WATCH TIL THE VERY END! This is part 2 of our Basilan special.
In Part 2: Exploring the Future, the exploration of the island province continues as we dive deeper into its tumultuous history and ongoing efforts to maintain peace.
After our eye-opening visit to Al-Barka, we're on the move to uncover more through the towns of Tipo-Tipo, Sumisip, and Maluso; unveiling the island's hidden treasures and discovering the potential that Basilan holds when it comes to tourism.
This episode shifts the focus from the past, to the future, with the Youth of Basilan being the perfect conduit and representation. Scars and wounds have gone so deep, yet aspirations among the youth remain strong. Maybe the key to breaking generational cycles is with them.
In the first ever Basilan Youth Congress, provincial board member Amin Hataman, who is the son of former-governor and now-congressman Mujiv Hataman, brings together voices from the different towns of Basilan, young leaders who are starting to take their power and are now being given enough space, silence and sanctity to dream.
Veteran journalist Ed Lingao is also accompanied on this trip by wife Esther, bringing with them some laptops and solar lamps to donate as part of The Laptop Project, in honor of their late daughter Ellie, who had a great love for knowledge. Gretchen Ho brings volleyballs for the kids, and a lesson or two about the sport.
These are valuable for healing scars, sounds of gunshots and taking the kids back to schools.
** Basilan Parts 1 & 2 are written by both Gretchen Ho and Ed Lingao with interspersing voices to give varying points of view and a proper side-by-side account of what Basilan was before, what it is now and where it seems to be headed.
25 сен 2023
