Biography of Benjamin Abadiano

Biography of Benjamin Abadiano

Benjamin Abadiano, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Indigenous peoples, Emergent leadership, Biography, Philippines, Tinggian, Alangan Mangyan--Manners and customs, Matigsalug, Indigenous People's Rights Act, Manobo, T'boli, Servants of the Holy Spirit, Paitan, Mindoro Oriental, Society of the Divine Word, Bahay lakoy, Tugdaan Center for Human and Environmental Development, Literacy, Howard Dee, Assissi Development Foundation, Tabang Mindanaw, Integrated Return and Rehabilitation Program, IRRP, Ilawan Center for Peace and Sustainable Development, Pamulaan Lumad Learning Center, Lumad, Ilawan Pamulaan Training Center, Kalamayan, Bisloyte

Official biography of Benjamin Abadiano written by Lorna Kalaw-Tirol in relation to his Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2004.

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Abadiano says that he is happy where he is now, doing what he is doing [...] Retirement is certainly a long way off, but when it comes, Benjamin Abadiano would like to spend it training young people to be volunteers and leaders -- to be, like his model Jesus Christ, lights of the world wherever they are.