Hongos

Hongos: Southern Leyte Studies is an organization cradled by the Center for Access to Rural Education (CARE) which envisions the collection of local studies in Southern Leyte. It also capacitates Southern Leyte researchers in local cultural research methodologies

Hongos is cultural activity in Southern Leyte that portrays cooperation in a modern bayanihan style among peasants in Liloan, Southern Leyte It is also in this idea that the center cradles a creation of an organization in the province that would foster a research culture focused in local studies to somehow put Southern Leyte in the literature and at the same time document and preserve local culture.

This is done through research colloquiums every other month and soon research
forums and conferences.

Colloquium on the Local History of Southern Leyte featuring the history of Limasawa Island

The newly formed Southern Leyte Cultural Researchers Group (Hongos) which is cradled by the Center for Access to Rural Education (CARE) in cooperation with the Department of Social Sciences of Southern Leyte State University Tomas Oppus, holds again a Research Colloquium Series 2 entitled Colloquium on the Local History of Southern Leyte featuring the history of Limasawa Island.

The objective of this colloquium is to publicly disseminate research output or studies about Southern Leyte. This is also an opportunity to gather researchers from Southern Leyte to initiate research activities that pertain to the documentation of Southern Leyte culture, arts, and language.