Ati

2021: A final roundup from the Philippines

By Theo / COVID-19, early retirement, slow travel / January 16, 2022 January 16, 2022

Boracay Island as seen from mainland Malay Municipality from tribal Ati land in the Philippines.

What a year!

Seasonal celebrations, a full social calendar, another special year

By Theo / early retirement, slow travel / January 9, 2022 January 10, 2022

Ati celebration in Malay, Aklan, Philippines..

Theo’s third Christmas and New Year in the Philippines.

Travel lifestyle interrupted; God’s will confounds

By Ellen / COVID-19, life lessons, slow travel / November 30, 2021 November 30, 2021

cabo san lucas seen from a flight window

A week of ups and downs.

Extraordinary Ati weaving projects underway

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / November 28, 2021 November 28, 2021

Ati weaving supplies, like box cutters and measuring tapes.

See what our Ati friends can make with these tools!

Fishing nets for our Ati friends

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / November 14, 2021 November 14, 2021

Caticlan supply store where we bought fishing nets for the Ati in Malay, Aklan, Phlippines.

Another self-sustaining effort

The good, the bad, and the ugly

By Theo / commentary, slow travel / November 7, 2021 November 7, 2021

Theo and vaccinated Ati tribe members smile at the camera.

Updates from Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

I said ‘No’ to the Ati

By Theo / early retirement, slow travel / November 3, 2021 November 3, 2021

left, Ati school with barbed wire fence; right, Emma at the school

Theo didn’t like this request.

Ati fishing refurbish report

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / October 15, 2021 October 15, 2021

Two refurbished Ati fishing boats docked on land.

Another Ati refresh moves forward.

Growing greens update

By Theo / COVID-19 / October 10, 2021 October 10, 2021

Ati garden in Kurong Village, Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

Pandemic farming with the indigenous Ati tribe.

Pump panic in Ati Kurong Village

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / October 8, 2021 October 9, 2021

Theo, Charlie, and Juli pose for a picture.

Juli saves the day & Theo gets emotional.

Ati village now features hoop, swings, sunset seating

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / October 1, 2021 October 2, 2021

Ati tribe members use long bamboo poles to position the basketball hoop in the community area of Kurong Village in Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

A sense of pride, community, and fun in Kurong Village.

Smoke on the Water, Stairway to Heaven, & Thunderstruck

By Theo / COVID-19, early retirement, slow travel / September 22, 2021 September 26, 2021

'Natural' soak pit on Ati land in Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

Rockin’ out more Ati improvements.

Art, homes, lives; duality and unity

By Ellen / commentary, life lessons / September 17, 2021 September 18, 2021

Duality vs. Unity

A crazy artist, poor Ati, homeless refugees and me — we are all the same.

Theo channels his inner gamer in Philippine FarmVille

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / September 12, 2021 September 12, 2021

Flashback to the Facebook game.

Water slide, water work, water help for Filipinos

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021

ati water slide and project update

A slip-‘n-slide, an overflow, a hydraulic consultation.

Sprouting seeds, growing hope with our Ati friends

By Theo / COVID-19, early retirement, slow travel / August 19, 2021 August 20, 2021

Ati tribe members dig earth for a garden in Kurong Village, Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

Back to basics for food security.

Ati tree tale trilogy

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / August 10, 2021 August 10, 2021

A sapling tree near dead branches tells the Ati tree tale.

Part 3 of planting fruit trees with our indigenous Ati friends.

Big tree brigade to Kurong Village

By Theo / COVID-19, slow travel / August 7, 2021 August 7, 2021

Ati kids carry tree seedlings to Kurong Village in Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

Ati children get involved in this sustainability project.

A truck full of trees for the Ati

By Theo / COVID-19, early retirement, slow travel / August 4, 2021 August 4, 2021

The rental truck used by Earth Vagabonds to bring young fruit trees from Banga, Aklan, to Malay, Aklan, for the indigenous Ati tribe.

Gifts that will bear fruit.

Concrete progress in Kurong Village

By Theo / early retirement, slow travel / August 1, 2021 August 4, 2021

Ati men haul cement bags up the trail to Kurong Village in Malay, Aklan, Philippines.

Our Ati friends are grateful for ongoing help!