The Department of Agriculture-Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo (DA-4Ks) Program led the agency’s celebration of the 2024 National and International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples during the opening of the week-long celebration on August 5, 2024.

With this year’s theme, “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact,” the annual celebration of the National and International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9 aims at advancing the rights and collective well-being of indigenous peoples. (photos by Joseph Hernry Elamparo, DA-AFID)