Community Immersion

Visiting minorities in Philippines to learn about their background, history and their current life is another important aspect of the program. Six groups visited different areas and met different who are challenged socially.

One group visited Aetas community. Aetas people are living in isolated areas of mountains in the Luzon Area. They have suffered racial discrimination as some native people such as Aborigine. Because of such discrimiation. they had received little recognition and support from the government. Also, recent mining and deforestation causes them to lose much of their ancestral domain.