Unboxing Creativity: SMART Learning Kits for Sama-Bajau Learners
What fun it is for learners and teachers alike to find that learning to think creatively outside the box is delivered through simple materials that come in a literal box! With support from development partner Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation, in cooperation with The Learning Child (TLC) School in Muntinlupa City, Cartwheel Foundation acquired 17 SMART […]
Learning Never Stops: Opening of classes for the Sama-Bajau learners
Going beyond the four walls of the classroom to enable continued learning for children has become a major challenge for many schools during this time of the pandemic. No matter what delivery mode education has had to take on nowadays, many seem to be in agreement: learning can never stop. For the young Sama-Bajau children […]
Care during COVID: A Project for Sama-Bajau Families
In these times of deep invitation for change, it has been most heartening when people unite in showing solidarity and care for each other, especially for those most in need. Initiated by Cartwheel Foundation through its partnership with Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation and in coordination with the Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s Center for Community Extension […]
'Daloy ng Karunungan sa Gitna ng Krisis': A Virtual Teachers' Training Series
Navigating through the highs and lows of these unprecedented times, volunteer teachers have found new ways of learning together and supporting each other, to be of better service to indigenous children! Spanning five weekly sessions, between 11th June and 9th July 2020, a virtual Teachers’ Training series entitled “Daloy ng Karunungan sa Gitna ng Krisis” […]
With Dance and Color: Launching of the Sama-Bajau Activity Center
Teamwork makes the dream work, so they say. And what a happy day it would be to realize that the dream has become reality! On October 16, 2019, the many active stakeholders involved in the program, Culture-based Education for Sama-Bajau Children of Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City gathered for the launching of the learners’ Activity Center. This was […]
Going Far, Together: Multi-stakeholders’ Meeting for the Sama-Bajau
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together,” says a famous African proverb. For the first half of 2019, it has been encouraging to see how far and fast the Sama-Bajau community of San Dionisio, Parañaque City has gone in working in collaboration with its many partners. […]
The Sky and Sea are the Limit: Cartwheel and Children's Hour as partners for the Tagbanua
“They dream of quality education for their children but the nearest public school has been hard to reach. Before long, the tides have turned for the Tagbanua of Culion through multi-stakeholder collaboration and the community’s determination.” As has been our experience with our Tagbanua learners from Palawan, it really does take a village to raise […]
Bridging Health Gaps for the Tagbanua: Three Years of Project LUSOG
Sustaining health in any community may already be daunting as it is. To do so in indigenous peoples (IP) communities residing in hard-to-reach areas poses far more challenges. But no matter how far or difficult, quality health care ought to be readily accessed by our country’s IPs — as is for all other citizens. Project […]
Reaping Good Harvest: Reflections from an IP College Graduate
Hailing from the indigenous Higaonon farming community of Sinakungan, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, Aljun Lenario knows the cycle of planting and harvesting full well. On June 11, 2019, he reaped the fruits of his hard work in a most special way: he completed his four-year course and received his college diploma. Together with fellow Higaonon, […]
Daloy ng Karunungan: A workshop for facilitators of indigenous learning
Remaining strongly committed to the indigenous learners they serve, 15 community facilitators and volunteer teachers made time to grow in skill and knowledge in preparation for the coming school year. On April 23-25, 2019, a capacity building initiative entitled “Daloy ng Karunungan“—A Learning Facilitation Workshop” was held at the Social Welfare and Development Center for Asia […]