Duncan, with his wife Sara, started KNA and are directors of the organisation. They help the whole group in many ways, not only fostering the kids here on the farm but they are always happy to help and offer advice. So his birthday was a big celebration!
So, a day of jungle activities meant that our lunch was only what we could catch, hunt or gather. We built jungle huts using only natural materials, dressed and danced like the tribal people. And we made fire with no match or lighter. It was also a way for the kids to learn jungle skills, while having a lot of fun, and they loved it.
There are many different tribes here on Palawan; some in the mountains have maintained their traditional cultures and lifestyle for hundreds of years. We were split into four tribal groups on the island for our games and it was great to see a little of how the tribes used to live and how some still chose to live.
It is amazing that even though it is quite a small island it still has several very distinct people groups or tribes. There is also several different languages over the island. Tagalog has become the national language of the Philippines, so most can understand each other now, but before it was difficult as the native languages were so different they couldn’t understand each other. Most Filipino people today still speak their native tribal language as well as Tagalog.
