Fate of child warriors: IP groups march forward for the ‘truth’
- 5 years ago
At age five, he was supposed to be starting to learn how to write, or how to read.
But this was not to be for Datu Awing Apuga of the Ata-Manobo tribe in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, as he was already being trained on how to handle a gun, and shoot at targets at such a tender age while getting supposedly basic education at the Salugpungan Ta’tanu Igkanugon Learning Center, Inc., or Salugpungan.
But this was not to be for Datu Awing Apuga of the Ata-Manobo tribe in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, as he was already being trained on how to handle a gun, and shoot at targets at such a tender age while getting supposedly basic education at the Salugpungan Ta’tanu Igkanugon Learning Center, Inc., or Salugpungan.