Villa Kawayan
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When one bamboo hut is built, one whole community is uplifted. This is the mission of Villa Kawayan. To build one bamboo hut, one day at a time, supporting not just one, but many families along the way.
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Villa Kawayan: One Bamboo Hut Built, One Community Uplifted
On a tiny island called Siquijor, in the heart of the Philippines, there is a small village called Tambisan where locals get their daily sustenance from nature. The forest that embraces the island on the mystical mountain of Bandilaan is dotted with bamboo or kawayan in Filipino. Bamboo provides livelihood to the farmers that harvest it, the artisans and craftsmen that build homes with it, the market vendors and the weavers that make crafts and baskets with it. Bamboo supports the local community in Tambisan and a small bamboo enclave in this community called Villa Kawayan is starting a small movement in empowering people with this valued gift from nature.
By Villa Kawayan4 years ago in Journal
