LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato – Sayna Cafon was born and grew up in this hinterland town. Although she finished her primary school, she was not able to get a degree in college due to financial problem. “My parents’ source of income then was only fishing and it cannot support to send us in school,” Cafon, continue reading : A T’boli woman’s crusade

T’BOLI, South Cotabato—At the crack of dawn against the cold damp weather, trekking the seemingly never-ending steep slopes through trees and leech-infested streams of Tudok village proved a struggle for Leni Tahay, 25. Carefully trying to trace the correct route, Tahay beams at the thought of a future away from poverty that sunken the tribe continue reading : Program transforming lives of village people in Mindanao

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — The Department of Education will mobilize women covered by government’s anti-poor program for the expansion of a learning program in remote villages of Central Mindanao. DepED 12 Resource Mobilization and Special Events Dvision (RMSSED) and Alternative Learning System (ALS) chief Dr. Melinda Rivera reported Monday her agency recently trained parent continue reading : Parent leaders to work as mobile teachers in Region 12