NCIP-13 to hold series of service caravans for ICCs, IPs
BUTUAN CITY -- The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Caraga will be holding series of service caravans for indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples (ICCs/IPs) across the region from August to September of this year with the support of partner national government agencies and offices.
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In a statement, NCIP-Caraga Regional Director
Ordonio P. Rocero, Jr. said that the service caravan is just one of the various
activities and programs they have been conducting with partners and stakeholders
to help bring basic government services to the ICCs/IPs especially those
situated in geographically-isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs).
“The residents herein are prone to misinformation
and insurgency, are economically challenged, and vulnerable to disasters,” said
Director Rocero.
The series of caravans will commence on August 10,
2022 at Sitio Subait, Barangay Bonifacio, Las Nieves in the Agusan del Norte
province. ICCs/IPs in Barangay Gacepan, Sison, province of Surigao del Norte
will also be receiving the same services on August 23, 2022.
In September, NCIP-Caraga will be holding the
caravans in the Sur areas at Sitio Sarakag, Barangay Causwagan, San Agustin,
Surigao del Sur province on September 6, 2022 and at Sitio Kamalangan, Barangay
Binacalan, San Luis in Agusan del Sur on September 20, 2022.
NCIP-Caraga will culminate the activity on
September 27, 2022 by serving ICCs/IPs at Sitio Salaysayon, Barangay
Jamiguitan, Nasipit, province of Agusan del Norte.
Caraga Region is home to six IP groups, namely the
Banwaon from San Luis, Agusan del Sur; Higaonons, who are living in the
forested interior planes and mountainous areas of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur and
Las Nieves, Buenavista, Nasipit, and Carmen in Agusan del Norte; and Mamanwa,
whose members are scattered across portions of Agusan del Norte, Surigao del
Norte, and Surigao del Sur.
Two IP groups, the Mandaya and Talaandig, originate
from neighboring areas. The Mandayas are from Davao Region and predominantly
reside in Surigao del Sur while the Talaandigs are from the Bukidnon province
who migrated to Caraga.
Despite sharing roots with the Talaandigs, the Manobo, which is one of the seven tribes who originally inhabited the province of Bukidnon, is the most widespread IP group in Caraga, with communities settling in the Agusan Valleys and both Surigao provinces. (DMNR/PIA-Caraga)
