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February 10th 2008
I spent the last of this week on a quick exposure trip to Southern Tagalog. Though I am still finding the geography a little hard to follow - Canada has a few BIG provinces, while the Philippines has a TON of little provinces - I am almost positive that Southern Tagalog is the area at the bottom of Luzon, including the island of Palawan. The organization I am working with right now thought it was ... read more

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more

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Nicole Smith

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I graduated in May of 2006 with a BA in Human Rights from St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada. At that point in my life I wanted to get some field work experience in human rights. I was also interested in understanding human rights from the ground level, from the people living and experiencing the abuse. To work in the field of human rights having only experienced comfortable Canada seemed fradulant to me. So I applied to go to the Philippines as a social justice intern through the United Church of Canada to learn about human rights in Southeast Asia. I am now in the country, living... full info

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