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Month: July 2016
Thank You Dear Sponsors
“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” Proverbs 19:17
Words are not enough to express gratitude for a life showered with hope. To our dearest sponsors, here is the first batch of letters written by our KKP Scholars specially for you. We are always grateful to God for having you, for if not for your love and support our scholarship program (KALINGANG KAPATID PROGRAM) for the Iraya-Mangyan children will not be made possible. Truly we believe that your partnership with DFCM is not an accident for God has commissioned your hearts even before time to feel for these desolate children of the tribes, and your positive response is making a big difference not only for the scholars today but in their hope for the future of their tribes.
“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38)
God bless you.
Surat Mangyan & Pakudos
The Hanunóo Mangyan:
Hanunóo is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern part of the Philippine island of Mindoro. Speakers of this language are known as Hanunóo or Hanunóo-Mangyan. The term Mangyan is the collective name for the eight indigenous peoples of Mindoro.
The Script:
Surat Mangyan, also known to local Mindoreños as Sulat Mangyan, the Hanunóo script is one of three surviving pre-Hispanic forms of writing in the Philippines. It is a version of the island’s ancient script collectively known as Baybayin. Hanunóo writing is used mainly to write love songs or epic poetry called ʼambāhan, and also for regular & romantic correspondence. The script is used for writing in Hanunóo and other Mangyan languages but can also be used for writing other Filipino languages since it basically uses the same structure as other versions of Baybayin.
A pakudos is a visual motif used by the Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines. Pakudos are characterized by symmetrical, aesthetic, and orderly utilization of lines and space with equal utilization of vertical and horizontal composition.[1] The word pakudos was coined from cruz, the Spanish word for cross. The pakudos motif is a common element in Mangyan embroidery and crafts.[2]
-Wikipedia
Credits to http://nordenx.deviantart.com/art/Mangyan-Hanunoo-Postma-Font-252407086
Our Limited Edition Mission Shirt 2016
This DFCM MISSION SHIRT will be available exclusively for our Mission Staff, Tribal Coordinators, Volunteers and for our valued support-partners.
Our Mangyan Scholarship Program
In the Philippines, there are more than a hundred upland tribes and the Mangyan is one of them. They can be considered as one of those poorest among the poor due to their passive nature. DFCM always believe that it is good to give men fish to eat but it is always better to teach them how to catch fish for themselves for they will never be hungry again.
KALINGANG-KAPATID PROGRAM (KKP) is a program under DFCM created to address the need for educational assistance. Since 2005 KKP aims to give our Mangyan children an equal opportunity to education whether be it formal or informal. In this program every child sent to school will become a potential advocate of positive change to their respective tribe.
“Mangyans helping Mangyans.”
Most of our scholars live in the remotest parts of the northern tip of the island and there is no easy access to education except for our DFCM para-schooling (non formal) program and some minority schools run by the government in some tribal communities, but this is limited to primary education only. Once the school children finishes that level most of them will just end up hunting in the mountains, doing slash-and-burn if their parents are not blessed to have small wet-cropping fields, or simply fishing for daily providence. Their dreaming ends there because there is no secondary school within reach. The only school by the government is in the town proper which is so far away and their communities have no access road to use. But there are potential dreamers in the tribe, children who are capable of excelling in the academic field -if only they are given a fair chance.
“Mission Center: Second Home.“
DFCM saw the need and in spite of being a small independent mission work we stepped out of the boat and took the leap of faith in providing these kids the stepping stone they need to reach their dreams. By God’s grace we were able to raise up a mission center right at the middle of the town which is very strategic for the KKP Program, the school is just a walk away. This mission center have prevented them from the usual practice they do just to get an access to school -to work as a field laborers and house helpers for the Tagalogs (lowlanders) which according to history this has became the instrument not of success but of exploitation and abuse. Since then we started hosting selected young dreamers from the tribes providing them decent housing while providing all their basic needs including everything they need for schooling. By doing this the children were able to attend school everyday and focus on their studies better and live in a loving and safe place.
