Guide Questions based on the article of Ma. Ceres P. Doyo entitled Remembering Poverty (13 October 2005, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
PART 1
>Is there relevance in officially designating a day/month/year/decade in commemoration of
a(n) event/cause/advocacy/marginalized sector? Example of which is October as the indigenous people's month? Justify your answer.
>Do you agree with her statement that the IPs are among the poorest and the hungriest in the country?
>With specific reference to the ancestral domain claim as provided by IPRA of 1997, do you see any inconsistency between the state's concept of land ownership vis-a-vis the IP's?
>Do you think that it is necessary for the IPs to go through the long and tedious bureaucratic process of applying for a CADT in order to regain their ancestral land?
>How does bureaucratic capitalism affects the life and livelihood (buhay at ikinabubuhay) of the IPs? Be able to define bureaucratic capitalism and relate it to the following cases: Jewelmer, golf course construction and nickel mining operation
PART 2
>What do you think are the essential elements of a sustainable livelihood project?
>How can a child welfare system turn out disorienting and alienating to its clients?
>What should be done to improve the responsiveness of child welfare institutions to the real needs of their clients?
>Differentiate rootlessness in the context of Doyo's discussion from rootless and ruthless growth.
>Do you agree with her contention that poverty is most cruel to the young?
