Women in Alojipan, a village in the mountainous section of Culasi town in Antique, weave strips of bariw into sleeping mats and sell them to supplement the income that their husband generates from growing crops and manual labors.
The couple offered a plant and planted it in the churchyard at the time of their wedding Mass. Besides, they also gave plant souvenirs to all guests who attended their wedding reception.
Ladislaus Louis D’Souza writes about a real-life story of how things changed when a nun when an extra mile to help a street hawker in despair. Names are changed for reasons of privacy.
Salesian Sisters in Cambodia have launched a program to promote care for the environment. Students, their families and the teachers are involved in a multi-pronged approach to care for ‘our living home.’
Salesian Sisters in Cambodia have been distributing food materials and cooked meals to those affected by the Covid pandemic packed in banana leaves. The nuns inspired both volunteers and the food recipients to care for the environment and minimize the use of plastic.
Salesian Sisters in Tuol Kork, Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh have launched an eco-friendly project involving students, students’ parents, and alumni to raise funds to support the earthquake victims in Haiti.
World Animal Day 2021 brings to mind what American writer Thomas Douglas Jones [1945-2016] once said, "Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them." Here's proof!
Deforestation by increasing palm oil plantations and the launch of the food estate program will adversely affect the indigenous Papuan communities in Indonesia.
The illegal mining businesses extract sand and stone in the province of Bali, an island well known for tourism, besides known for its forested volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, beaches, and coral reefs.
Apples are still a luxury in the highlands of Manipur State in India, but a former executive of a multinational company, Miss Augustina Shimray, came back from Delhi to change all that.
The restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic did not hamper the observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in India, with several online events led by various Church organisations, on their own or in collaboration with various civic groups.