“I was accompanying 36 students of the Misfi academy when this happened. They also brought the students with me. We were interrogated.”
Alamara militia works with, and for the military – Lumad
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NGO coalition supports Lumad children’s right to education
“We are here not because we pity you, we are here because you have human rights.”
UP supports Lumad’s fight for survival
“What’s at stake here is the Lumad schools, the heritage, the yutang kabilin (ancestral land). The Lumad must survive.” — UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan
Attacks on schools put Lumád children at risk
There have been 95 cases of attacks on schools by soldiers and paramilitary groups.
Mindanao IPs cry: ‘Let us keep our schools!’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Mindanao is no longer home for the Higaonons, for the B’laans, Ata Manobos and other indigenous people. Their leaders are either killed by the military and paramilitary groups or slapped with trumped-up criminal charges to bring them to prison. Their self-initiated schools are closed…
‘Let Lumad schools open’
Some Lumad schools may not be able to start classes on June 1, with soldiers encamped in the area.
Within sight | Account of an indigenous rights advocate
By GLADES JANE MAGLUNSOD Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY — The recognition rites is a very important event for every parent, teacher, and student. It is like a license for one to move on to the next level. The eighth Moving Up Recognition Rites of the MIFSI Academy was recently held in Davao City to recognize Ata…
2014: A year of shrinking chances at education for the Filipino youth
The continued commercialization of education and attacks in schools in the countryside shows how the Aquino administration values the Filipino youth. It doesn’t.
Indigenous peoples, rights advocates cry out ‘Save our Schools’
“Soldiers are attacking the alternative schools in the countryside simply because the government does not want the indigenous people to know their rights.” – Dulphing Ogan, a Blaan and secretary general of Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao (Kalumaran)