Mabuhay – Youth Solidarity Trip PHILIPPINES

 Mahubay (Welcome)!

This is our first post for the Youth Blog for Development and Peace’s Youth Solidarity Trip to the Philippines happening right now.

We are a group of 10 Canadian youth from coast to coast, encompassing both French and English regions:

Scotty Joe Smith (Prince Edward Island)

Catherine Berner (Quebec)

Louis Charron (Quebec)

Ariane ”Angel” Collin (Quebec)

Alfonso ”Fonz” Ibarra Ramirez (Quebec)

Katrina Ann Laquian (British Columbia)

Gillian Murphy (Ontario)

Kaitlyn “DK” Duthie-Kannikkatt (Ontario)

Amanda “Action” Achtman (Alberta)

Shawn Parchoma (Saskatchewan)

We are also accompanied by 2 D&P Staff: Genevieve Gallant (Ontario) and Marie-Helene Roy (Quebec).

There are two purposes of our Solidarity Trip to the Philippines:

1) Creating Solidarity with individuals living in the Global South through learning about the work of D&P partners in the Philippines, and learning about how Filipinos are responding to the needs and issues in their country.

2) To experience an exchange in culture between English and French Canadians in addition to cultural exchanges with Filipinos.

We, the participants of this Solidarity experience, will be sharing our experiences and our reactions to our interactions and dialogues with the community members we visit.

We invite you to follow our journey as we create solidarity with our partners in the Global South!

Maraming Salamat (Many Thanks)!

- Katrina