Our goal was to reach the unreachable. During the covid pandemic there were many villages affected, they were affected because many people couldn’t get into towns without a face-mask and proper precautions.

Even their own government weren’t going out to these indigenous villages to help them. So we wanted to reach these villages and we wanted to empower them with everything they need to prevent covid. All equipment to prevent covid was provided.

These villages are so remote that we were the first outreach that ever come to their area. Basic needs were not met but malnourished and some were desperate for any kind of help.

We started with a prayer and proceeded to the giving of the bags. One line for the adults and one line for the kids. The bags included the following:

We were the blessed by a welcome dance by the B’laans tribe children wearing their beautiful tabih (traditional attire, weaved dressed). The Blaans have the weaving of their tabih, similar to the T’bolis’ dreamwoven t’nalak. The Blaans also have their own master weavers and well-preserved dances, music, and other traditional performances.

In the mountains of Cotabato. Each neighborhood is organized under a local datu who has autonomous authority over an area depending on his personal influence. The position is supposedly hereditary and follows a rule of the firstborn assuming the position. Through the help of our volunteers we were able to provide relief in ways they have not seen before.