Special Projects 2023

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Bacungan High School Building and Curricular Program:

Using Ecobricks to help manage the solid waste problems besetting Barangay Bacungan (the second largest barangay in the Philippines) where Maia Earth Village is currently situated, a hexagonal classroom is being built in the Bacungan High School campus that benefits 800 students.  The classroom will be built using techniques in water catchment, solar power, permaculture, sustainable architecture and ecobrick management. 

Every Friday, Maia facilitators work with public school teachers in handling actual curricular subjects that require art materials, music equipment for students across multiple grade levels.

Laya Prison Programs:

Since 2022, Maia Earth Village and Laya have been helping to self-fund the cost for facilitators and art materials for modules run several times a week.  The program started in the infamous Bilibid prison and this year expands into San Juan and Quezon City Jail.  The expansion of said programs require additional funds are sustained on a monthly basis.

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Tribal Medicine Center:
The last months have seen careful progress on the planning and building of a medical training facility in Barangay Lucbuan in Puerto Princesa City in partnership with an indigenous tribal community in Palawan medical practitioners from the Philippines and Europe dreaming of a space that provides integrative care for people of all cultures and backgrounds in a forest setting. 
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Community Programs:
In Purok Maranat Tres, we have been running childcare, ecological and livelihood training programs for local villagers.  We are currently building a local schoolhouse for children and an agricultural farm to provide food security using permaculture principles we have practiced for many years.
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For information on how to donate and get involved, write to [email protected].