We cannot accomplish this if not for the support of some friends and brethren in faith who acted as “Sponsors.” Our ideal setup is to get one (1) sponsor for one (1) scholar to secure that the living and studying condition of the children.
Today we have 18 Iraya Mangyan KKP Scholars from Kalansan, Pinagbayanan and San Pablo.
We are looking for sponsors for this SY 2017-18 who will reach out to make them continue dreaming. They are the future of their tribe and will you help them make a difference one day?
Below are the breakdown of sponsorship details:
June Expenses (upon enrollment): Php 3,500.00/child
During opening of classes (month of June) we provide new set of supplies like uniform, bags, shoes, school materials, ID’s and for other requirements from the school. Also, we provide basic clothings, beddings, hygiene and personal storage depending on what is lacking and needed in the beginning of the school year. These provision will incur more budget than the succeeding nine months in a school year.
For Monthly Expenses (July to March): Php 2,500.00/child/month
- Food @ 20 pesos/meal = 1,800.00/child
- Hygiene Kit = 100.00/child
- School projects = 300.00/child
- Snack money in school = 200.00/child
- Utilities = 100.00/month
If upon reading this page you believe the Lord is speaking to your heart to make that step outside the boat, then… I would like to take your hand and let us journey together on that path called faith… to bring hope to the next generation of the tribe and help them become blessings to their own.
To express your desire to share your life to the desolate children of the tribe through sponsoring them in their schooling you may send us a message here or email at edvcat@yahoo.com.
“HALINA, SAMAHAN NINYO PO KAMI. TULUNGAN NATIN SA PAG-AARAL ANG MGA BATANG ITO.”
Thank you and shalom.
Pastor Ernie Catanghal (DFCM Mission Director)
Building Hope, Making History
The Iraya-Mangyan community in Kalansan have expressed their unanimous intention of not only supporting this very first Multi-Purpose Center Project but of contributing through the best of their capacity and means by providing a lot with a structure where the center can start with.
This structure is an old Mangyan house which is unusually big for a commoner in the community, which is owned by a visually impaired old man, Tatay Guding Tungkarawin, who then decided to give up the house for the better use of the community.
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Also, the tribal leaders have convened and committed all the families of the tribe to contribute to raise a carabao (water bufalo) or an equivalent amount of a carabao to payback the expenses of the old man. They also expressed their commitment to share whatever indigenous materials they can produce for this project. They will also render their service in building this multi-purpose center.
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Our role now is to help providing the rest of the building materials, the supplies and equipment we will be putting inside the children’s library, the health clinic, the cooperative office, and also providing the tribesmen the proper education and training they need, to facilitate and maintain the functions in this multi-purpose center. We also need to provide them with the self-sustaining programs that will lead them to self-reliance and progressive life.
To all who have shared their blessings and are continuously helping us work on this very meaningful project for the Iraya-Mangyan tribe in behalf of the people we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
THE WORK IS NOT YET DONE.
WE NEED HELPERS.
WE NEED PARTNERS.
What else do we need?
We also are praying for medicines for the pharmacy, solar panel system, a generator, a rescue/ambulance boat, a basic dental chair (used/unused), and livelihood projects.
For inquiries kindly email us at edvcat@yahoo.com
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This Multi-purpose Center will be first and only in this side of the northern part of the island. There are many other adjacent communities who will surely benefit from this project.
Will you join us make a history and build hope in their lives?
The Culture Of Helping
In this fast phased world of ours people have developed the culture of ignoring. People became so much engrossed with themselves and their affairs that many have forgotten the purpose of being. But this is not everyone, there are few whose eyes are still open to see others, there are few who still know how to listen, the few who knows how to respond in action. To the few who care let us be a spark of the right mindset -the purpose driven life, and let us lead others to join the culture of helping.
“Non nobis solum nati sumus.”
(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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