Davao City emergency responders prepare a command outpost for a city wide full scale earthquake drill held at the Crocodile Park on Friday, July 22. The activity is part of the National Disaster Consciousness Month. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
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The tattoos on Apo Oki Ligue’s body, some of which have been there since she was nine years old, symbolize the stars, which the Tinananon Manobo believe will serve as their guiding light in afterlife.(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Women wash clothes by the river in Sitio Kibasalan, Barangay Malibatuan in Arakan, Cotabato province. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A young student holds his bolo while watching the foreign delegates of the International Solidarity Mission help clear out the weeds in their vegetable garden at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated (MISFI) school in Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Deputy City Director for Operations of the Davao City Police Office Angel B. Sumagaysay says that flying of drones will not be allowed during this year’s Kadayawan celebration because of heightened security measures brought about by the expected attendance of President Rodrigo Duterte. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Delegates to the International Solidarity Mission experience the daily routine of students at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated (MISFI) school in Kisante, Makilala in North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Despite lacking in school facilities, students studying in MISFI School are taught not only to read and write, but also to administer basic health services.Here, a student determines the blood pressure of one of the delegates of the International Solidarity Mission in Barangay Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
These boys are no strangers to farming as they plow the open field with a carabao at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation School (MISFI) compound in Barangay Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
As part of a curriculum that is tailored to the community’s needs, these students of the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation School in Barangay Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato are also taught how to maintain a vegetable garden. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
