TITLE: Members of a Badjao Community Receives Food Packs from the City Government of Davao

AUTHOR: City Government of Davao

DATE PUBLISHED: December 19, 2020

KEY INFORMATION: In response to the limited access to resources, including food, due to the pandemic, the city government of Davao in Mindanao is distributing food packs to the members of the Badjao Community. This initiative underscores the government's dedication to aiding the Badjao people, particularly those in underprivileged areas, who are encountering difficulties in fulfilling their fundamental economic requirements.

TITLE: Fewer Badjaos loiter on streets - CSWDO

AUTHOR: Iona Finlay C. Mendoza 

DATE PUBLISHED: June 5, 2023

KEY INFORMATION: This article discusses the Davao City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), fewer people are begging on the streets, particularly among the street children who belong to the Badjao group as effect of the downfall of fishing’s popularity in terms of their income.

TITLE: 44 Badjaos undergo carpentry, masonry training in Surigao City

AUTHOR: Alexander Lopez

DATE PUBLISHED: July 18, 2024

KEY INFORMATION: The news article tackles how the TUPAD Program will give 44 Badjaos in Surigao City twenty days of carpentry and masonry training, then fifteen days of paid employment by the Huy-anan nan Badjao Project. They offer them essential skills and a temporary source of income of PHP 5,775, enough to feed their families back home. 

TITLE: Sociocultural Perspectives on Badjao Life Captured from the Lived Experiences of Badjao Teens in Surigao City: A Phenomenology

AUTHOR: Silda, J et. al., 2024

DATE PUBLISHED: April 10, 2024

KEY INFORMATION:  The news article talks about the uses of Husserlian phenomenology to examine sociocultural aspects of the Badjao teens of Surigao City, located in the island of Mindanao. The most crucial subjects are the shift in culture, urban living, discrimination, and the community’s role that focuses on language, customs, and discrimination. It also talks about how poverty, in many ways, affect the everyday lives of members of the Badjao community.

TITLE: Government partners, UN-Habitat, launch partnership for rehabilitation of Badjao community affected by Typhoon Odette

AUTHOR: UN-habitat Philippines

DATE PUBLISHED: August 15, 2023

KEY INFORMATION: This article talks about helping the Badjao tribe in Mindanao through a special project. The project aims to improve their living conditions by providing support and resources. Before this, the Badjao community faced a significant poverty, with insufficient housing and economic instability, worsened by the typhoon. This project focuses on community growth and development for the Badjao people.

TITLE: BADJAO – Typhoon Resilient Structures, Davao City, Philippines

AUTHOR: Maria Angelica E. Gozun

DATE PUBLISHED: December 22, 2021

KEY INFORMATION: The article discusses the initiative to construct sturdier homes for the Badjao people in Davao City, aiming to shield them from potential typhoons. It highlights how their previous dwellings were unsafe and emphasizes that improved, secure housing can alleviate the impact of poverty by offering a safer living environment. The article also suggests that financial constraints resulting from poverty prevented them from building structurally sound homes for their families.

TITLE: Isla Verde Davao City, Badjao Villages

AUTHOR: Lita Explorer

DATE PUBLISHED: November 9, 2022

KEY INFORMATION: The video is showcasing the Badjao community’s poor living conditions, where their homes have a lack of basic infrastructure. This shows extreme poverty, with limited resources and economic opportunities. It illustrates the need for improvements of their living conditions and help them escape poverty.

TITLE: Persistence of Poverty among the Badjaos of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, ARMM, Philippines

AUTHOR: Kuraiza Usman & Rowena DT. Baconguis

DATE PUBLISHED: October 15, 2019

KEY INFORMATION: Located all over Mindanao, this study unveils the factors that feed into the Badjao's chronic poverty is due to their deprivation of assets such as source of income, education, health services, information, utilities, and sanitation. It is due to their lack of access to basic necessities that they continue to undergo the cycle of poverty, limiting their opportunities to further develop and grow as a community.

TITLE: BARMM bill seeks to protect, promote rights of Badjao community

AUTHOR: Bangsamoro Transition Authority

DATE PUBLISHED: May 18, 2023

KEY INFORMATION: The BARMM Badjao Development Project Act aims to provide sustainable livelihoods for the Badjao communities in Mindanao, which addresses the lack of access to basic social services, poverty, and discrimination. This reflects the commitment of the BARMM in achieving inclusivity and security amongst the marginalized groups, as well as reducing their community's rate of poverty.

TITLE: EMBRACE Badjao is committed to improving the livelihood of the Badjao community through a number of focused initiatives.

AUTHOR: Judy Araman

DATE PUBLISHED: January 19, 2021

KEY INFORMATION: This organization focuses on helping the Badjao tribe located in Davao City as they struggle to attain access to basic necessities due to its expensive nature. EMBRACE provides the Badjao tribe with the necessary funds to empower and help the community gain access in order to break the cycle of poverty that they are in.

TITLE: Bagong Palikuran Para sa Badjao Community sa Davao City

AUTHOR: GMA

DATE PUBLISHED: Dec 28, 2018

KEY INFORMATION: The news channel reported that the government is planning to construct a public bathroom for the Badjao community in Davao City. The community, facing financial scarcity due to poverty, has been unable to afford houses with adequate facilities, forcing them to travel long distances to the seaside to meet their personal needs. In response to this pressing issue, the government has pledged to assist the Badjao community and improve their living conditions.

TITLE:  Pinakain ako ng BADJAO sa Tawi-Tawi! The Real Life of Badjaos in the Philippines!

AUTHOR: The Chui Show

DATE PUBLISHED: April 5, 2023

KEY INFORMATION: The documentary focuses on the underdeveloped communities in Tawi-tawi, Mindanao, where the Badjao tribe resides. It sheds light on the migratory patterns of the tribe due to the limited economic opportunities available for their livelihood.

TITLE: Badjao Reporting

AUTHOR: YanaPio YT

DATE PUBLISHED: September 3, 2022

KEY INFORMATION: The lecture provides an in-depth exploration of the cultural background of the Badjao Tribe, shedding light on their various livelihood strategies. Additionally, it delves into the challenges they face, noting that many Badjaos in Mindanao resort to begging on the streets due to the considerable hardships they endure in their daily lives.

TITLE: Philippines Indigenous defenders call for protection

AUTHOR: Al Jazeera English

DATE PUBLISHED: May 2, 2022

KEY INFORMATION:  the news channel talks about how the Badjaos' land owned by their ancestors was taken by the government and now it became a private property. The Badjaos tried to take it back but they were shot by the government, three were injured and one was shot dead. This implies how the government doesn't put importance to the lives of those in the tribe, especially in Mindanao, as they are seen as less than important to any other people because of how rampant poverty is in their community, that instead of helping them alleviate it, they discriminate them and even strip them of their only property.

TITLE: Planting For The Badjaos

AUTHOR: Hiraya Manawari Project - Canisius

DATE PUBLISHED: January 14, 2021

KEY INFORMATION: Students from Ateneo de Davao University made this advocacy poster to raise awareness for the Badjaos, especially those in Davao. Those in the community have been greatly affected by the pandemic by job losses which has caused them to sink deep in poverty and the lack of sustainment for food has led them to be malnourished. Due to this, this poster, Planting for the Badjaos, encourages everyone to help plant vegetables or other plants to give them extra food or income with minimal effort.