Demo Farm
In 2006 the Foundation bought 12 hectares of titled land in the mountains of Kabankalan at a place called Bantolinao to help the surrounding subsistence farmers, many whom were members of the KKs started in the 70s. The situation of the farmers continues to detoriate as their land becomes more and more eroded and unproductive. The poor cannot afford to experiment or take risks in their farming methods as it could mean certain hunger if they failed. The demo farm was set up to show that changes need to be made and that new and better ways are possible. The farmers are being introduced to sustainable methods of agriculture.
Negros Nine Archive
- Agro-forestry project Updates- July – December 2010
- MOISES PADILLA ATTENDS SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING - August 24, 2010
- Negros Nine Conducts Hidden World of Trafficking Symposium - September 2, 2009
- Negros Nine Conducts Diversified Integrated Farming System - August 24-25, 2009
- Katilingban Holds General Assembly - August 29, 2009
- Negros Nine at Bacolod Provincial Jail 25 years ago - July 3, 2009
- Forum at Hinobaan, January 27, 2009
Kibbutz on Tall Grass Mountain
Fr Niall O'Brien
The Priest as a Prophet Father Niall O’Brien, 64, a good friend, a brave and courageous priest of unquestionable integrity died 27th of April 2004 in Pisa, Italy, after a long struggle with illness. ~ more ~ |
Fr Brian Gore
 Father Brian Gore was sent to the Philippines after his in ordination in 1969. He arrived on the sugar-rich island of Negros where he worked among the poor until his arrest in 1982...~ more ~ |
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Exodus 84
by Columban Fr. Robert Burke
This is about the Long March, or Exodus '84, to allow it a scriptural description, three days of torrid sun and long kilometers from Kabankalan to Bacolod , a distance of about ninety-five kilometers, or approximately sixty miles. I was there. A long line of marchers (numbering at the start more than 1500) carrying streamers and placards moved over a hot asphalt road like a colony of ants, twisting into curves, seemingly endless.