SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM UNDER TANGGOL KALIKASAN

By Mary Rose A. Purino

The program started on April 10, 2013. A three-day basic orientation seminar
was held at Quezon City. It was facilitated by ALGs (Alternative Lawyers Group)
former interns. Several lectures were rendered by lawyers who are experts in their
own field. Topics covered are:
1. Human Rights
2. Alternative Lawyering
3. Indigenous Peoples
4. Environmental Laws
5. Gender Sensitivity
6. Womens Rights
7. Migrants
8. Labor Sector
9. Popular Education and paralegalism
10.Peasants and Agrarian Reform
11.Developmental Legal Aid
12.Affidavit Making
13.Urban Poor
Ms. Ebreo and I temporarily lived with a member of the Bantay Dagat (Mr.
Ramon Grimaldo) in Purok Magdamayan, Caridad Ilaya, Atimonan, Quezon. We
observed how families near a coastal area live their life, how each of their days
pass, what keeps them busy, what they do for a living, and how each family
becomes a member of the entire coastal community. We were given glimpse on the
projects of Tanggol Kalikasan with the help of the environmental law enforcers
(Bantay Dagat) in the locality. We saw their mangrove project and various fish
culture pens (baklad) in the area.
During the internship program, each of us were assigned with tasks to
accomplish. There were on-going cases to digest, English manual to translate into
Tagalog, seminars to organize, and letters to be sent to various offices like Supreme
Court and Court of Appeals. We attended various seminars which were organized by
Tanggol Kalikasan.
1. Basic Life Support Training held at Fresh Air Hotel, Lucban, Quezon.
We were facilitated by trained first aiders. We were taught the basic
bandaging styles and how to do the CPR and rescue breathing.
2. Seminar on Forestry Manual held at Widus Hotel, Clarkfield, Pampanga.
Participants were Regional Directors of DENR. Ms. Ebreo and I were assigned
in the documentation of the said seminar.
3. Trainors Training on Prosecution of Environmental Law Cases held at Grand
Seas Hotel in Subic, Zambales.
Participants were prosecutors from the 16 regions in the Philippines.
4. Training on Technology of Participation Level 1: Basic Group Facilitation
Methods held at Visayan State University, Baybay, Leyte

Participants were instructors from different universities. The difference

between a teacher and a facilitator was emphasized.