Welcome to the Obo Manobo Active Language Resource and Community Development Incorporated (OMALRACDI) Website.
In August 1989, Ena Vander Molen and Vera Khor (under SIL) were assigned to begin a translation project among the Obo Manobo people in Mindanao, Southern Philippines. The people are estimated to be at least 70,000, residing in 6 different districts. Many of them live in remote hinterlands, far away from any public school, with a low literacy rate. Ten years later, a local Manobo inter church organization called Obo Manobo Active Language Resource and Community Development, Incorporated (OMALRACDI) was established in 1998 to take ownership of the work among the people. The Obo Manobo New Testament was completed in 2010 and dedicated in October 2011.
The Calling Video
Find Us
Address: Sitio Sayaban, Ilomavis, Kidapawan City
Country: Phillipines
Province: North Cotabato
Zip Code: 9400
Contact us for inquries: info@omalracdi.org
Purpose
- The organization is established for the general purposes outlined in the Articles of Incorporation plus the following specific purposes.
- The promotion and distribution of the printed and vernacular Scriptures among Obo Manobo churches.
- The strengthening of Obo Manobo Christians via strategies of teaching seminars and Pastors fellowship meetings.
Mission Statement of OMALRACDI
To uplift our Obo Manobo indigenous people's spiritual, economic, social, mental, physical and moral well being as well as to preserve our culture and language by way of translating Scriptures and educational literature, teaching literacy, doing community development and sharing our resources with our fellow Manobo groups based on Scriptural principles.
The materials in this website may be freely copied for personal or local ministry use on condition that it is not modified, sold or bundled with other products.
Verse of the day
Otik duwon nokopuung to morat koniyu, yo kow’d balus. Otid porinoggon kow to mosakit no osengan, yo kow’d oseng to morat. Iyon dow baling puungi, dasaa kow no od pokita kandan to kopiyannoy iddos Monama. Su iyon dontulon nid aam kow nikandin, amoy id pokita rin mandad koniyu iddos kandin no kopiyannoy.
1 Peter 3:9