Care Library

In this community library, we've woven mental health and wellbeing Guides for defenders from critical and radical care resources from movements across Philippine islands and around the world. 

Celebrating diverse
practices of care

More than mental health or psychology professionals or scholarly books, we learn the most about how and what care and wellbeing looks like from defenders, from people with lived experience.

These are voices from genuine care experts, people who live each day fighting for the wellbeing of others.

FROM:
Luzon Environmental Defender
WHERE:
Luzon, Philippines
Sabay kaming namamalengke, pinapansin namin yung hilig ng isa’t isa... We buy food together in the market, we notice each other’s food preferences.
FROM:
LGBTQ+ Mindanaon Defender
WHERE:
Davao, Philippines
Sabay sabay kaming nagsiskincare, mala-Korean 10-step routine!! Hatian din sa product para makamura... We do our skin care regimen together, a la Korean 10-step routine! We also share products to minimize expenses”
FROM:
Filipino environmental defender
WHERE:
Philippines
Kapag nawawalan ng pag-asa...Makikisama ako sa mga rally o protesta, at parang nahahawa ako sa pag-asa ng iba. Inaangkin ko na rin. Whenever I lose hope, I would join rallies or protests — and it’s like I get infected by their hope. I start taking their hope for my own too.
FROM:
Filipino community organizer
WHERE:
Philippines
Sa mga panahong namamanhid ako...iniisa-isa ko yung mga kasamang nasa loob ko - bawat ala-ala, parang tinitimbang ang bigat ng bawat butil ng bigas. During times when I feel numb, one by one, I would remember my comrades who are with me - each memory, as though feeling the weight of every grain of rice.

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