A Journey of a Volunteer

@ Mintal elementary school

Every body can be a volunteer in her little things...
Everyone who have a heart can give her little gift to everyone...
There were no excuse even you are poor, rich or just in the middle...
As long as you have the passion to serve and and do little things with all your love...

@ Cabanglasan, Bukidnon

Here in Pamulaan we learned to give ourselves to those people in need...
We had learned life is worthwhile if shared...
Here we explored each others talents and skills...
Here we had the chance to listen in different side of an individual...
Thus, realizations comes from our own experiences that cannot be taught in school and can never be achieved in just listening inside the classrooms...
We had a big world in our little community...

THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PEACE EDUCATION students

WHO ARE WE?

From diverse tribes in Luzon and Mindanao we come together in a place where everybody is a stranger...

The first question was “Do I belong to this place with this people I have just met?" 

It has been a struggle to each one of us how to find our own place just to feel at home...

SILENCE: this was the most common temperature in the beginning of our Pamulaan adventure. 

Everyone has his\her own world. Everybody concentrates on his\her own dilemma from home, to her new environment and to her burden of thinking what does his\her future maybe...

From 34 individuals we had the first heart broken when one of our friend leave us with a hurtful reality that no one can stop... WHO CRIES? Everyone does... I believe everybody had this feeling of pain inside...

Some cry out loud and others just savoring the painful event inside their chest...

We never cried living home, but in this moment we do... How innocent thy heart to be broken after a semester and a half of happy moments together.

We felt betrayed but we know in ourselves that everything was just right, and it’s just the matter of accepting that we do not own anything...

No one knows that this event will enlighten ever mind of the real essence of being here... We are now then awaken from a dream of a child. We are here because we are called to do some mission in the future and we are not here to become the burdens of our friends, community, parents and everyone who trusted us.

This time we had savor the pain and loneliness but we haven't appreciate its result... there we see how important is a person is, there we realized that it took somebody to sacrifice in order for everyone to be more responsible and be a good individual as he have the role of a servant leader.

Peace Education?

 A question that fills every mind, not just you but also we as Peace Education students... Are we ready to face the challenge of being a Peace Builder?

Hoyuhoy sa Kalinaw

In the beginning it has been a puzzle for us, that we find difficult to answer, but through the years the question had been our inspiration in finding our own self... Who was left? 24 from 34

We believe the reason why we are a stronger person of today is because we learned to love and appreciate Peace Education... 

What’s inside peace education that changes our minds and hearts that made us a better person of yesterday? The answer was not because of the theories that they taught us, but because they taught us to open our hearts and find the significance of our living. This is the role played by Pamulaan in our respective lives.

It seems to be so difficult for us, as beginners, in journeying the path that we don’t know the destination. Our minds were filled with questions that we know we can never answer if we will not find the real meaning why we are here?

At the age of 16 to 20 were still young talking about how to be a peaceful person, with our family backgrounds and the experiences we had in the past we haven’t expect that we are now making our dreams a reality.

the valentines tour at DCTRCDD

Maybe we have different answers in the question What’s peace education for you? But I truly believe that we have the same goal of attaining a peaceful and harmonious living between people of diverse culture and religion, between different principles and between different interests.

PAMULAAN SONG

 PAMULAAN
lyrics by: Dominique Lojyn Makilan Ofong
tune by: Arjel Boro Ofong and
           Richelle Villapando Tupaz
critique by: Ronalyn Rico Floro
inspired by: Pamulaan center
msg: we dedicate this song to Pamulaan Center for IP Education for letting us realize the significance of being an IP youth of today and for the greater callings that awaits ahead...
 I
Mga katutubong kabataan
May mga pangarap nais mapakinggan
Mga sigaw at hinaing Mula sa lupang hinabilin
Mananatili sa aming damdamin
II
Ibat-ibang tribong pinanggalingan
Ibat-ibang kulturang kinagisnan
ibat-ibang paniniwala at karanasan
Tanging hangad ay kapayapaan

Cho.
Oh, Pamulaan oh, pamulaan  minulat mo yaring isipan
Ginising yaring pusong tigang
Nakita mo aking pangangailangan
Pag-asa na iyong ipinatanaw amin panghahawakan
III
Isang misyong ipinaglalaban
Pagpapahalaga sa kalikasan
Mga likas nating yaman
Atin laging pangangalagaan

Repeat Chorus
oh, Pamulaan 2x muli mong sinagip aming buhay
oh, Pamulaan 2x ikay biyayang aming tinataglay
oh, Pamulaan 2x ikay liwanag sa pamayanan
oh, Pamulaan 2x pag-asa ngayo'y katutubong kabataan