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Moments in Praxis
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012
Casa Bayanihan students spend two days a week accompanying community members in marginalized Filipino communities. Their classroom expands into Metro Manila as they build friendships and learn through experience about the daily struggles and joys of the people
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Fisherfolk spend the afternoon teaching students how to plunge the water for fish.
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Boys in the fishing village of Calatagan experiment with hooks and bait, preparing them for when they join their fathers at sea.
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Students and community members work together in a "bayanihan" or community spirit project with a Gawad Kalinga neighborhood.
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Students Sammie Allen (BC) and Lauryn Gregorio (USF) play with a new friend during their orientation visit to GK Tribu.
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Proud to show his learning center certificate, this child resides in a community of informal settlers who value education.
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Lingap Pangkabataan works to provide care for street children and microfinance opportunities for urban poor communities. These two students are welcomed by a young "barkada" who greet them on their way into their neighborhood.
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A young uncle holds his two-year-old niece into the community of 155, which struggles to survive selling taho, a popular street food in Manila.
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Where there's no electricity in the community of Sitio Payong, women raise their spirits through song
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1) The children of Vitas turn tires into a jungle gym in one of Manila's largest dump sites.
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People who are differently-abled find employment at Tahanang Walang Hagdanan. It is not uncommon for workers to have twelve hour shifts. Kuya Phil (sorting medicine, second from right) has worked at Tahanang Walang Hagdanan since it opened almost 40 years ago.
Posted by Clara Villatoro
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bayanihan, praxis, students
