Task Force Detainees of the Philippines

“Gintong Yaman ng Sinirang Bayan” is a satirical play about dreams, lives and relationships of families in a community in Northern Luzon that is being affected by the impending mining operation in the area.

The play is set in a barrio in Nueva Vizcaya during the course of a foreign mining company’s application in the province. The residents of the community find themselves with differing stands and opinions regarding the mining operation which poses to offer the residents with a golden opportunity.

Ruben, in his search for the golden dream and his quest to make it big, grabbed the scholarship grant from the mining company, much to his mother’s dismay.  Other inhabitants of the community engage themselves in heated debates regarding the positive and negative effects the mining operation will bring.  

Ruben must decide.  Will he go after his golden dream despite the disapproval of his loved ones and the destruction of his native land?  What is the truth behind his father’s death and what will its implication be on Ruben’s decision?

Interfaith Youth Camp
a project of Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)

May 12 to 17 2010
Cor Jesu Seminary
Sta Filomina, Dipolog City, Zamboanga Del Norte

Photo by J. Javier

"Katotohanan ang sa atin ay magpapalaya
Kaya't panghawakan, isapuso't isadiwa
Ito ang sandigan ng hustisya't kapayapaan
Na ating pinapangarap at inaasam."
- BOBET MENDOZA

Ito ang naging panawagan ng mga kabataang dumalo sa katatapos lamang na Human Rights Training and Theater Workshop na ginanap nitong Abril 19-23, 2010 sa Pook ni Maria Makiling, Los Banos, Laguna. Bahagi ito ng proyekto ng Youth for Rights (Y4R) na tinatawag ADIK KA (Arte, Drowing, Indak, Kanta ng Kabataang Artista) para sa Karapatang Pantao.

Dinaluhan ang nasabing pagsasanay ng mga dalawampu't-pitong kabataan mula sa anim na pamantasan gaya ng Adamson University, De La Salle University, Marikina Polytechnic College, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, St. Joseph's College at University of Makati. May ilang kabataan din mula sa Samahan ng mga Anak ng Desaparesidos na kasama sa training at workshop.

Ateneo De Davao

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

Bukidnon State University

De La Salle College of saint Benilde

Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) and Youth for Rights Network (Y4R) held series of Human Rights Photo Exhibits in several campuses as HR awareness and information campaign among the youth.  The photo exhibits were also in observance of the International Human Rights Week celebration on December 2009.

The photo exhibits tackled human rights issues and situation in the Philippines mainly about martial law, political detention, torture and enforced disappearance.  The exhibit also showcased TFDP’s and Y4R Network’s anti-large scale mining campaign and some of the youth’s artistic expression about peace and human rights.

•“Ganito sila nuon… ganito pa rin tayo ngayon” De La Salle College of Saint Benilde co-sponsored with Center for Social Action (CSB-CSA) September 2009

•Photo Exhibit at Unibersidad de Manila (UDM) October 2009. Co-sponsored with Political Science Major Students

•“Mining our Land: Undermining our Dignity” De La salle College of saint Benilde. Co-sponsored with CSB-CSA. December 1-3 2009

•HR Exibit at Adamson University (ADU) November 28 to December 4, 2009. Co-sponsored with Political Science Students and LINGAP Student Party

•December 15 to December 22,2009 HR Exhibit at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). Co-sponsored with Bukluran Students Alliance

•December 12, 2009 HR and Peace Photo Exhibit at Ateneo De Davao. Co-sponsored with Youth for Nationalism and Democracy (YND)

•December 21-22,2009 HR and Peace Photo exhibit at Bukidnon State University