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By Rev. Rene C. Canillo, WME National Director for the Southern Philippines


“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid… Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”


— Matthew 5:14&16


“The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory…”


— I Samuel 2:7-8 “The mountains shall bring peace to the peo-


ple, and the little hills, by righteousness. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.” — Psalm 72:3-4


Daingan is a tribal village on the mountain range overlooking the shore of the Mindanao Sea and Balut Island. The ethnicity of Dain- gan is mostly the Manubo tribe mixed with


some Bla’an through intermarriages with neighboring tribes. They are multi-lingual but they have kept Manubo language as their


principle tongue.


Their main livelihood is through farming tiny parcels of land on the hillsides. These farming parcels were left unsold by their ancestors to migrating and more civilized tribes from the Visayas Islands. In Daingan, there are co- conut and banana trees on the land; and they farm the hillsides for corn, cassava,


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