Puerto Princesa, Philippines :: Partnership strengthens education and reformation at Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
Opening doors to learning
When Doulos Hope visited Palawan, Philippines, the impact reached far beyond the port. A partnership between Doulos Hope and Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm is giving Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) access to quality books that support both education and transformation.
Representatives from the prison’s Education and Training Section visited Doulos Hope’s bookfair to carefully select titles that matched the needs of those imprisoned from English and mathematics to science and literature. For many, this was their first time gaining access to high-quality books chosen specifically for their educational journey.
Tools for transformation
Iwahig Prison runs an Alternative Learning System that covers core subjects, but limited resources often held students back. With the newly chosen books, learning can go deeper.
“These books will be a great help to the PDL to increase their knowledge, to increase their ideas,” explained one education officer at Iwahig’s Central Subcolony.
The officer added that education is central to reformation: “The main goal of our prison is to reform — not only behaviour and attitude but also to improve knowledge and skills through reading these books.”
More than paper and ink
For the men and women of Iwahig, a book is more than a study tool — it represents opportunity, dignity and hope.
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