Celebrating International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract”.

Leaving no one behind means building a just, equitable and inclusive society, in which Indigenous Peoples and local communities hold rights to their territories and are responsible for their own well-being.

The Panlablaba Youth Association (PAYO) and the Kababaihan sa Panlablaba (KASAP) women’s group planted trees together last May 23, 2021, in Awang, Misamis Oriental. At that time PAYO, with the help of their Elder, Datu Marcus, already had around 4,000 seedlings of various endemic species. They had started their tree nursery in 2019, and last year, at the height of COVID-19 lockdowns, the youth spent their time expanding their nurseries. They still plan to re-plant the surrounding hills in their sitio (village) which had become barren over the years.