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On September 13, 2025, Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) celebrated its 57th Founding Anniversary with the theme “Legacy of Change” at the Xavier University Old Library. The celebration was both a tribute to the past and a commitment to the future, highlighting the foundation’s enduring mission of empowering communities, uplifting children and Indigenous peoples, and protecting the environment. A key highlight of the anniversary was the launching of the “Sowing New Seeds”, a local...

Coffee growing in the Philippines has declined over the last three decades, threatening the source of income of around 300,000 Filipinos. Urbanization, land use conversions, and land tenure issues have modified the landscape of local coffee regions, especially mountain areas like Bukidnon in northern Mindanao. (Chaves, In the Hands of Indigenous Peoples: The Future of Upland Coffee Regions, 2012). Many of the upland coffee areas are, in fact, also ancestral domains. For many of the upland...

In partnership with the Forest Foundation Philippines under the Enhancement of Community Capacity for Sustainable Ecological Protection and Economic Development-2 (ECOSEED-2) project, Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF), released the first episode out of three (3) documentaries capturing the lives and journey of the Bantay sa Yutang Kabilin or BYK and how their work is significant to the global efforts of climate change mitigation. The first episode will take you closer to how the...

Xavier Science Foundation in partnership with the Asian NGO Coalition (ANGOC) and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) conducted a forum on conflict resolution in Ancestral Domain on December 15, 2022, at Hotel de Susana in Valencia City, Bukidnon. The forum was attended by the men and women leaders of the Pigsabuwahan hu Tribu ta Kalatungan Kaglambaga, an IP-led coalition from the 21 barangays in the Mt. Kalatungan landscape headed by their Chairman Datu Johnny “Bagusayana” Guina and the...

On September 15, 2023, the first ever Barrio Food Festival was organized by Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. where it showcased traditional foods made by participating Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO) from the municipalities of Pangantucan, Maramag, and Valencia City. The Barrio Food Festival is part of the USAID and Gerry Roxas Foundation project titled Investing in Sustainability and Partnership for Inclusive Growth and Regenerative Ecosystems (INSPIRE). In XSF’s Mt. Kalatungan BioCon...

Maximizing the time and attendance on the afternoon of December 16, 2022, the Xavier Science Foundation (XSF) reconvened 39 young leaders representing 21 barangays within the Mt. Kalatungan landscape in the province of Bukidnon, Mindanao for the activity titled Youth, Land and Culture: A Summit for Young Defenders towards Protecting Ancestral Domain at the Hotel De Susana, Bagontaas, Valencia City, Bukidnon. This time, the summit is under XSF’s project Mt. Kalatungan BioCon: Creating...