Heyhey everyone!! All is well over here - arrived in the southern province of the Philippines on Sunday afternoon. We're at the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute (MPI) until Friday. Here, I've been taking a class on Peace Advocacy and it's really interesting. I've truly met some amazing people from all over: Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Figi, etc. There are even some officers and military personnel from the Filipine Army and even some of the rebel groups, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)!! So that's really interesting to get their opinion! So one aspect of the trip which I feel is really important to tell you guys about, because it has had a tremendous impact on me, is when we went to the Smokey Mountain right outside of Manila, capital of the Philippines and also the most polluted city
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