The Bajao Tribal Peopl at the
Christmas party 2010 pix by KMO-INTER
It was a great day for the Badjao tribal people in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental as they celebrated the 2010 Christmas together as one family.
Organized by Nigerian missionary couple Success and Ngozi Uchime, missionaries under the South East Asia Mission Teams (SEAMIST) (www.seamist.org/uchime), the event was used to minister both the spirit, soul and body of the poorest of the poor in the Philippines – the Badjao tribal people.
Speaking at the event that was held in Boulevard area of the city, Ngozi Cynthia Uchime admonished them to look at the great sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the Cross at Calvary in anything they do stressing that Jesus came and died for them too.
Quoting John 3: 16, she emphasized on the love of God that made Him to send His one and only Son Jesus Christ to come to earth to die for the entire world.
According to her various activities were held to lighten and lift up the spirit and soul of the Badjao who gathered there for the event adding that the people had a lot to eat and drink all for the spirit of Christmas.
She called on philanthropist all over the world to come and assist their mission work among the Badjao people stressing that funding is the greatest challenge their mission is facing in reaching out to the Badjao in Dumaguete City.
“The Badjao here in Dumaguete City are open to the gospel, they’ve a willing heart, but tracking them down is a big challenge and that’s where we need help – to start livelihood projects for them,” Ngozi also stated.
It needs to be pointed out that the Badjao are a Filipino Muslim Ethnic group of sea gypsies: groups of boat-dwelling people. They are one of the largest Sama people groups and their ethnic neighbors, the Tausugs and the Samals, often call them Samal-luwaan (“outcasts”) or Samal-laud or Pala-u (“people of the ocean”).
The Badjao are the poorest ethnic group in Sulu. They depend mainly on fishing for their survival and their communities fall under the category of government’s depressed, deprived, and underdeveloped areas (DDU). And those that move to urban areas often become beggars.
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