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)
Hundreds of delegates of Manilakbayan para sa SONA from Mindanao, along with members of progressive groups from Eastern Visayas march in San Juanico bridge connecting Leyte and Samar islands on Wednesday afternoon, July 20. The delegates are traveling towards Manila to attend the first State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan of the Police Regional Office 11 says the number of drug users and pushers who surrendered to authorities in Davao Region is now 31,964, while 10 pushers have been killed in police operations since July 1. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Actress Jodi Sta. Maria poses with Lumad students and Datu Monico Cayog of the Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao during her visit to the evacuees at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Tuesday, July 19. (Photo by Glades Jane Maglunsod)
President Rodrigo R. Duterte speaks with Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) secretary Jesus Dureza after the Peace Roadmap Presentation at the State Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Monday evening, July 18, 2016. (Presidential Photographers Division)
Thousands of indigenous peoples and human rights activists from Davao region prepared for their travel by land going to Manila via Surigao City as early as 5:00 am on Tuesday.
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)
A young boy exhibits his agility by climbing the coconut tree with ease at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated School (MISFI) compound in Barangay Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)