Building a Future in Mintosing, Philippines: The Story of a School

Imagine the excitement in the hearts of these children, as they woke up, washed up at the river a kilometer away (as there is still no water in this village), and hurried to attend the first day of school in their lives! None of them can read or write, or add and subtract, so all of the children, from age 5 - 15 must begin together in one class. It was truly an amazing site to see!...

PHILIPPINESPROJECT AK-47November 9, 2013Comment

PROJECT AK-47's Schools Make History in Mindanao, Philippines

In 2012, Indigenous datus (chiefs) from the Manobo, Banwaon, and Talaandig tribes in Mindanao, asked PROJECT AK-47 to build schools to keep the rebels from recruiting their children, and to provide them with educational tools to build a future for their people.

We have already built two schools in the villages of Mintosing and Insibay - but our work will not be finished until every child has a school to attend. Our #SCHOOLSSAVE campaign aims to do just that.

PHILIPPINESPROJECT AK-47November 2, 2013 Comment

Transforming Tragedy into Opportunity

In the modern day “civilized world”, sometimes life seems to come at us so fast that we hardly know what hit us or how to respond. For the tribal people in the mountains of Mindanao, life moves a lot slower, but when calamity comes for a visit, it hits them so hard that it may take years to recover...