Church provides refuge for persecuted indigenous families in the Philippines

Indigenous children displaced by paramilitary violence exercise at the beginning of a school day in a church compound in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous are living in the church center, afraid to return home.

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Paul Jeffrey

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Philippines Asia Filipino Filipina indigenous Indians native Lumads Mindanao original people indigenous peoples church Christianity religious sanctuary refuge displaced repression children school education kids exercise jumping jacks

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Indigenous, Philippines