SAVE LUMAD SCHOOLS
Reasons why we should fight for Lumad's rights.
School used for Military purposes
Intimidation And Harrasment
Aerial
Bombings
Destruction of School Facilities.
Who are the Lumads?
The term "Lumad" came from the Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigeneous".It is adopted by a group of 15 from a more than 18 Mindanao ethnic groups. They have the largest indigeneous group population in the Philippines.Most of the lumads lives in Mindanao.18% of them makes up the population in the country.
Why we should save Lumads School?
Lumad schools are important for a people struggling for culture preservation. But there is a more provocative angle to their existence. The schools teach the value of cultural self-expression and the principle of self-determination. The administration has accommodated the unbridled entry of mining interests, many of which are destructive to the environment (and we only have the militancy of a Gina Lopez to remember that). Should we pin it to coincidence that where mining interests use the security agents of the state to threaten the lumad, there the schools are?