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Remembering Bea

AMBIENT VOICES

Last of two parts

THEN there is Bea and the Mangyans. They were her neighbors in her vacation place in Puerto Galera. She found that these neighbors needed help, and she proceeded to market their baskets, institute a feeding program for the children and bring in a schoolteacher. This became a project that she passed on to the Ayala Foundation and is ongoing. The Mangyans now have title to their land, livelihood projects and a health clinic run by Indian nuns, all through Bea's indefatigable efforts that brought permanent improvement.