Sitio Pait, Alabel, Sarangani province together with two visitors from the department of foreign affairs and two visitors from Scalabrini migration center in Manila. They came to see the intervention made by Pasali in a water… [Read more…]
August 13, 2010
Vilma Bonifacio is the youngest of the five individual winners in the Talk ‘N text tipid sulit idol. Yet her contribution has the greater impact in a community. Vilma’s scope is much larger comprising 9 sub- villages of Biao, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Imagine just how some of her students walk from a neighboring… [Read more…]
August 13, 2010
It was quite a journey when Vilma Bonifacio won in Talk ‘N Text ( TNT) tipid sulit idol. Before we went to Manila to receive our prize, I can’t imagine how many times we cannot contact her. In the first place, she did not know that I voted her. When I received the call from… [Read more…]
August 6, 2010
Last week, Vilma and I had the time of our life as we went to Manila to represent Mindanao in the Talk ‘N Text’s nationwide search for Tipid Sulit Idol in the individual category.The contest recognized outstanding persons and groups who makes impacts in their community.Pasali assisted volunteer teacher Vilma Bonifacio received her trophy and… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
Last March, the Pasali staff and I went up to Barangay Kidupong in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat to meet the Datu/leader of the Manobo tribe. The community has a need for water pump as the People have to go down from the mountain and walk 20-30 minutes for water. It was my first time to visit… [Read more…]
May 12, 2010
My experience in going to Sitio Kitao, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat where the SRI (System of Rice Intensification) model farm of Pasali is located is full of surprises. I’ve been told it’s far ;that we have to cross rivers and a bridge.Going there is like making a way where there is no way but it was… [Read more…]
April 11, 2010
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds – Sir Francis Bacon
September 27, 2010
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