Kabataan Partylist’s First Nominee, Sarah Elago, tells stories to the children and other delegates of Manilakbayan 2015 during the children’s story reading session, earlier today. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
The fans’ club of the dubsmash phenomenon, Aldub, a love team born out of a national TV station’s segment, give coloring books to Lumad children in the camp in at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila on Sunday morning. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Members of Southwest United Methodist Youth Fellowship join the call to stop Lumad killings in Mindanao after leaders from Manilakbayan – the tribal caravan from Mindanao – explain the issue in a lecture to their organization. (Contributed photo by Mark Francis Kali)
Teachers from Alliance of Concerned Teachers for Peace in Metro Manila held an alternative classroom at the Manilakbayan Kampuhan at Liwasan Bonifacio, Thursday morning. They discuss the issues affecting lumad schools in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
On Thursday, Lumads from Mindanao, together with support groups, march out of their camp in Liwasan Bonifacio to the Department of Justice in Manila calling for justice to the victims of the government’s counter-insurgency program, Oplan Bayanihan. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Mae Aquino from the Council for the Welfare of Children under Davao City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) says that physical abuses against children declined from 109 cases last year to 37 this year. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
A Moro woman displays lanterns to sell along the street of San Pedro in Davao City. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Women Lumad leaders who joined Manilakbayan plead to Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada to extend their stay at Liwasang Bonifacio up to November 22. Erap said it is the national government that prevents them to stay just up to November 12 in preparation for APEC summit here. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
The City Council of Manila on October 27 passed a resolution expressing support to the plight of Lumads or tribes from Mindanao. Resolution No. 423 urges the national government to stop paramilitary attacks against tribal communities in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
A Matigsalog leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte, Bai Bibyaon Bigkay, gives a necklace to Atty. Rosario Setias-Reyes (in blue), president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, to show her tribe’s gratitude on the assurance of the lawyers group to help the Lumads on their call to stop the killings of their leaders and tribal members. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
