Dubbed "A Tale of Two Mountains," the concert will feature dance rituals that echo the need to protect our environment. It will also premier a short film of the same title by Ferdinand Dimadura that tells the story of Smokey Mountain and another mountain, miles apart, which displaced our indigenous people "the aetas" and thousands of homes in Pampanga, Zambales and Bataan. Mt. Pinatubo is being eyed as a resettlement area for those affected by the eruption and three thousand families from Smokey Mountain and other areas of Tondo.
MAID was founded in 1993 by Fr. Benigno P. Beltran and debuted in 1994 in a concert entitled “The Cry of Mother Nature” at the Philippine International Convention Center. They were initially trained under the Philippine-ITI Earthsavers Dreams Academy and later under the tutelage of the late National Artist for Dance, Ramon Obusan. The group has already performed in Australia, USA, Germany, Sweden and Japan. They are now the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines' Ambassadors for Peace and Environment.
They also put into action what they advocate through dances. The group partnered with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the reforestation of 135 hectares of Mt. Ayaas. a denuded mountain located in Montalban, Rizal.
For every one thousand peso earned by the concert through sponsorship or ticket sales, a seedling will be planted under the name of the ticket buyer or sponsor.
The concert is being organized by Sagip Bansa Filipinas Inc, a non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization that seeks to uplift the Filipino, find solutions to help the poorest of the poor, participate in the collective effort to arrest environmental degradation and sincerely partake in the greening and reforestation of our country.
For sponsorship and ticket sales, call Ms. Kelly Austria at 09175071211 or email kellyaustria@gmail.com.
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About MAID (MGA ANAK NI INANG DAIGDIG/CHILDERN OF MOTHER EARTH)
They are the Ambassadors for Peace and Environment –Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
Philippine Youth Environmental Network –Founding Member
Mga Anak ni Inang Daigdig (Children of Mother Earth) is an environmental performing arts group featuring young people and children who were born and grew up in Smokey Mountain – which was the third largest untreated garbage dump in the world. This rigorous and disciplined group of performing artists would like to issue a collective call to commitment through the dances and rituals of indigenous peoples from the Philippines to protect God’s creation and to inspire people to treat each other as brothers and sisters. The dance group debuted in 1994 giving a premier concert entitled “The Cry of Mother Nature” at the Philippine International Convention Center.
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