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Knowledge Sharing is Empowering: The Case of the Philippine Indigenous People

On October 30, 2021, MABIKAs Foundation-The Netherlands, in coordination with SANDIWA Network of Advocates for National Minority Rights, held its first virtual celebration of the Philippine Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month. Guided by the theme “Bridging Gaps Through Knowledge Sharing”, the four resource speakers gave powerful yet heart-breaking presentations about the current situation of indigenous people in the Philippines from Luzon to Mindanao…

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Climate crisis, self-determination & right to life

A speech delivered by Myra Colis, founding chairperson of MABIKAs Foundation during the demonstration organized by Stichting Aralez in coordination with different indigenous peoples groups in the Netherlands. The event, which was held on October 16, 2021 at Nelson Mandela Park in Amsterdam, is in line with the Indigenous Liberation Day 2021, a.k.a. Indigenous People’s Day…

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Restore Our Earth: MABIKAs Earth Day 2021 Statement

Since human beings and our locked-in dependence on fossil fuels are the dominant cause of the Earth’s warming atmosphere, we owe ourselves and the next generation an obligation to act and mitigate climate change. Hence, MABIKAs Foundation-The Netherlands joins…

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