Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center

Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center

The Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) is a community-based, Jesuit-supported organization that operates indigenous schools in the uplands of Bukidnon in northern Mindanao, Philippines. The Pulangiyēn, an indigenous community in the village of Bendum, expressed a desire for a school and welcomed the opportunity to work with an organization that could help them with their efforts. An initial literacy program in the 1990s developedinto a full-fledged elementary and high schoolcurriculum that educates Pulangiyēn children within the context of their culture and prepares them for life in their gaup (pronounced ga-oop), the domain in which they live.

Rest in peace, Datu Migketay Victorino Saway, our condolences to his family.
26/09/2026

Rest in peace, Datu Migketay Victorino Saway, our condolences to his family.

Datu Migketay Victorino L. Saway, a leader of the Talaandig tribe in Lantapan, Bukidnon died on Friday afternoon. He was 72.

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26/09/2026
For nearly 10 years, the Swiss Jesuit foundation, Stiftung Jesuiten weltweit Schweiz, has supported the schools and cour...
04/09/2026

For nearly 10 years, the Swiss Jesuit foundation, Stiftung Jesuiten weltweit Schweiz, has supported the schools and courses of the APC, the organization that is assisting the Pulangiyēn community in Bendum. This support to APC continues to strengthen the youth and the Bendum community in managing their habitat and expanding APC’s educational work.

Read more on this reflection from Manuela Balett, Managing Director at Jesuiten weltweit and who previously visited Bendum.


Manuela Balett, Managing Director at Stiftung Jesuiten weltweit Schweiz In Bendum, a small village in the highlands of Mindanao in southern Philippines, a young generation of leaders of the indigenous Pulangiyēn community is taking responsibility for protecting the forest, caring...Read more

04/09/2026
Rita Guerra from Portugal shares her reflection of her brief time in Bendum:"Bendum was, without a doubt, one of the exp...
26/08/2026

Rita Guerra from Portugal shares her reflection of her brief time in Bendum:

"Bendum was, without a doubt, one of the experiences that has had the greatest impact on me so far. It made me look within, look at others and at the world through different eyes. It awakened in me an even greater desire to do more and do better, to grow and to make a difference.

It made me realise that I have a calling. It shed light on it. It gave me the courage to follow it. And, above all, it planted a seed within me that I hope to nurture when I return to Portugal. I hope to remain true to all the very special people I met in Bendum, because, in one way or another, they also helped me to discover myself. For their sake, I want to make the most of this freedom I have been given, and I pray that, one day, they too may experience it to the same extent."

Casa Velha - Ecologia e Espiritualidade

Rita Guerra I come from a bustling, fast-paced city where it seems nobody has time for anything. We rush to catch the train, to meet a deadline that was due yesterday, to go to the gym and achieve the body...Read more

Day of Gratitude and Recognition at APC
13/02/2026

Day of Gratitude and Recognition at APC

Address by Pedro Walpole SJ, APC Executive Director Good morning to all. Welcome and grateful that you could still come on the roads despite the continuing rains. It is deeply consoling to have you all here and valuing your children’s...Read more

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Sitio Bendum, Barangay Busdi
Malaybalay
8700

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+63289279684

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