Benjamin D. Abadiano This is Me

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1. 1. www.minesandcommunities.org

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   Published on: 10/28/2007   Last Visited: 1/25/2008

   The young Lumads want the elders to listen to their concerns," said Benjamin Abadiano, president of the Assisi Development Foundation.
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   Abadiano said it is a cause of major concern that the government, in its eagerness to attract foreign investors in the mining sector, are not "fully implementing" the Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997.
   
   "The government routinely violates the law when it cast aside the provision of free and prior consent of the Lumads when it comes to these so-called flagship projects," Abadiano said.

2. 2. www.mindanews.com

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   Published on: 10/18/2007   Last Visited: 10/18/2007

   The young Lumads want the elders to listen to their concerns," said Benjamin Abadiano, president of the Assisi Development Foundation.
   ...
   Abadiano said it is a cause of major concern that the government, in its eagerness to attract foreign investors in the mining sector, are not "fully implementing" the Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997.
   
   "The government routinely violates the law when it cast aside the provision of free and prior consent of the Lumads when it comes to these so-called flagship projects," Abadiano said.

3. 3. Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Emergent Leadership

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   Published on: 8/1/2004   Last Visited: 9/8/2006

   BEN ABADIANO: 2004 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Emergent Leadership
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   "My life is governed by magis - the passion for excellence in everything that I do," shares Ben, a man who embraced the worldview of St. Ignatius de Loyola that "mediocrity has no place" in this world."Magis - that is what governs me".And where does that passion come from?"From the feeling of gratefulness, of being blessed.You have to share your gifts, in anything that I do, I give my best.That's what I learned from my grandfather," Ben Abadiano concludes.
   
   Benjamin Abadiano is currently the Executive Coordinator for the Indigenous Peoples' Human Security Program, and the Peace Building & Rehabilitation Program for War-affected Communities in Mindanao initiated by the Assisi Development Foundation for Tabang Mindanaw.He is also the founder and Executive Director of the ILAWAN Center for Peace and Sustainable Development in Davao City.
   
   He was born in 1963 and was raised in Cagayan de Oro by his grandparents.He finished his undergraduate studies in Xavier University, majoring in Sociology.Intrigued by the indigenous peoples, he wandered to Mindoro Oriental where he started his 9-year volunteer stint with the Mangyans.It was here where the Tugdaan (seedbed) Center for Human and Environmental Development was founded.Tugdaan started with just 12 Mangyan students in a hut but now has already produced hundreds of Mangyan graduates.
   
   In 1997, Ben felt his calling for priesthood and entered the Jesuit novitiate but left after three (3) years and joined the Assisi Development Foundation in 2001 to begin the implementation of the Integrated Return and Rehabilitation Program or IRRP.In 2002, he founded the ILAWAN Center.
   
   Ben has been chosen as the 2004 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership.He is being cited for his "steadfast commitment to indigenous Filipinos and their hopes for peace and a better life consonant with their distinctive tradition and hallowed ways of life."The emergent leadership category aims to recognize outstanding work of an individual, age 40 and below, on issues of social change in his/her community, but whose leadership is not yet broadly recognized outside the community.
   
   Ben is one of seven awardees who will join 236 previous recipients of the Award which will be conferred in ceremonies at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on August 31, 2004.
   
   SPEECHES
   
   Response of Benjamin Abadiano