Philippines – CHRISTMAS EVENT – (earlier today) December collection boxes Aghalee and Aghagallon

Many  thanks from A Ray of Hope, UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of Peace to the proprietors, staff,  and customers of  Aghalee Centra, Aghalee Pharmacy, Aghalee  Building and Agricultural Supplies,  and Hannons  Fruit and Vegetables, Aghagallon. 

On this occasion we  focused  our assistance on the Negritos  who comprise approximately twenty-five widely scattered ethno linguistic groups totalling an estimated fifteen thousand people. They are assumed to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the archipelago. Many of these Negrito groups still live by hunting and gathering, trading wild meat and forest products to the Filipino farmers around them in exchange for rice or corn. They also practice some marginal cultivation.

This group in particular are the indigenous people of the northern part of Mindanao located at the mountain ranges of Caraga region. They are natives living a nomadic lifestyle who the government try to educate and feed but they remain poor. This poverty when linked to extreme weather conditions and diseases makes life extremely challenging.