In response to the call of our Holy Father from his encyclical, Laudato Si and in caring for our common home, the Student Catholic Action of the Philippines, celebrating its 80th year anniversary (Oak Celebration) and the Diocese of Tagbilaran in their 75th year anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) organized the Earth Keepers summit (e-summit) for ME (Mother Earth) in Tagbilaran City of beautiful island of Bohol from 10th to 13th of November 2016 under the theme of “Taking a closer look at our Common Home with a Diamond and an Oak).

Three days programme was filled with awareness making exposures to the sites damaged by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in 2013, lectures by the environmentalists , activists and religious reflections about Mother Earth. Students representing all the regions of Philippines participated the event. Fabrice Seka and Vester Akpanza from the IMCS national movement of Ivory Coast participated the event with the international solidarity and IMCS Asia Pacific Coordinator Ravi Tissera, former IMCS international president Mehul Dhabi and former IMCS Asia Pacific Chaplain Fr. Jojo Fung SJ contributed to the summit as panelists and speakers.

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