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Bahay Maria: A home for the abandoned

Text and photos by JAKE SORIANO COTABATO City – Her arrival, like her life, remains a mystery. One day she just appeared in the streets of Upi, a town in Maguindanao roughly an hour’s drive away from here. She was homeless, filthy, in tattered clothes. No one knows where she is from, or who her family

Bahay Maria: A home for the abandoned

After Sendong, kids find joy and comfort through art

Text and videos by DANIEL ABUNALES CAGAYAN DE ORO City – Come April, blackboards are clean, desks are well-arranged, classrooms are left empty. But not in a school in Balulang, a village some 7 kms away that is still reeling from a terrible tragedy. For five full days in April, the sound of drumbeats and

After Sendong, kids find joy and comfort through art