Clean water is now within reach for 70 to 80 Subanen households in Barangay Sipakong, Bacungan, Zamboanga del Norte after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) built a 50-cubic-meter Small Water Impounding System (SWIS), providing water for their domestic and agricultural needs. The Subanen people are among the Indigenous Peoples (IP) of the Zamboanga Peninsula. With a very strong El Niño ahead, their daily struggles with li…
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