CONTACT US:
PAMULAAN Center
for IP Education
University of Southeastern Philippines - Mintal, Davao City
Telefax #: +6382-293-1013
Pamulaan is also a training center for short-term courses for enhancing community leadership and volunteerism. Hence, on May 17-30, it hosted the first series of the Local Educators Advancement Program (LEAP). Pamulaan and other schools in the country dedicated to Indigenous Peoples have been a major breakthrough in the continuing struggle to empower the IPs for self- determination. It is indeed a milestone to start these initiatives on Indigenous Education but it is even a greater challenge to sustain them.
It is in this context that LEAP was conceptualized. LEAP gathered 63 para-teachers, learning facilitators/educators from various indigenous communities in
the Philippines. Through its varied activities and workshops, LEAP was able to
provide avenues to celebrate the participants’ inner wealth, potentials and rich
experiences as community educators and formators. It also enabled them to
create dynamic and relevant pathways of training and formation through innovative
strategies and culturally sensitive learning process that strengthened their skills,
knowledge and abilities for community leadership. Moreover, it also enabled them
to forge partnerships in the crucial task of promoting ansd sustaining initiatives for
Indigenous Peoples education.