Richard Hogan: My daughter's time with Badjao children taught her money doesn’t bring you happiness

"I watch them dancing with the Badjao, I hear them say ‘I love you too’. I see them reflecting on their life back in Ireland, trying to figure out what they have experienced here among the Badjao."
Richard Hogan's daughter Hannah on her first trip to Davao The Philippines to spend time with the Badjao Tribe with the charity Embrace Badjao

Richard Hogan's daughter Hannah on her first trip to Davao The Philippines to spend time with the Badjao Tribe with the charity Embrace Badjao

I have been working with the Badjao Community in Davao, Philippines, since 2011. It is one of the greatest privileges of my life. 

They are a small community living in rudimentary huts on a scrap of land above the Pacific.

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