Ang kwentong ito ay mula sa ating kaibigan na taga-taong-simbahan. Siya ay bumisita kamakailan sa mga lumad na Ata-Manobo mula sa Talaingod, Davao del Norte. Pasensya na sa nagbabasa kung sakaling magka-nosebleed ka. English kasi ang kanyang pagpapahayag ng kanyang damdamin. Basahin ang kwento sa ibaba ng bidyo.
Sa mga nakasalamuha ang mga lumad na bakwit kahit noong mga nakaraang taon, maaari lang pong ipadala ang inyong mga kwento o repleksyon sa bakwitdiaries at gmail dot com.
Sabay nating pangarapin ang isang lipunang tunay na nagkakalinga sa mga lumad.
Nangangarap,
Che
May 24 at 10:46pm
“I thought such things no longer happen in our time, not after 1986, not after EDSA, not after we booted the evil Marcos regime out.”
These were the words that kept running through my brain when we left the UCCP Haran compound in Davao City, where almost 200 people from the Lumad tribe of Talaingod, Davao del Norte have been staying after they left their community because of the presence of the military which started last year.
We heard stories of how the children could not attend school because the school has been occupied by the military and have become a temporary camp. We heard stories of how the farmers were prevented from tending their crops because if they do, they will be suspected of being members of the New People’s Army. We heard stories that I thought I will never hear again. Not after 1986, not after EDSA.
These people are denied of their basic rights. They are denied of their homes, their livelihood, and even their food source. The children are denied of their basic education.
The tribes people are being driven from their land to give way to the entry of a large scale mining company from Australia. The land they have been calling home since they were born. The government through the 1995 mining act gave licences to foreign mining companies to exploit the natural resources of our country.
This should stop. People should not be displaced. Our mountains should not be destroyed. The government should look for a better way to improve the country’s economy.
As a people of faith what are we to do? What can we do? Do we continue to stay within the confines of our churches detached from what is happening to certain sectors of our society?
If we do not do anything about injustices such as these then we lose our very reason for being.
People who knew me may begin to wonder if I have suddenly become an activist. A leftist. But this is not about labels. This about justice. Justice for the displaced Lumads. Justice for the environment.
#RethinkChurch #churchandsociety #justiceforthelumads #savetheenvironment #notobigscalemining #savethechildren
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