18 days program on the mountainous region of Tarlac, the ancestral home of the AETA. An indigenous people that have and still living at the most basic and simple way of life. 13 students and 2 teachers from Nanyang Girls’ High School held their Capstone project at the villages of the tribe, Alunan and Malabatay.
They joined the community to repair tracks used by buffalo carts and trail so as to ease the journey between villages. As part of providing future sustainable income for the community by planting mango and kalamansi trees. They also helped to build a nursery for the hardwood trees which will be planted on the mountains to bring back greenery and rejuvenate the land to be a forest again.
The group also engaged communities of Baseco and Bagong Silangan in Manila and Quezon City respectively.
Truly a memorable experience for these young ambassadors of Singapore.
