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Activities and discussions on the Charter par Aleli BAWAGAN | |
1.IntroductionIn 2004, OTRADEV produced the video “Iraya Mangyan : Tugon sa Hamon ng Panahon”, a video-documentation about the life of the Iraya Mangyans of Mindoro and how they are able to exercise their human responsibilities, towards their fellow Mangyans, other lowlanders and with the environment. Copies of the video were distributed to schools in selected towns of Oriental Mindoro where Iraya Mangyans reside, specifically in Calapan, Baco, San Teodoro, and Puerto Galera. Together with the video was a teachers’ guide for the discussion arising from the video presentation. However, given the variation in the understanding of high school teachers on the concept of human responsibility, there is a need to provide guidance to the educator. There is also a need to provide the teachers with assistance on facilitation methodology, to maximize the learning process for the students. Hence, it was still deemed necessary to hold a seminar-workshop among the teachers in both Oriental and Occidental Mindoro to have a deeper discussion on the situation of the Iraya Mangyans, how the video can be fully incorporated into their curriculum and how human responsibility can be practiced too by the teachers, students and other people in the community. Aside from the teachers, OTRADEV also decided to hold a discussion on the Charter of Human Responsibilities among its members and other advocates in Metro Manila to further enhance their understanding of the charter and the principles attached to it. The selected advocates in Metro Manila can be harnessed to further disseminate the concept of human responsibility and ventilate the issues faced by the Iraya. This will hopefully generate additional interest and support to their plight. 2. ActivitiesPreparatory Phase. The training team for OTRADEV was organized to prepare for the program activities. The team coordinated with the officials of the Department of Educaiton in both Oriental and Occidental Mindoro to arrange for the training schedules, participants, venue and other logistical concerns. The training module, materials, resource persons, invitations were also finalized after a series of meetings. It was decided to hold the trainings in October where both the members of the training team and the participants both have relatively free time. Seminar-Workshops. The training in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro was held October 15 – 16, while the training in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro was conducted October 22 – 23, 2005. Twenty participants attended in Calapan, and twenty-eight in Mamburao. The flow of the trainings was as follows : i. Welcome Remarks by Department of Education official
Some highlights of the training discussions and workshop :
Evaluation. The evaluation was done after the two – day workshop. The teachers were very happy with the workshop and hoped that there will be more workshops about the Iraya Mangyans to make them more effective teachers to the indigenous peoples. Revisions in the curriculum and more appropriate teaching materials were also recommended. 3. Discussion of the Charter of Human Responsibilities with Advocates of Mangyan Rights and WelfareTwo discussions on the Charter among advocates were held. The first was on September 3, 2005 and second with a bigger group on December 3, 2005. The first discussion was attended by nine social development workers. (See documentation titled Reflections on the Charter of Human Responsibilities by OTRADEV). The second discussion was attended by two Iraya Mangyans, 7 fisherfolk leaders from Laguna Lake, 14 some representatives from NGOs, NGO networks, academe, and 25 OTRADEV members and guests. The video on the Iraya Mangyans was also presented, after which the discussion on the charter and its principles followed. Copies of the video and primer were also shared with those who attended the discussion. They mentioned that they will hold further discussions among their own NGOs regarding the charter. 4. Training TeamThe overall training coordinator was Aleli B. Bawagan. The team for each training was composed of : Oriental Mindoro training : Ruben Martinez, Marilou Cerilla, Corazon Gratuito, Fleur de Lys Castelo-Cupino, Orlando Maliwanag ; Occidental Mindoro training : Marilou Cerilla, Merlyn Martinez, Corazon Gratuito, Tess Tejada, Maville Dizon and Orlando Maliwanag. 5. RecommendationOTRADEV is seriously considering the development of culturally – sensitive curriculum and teaching materials for the formal education sector in both Mindoro provinces. Financial support will be sought towards this endeavour. ![]() |