Mangyan
Indigenous children sacrifice more for education
In April 2016, we travelled to Oriental Mindoro for a church mission. We climbed Mt. Halcon and visited Mangyan tribes. We gave them food, clothes and other essentials. There I met a little girl who was so shy but still managed to wear her most beautiful smile. I hugged her and talked to her.
“Do you go to school?”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
“How far is your school from here?”
“I have to go down the mountain and it takes me two hours to get there.”
“That’s not easy. What motivates you to go to school?”
“In school, I can read books, I can learn. And I love reading books.”
By Ruth Morado, BS Accountancy, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Cavite
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