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Current Immersion Teams

Places where Servants is currently active.

Emma’s Odyssey

Posted On November 29, 2020

Ate Emma and her husband Kuya Migs together with their four children had to leave their small house because they haven’t been able to pay the rent for seven months. Read More →


Creative Spaces.

Posted On November 10, 2020

Creating public spaces in slum communities attracted Ariel Bi to the Servants Manila team as she researched for her masters. Here is her story. My… Read More →


Batang Riverside

Posted On November 2, 2020

“Batang Riverside” means “kid from Riverside”. Riverside is the street that Tim’s neighborhood runs off of, and is the colloquial name for his area in… Read More →


Meet our workers #2

Posted On November 1, 2020

How can you visit the slums of Indonesia and India, with no hand-sanitizer, flights or border crossings required? On Nov 14th, there’s a great opportunity… Read More →


Repercussions of the pandemic

Posted On October 26, 2020

Contributed by Barbara While many Asian countries seem to be managing the corona crisis increasingly well, the Covid-19 cases in the Philippines have until recently… Read More →


The fruit-picker

Posted On October 19, 2020

Reflections on material and spiritual change One of the metaphors through which I view my work is that of picking fruit. Here, fruit represents the… Read More →


Emma’s story

Posted On October 14, 2020

Contributed by Simon I got to know Emma* (46) and Migs* (41) when I was doing a survey among the poorest families in our neighborhood…. Read More →


In radiation therapy we trust?

Posted On October 4, 2020

Reflections on worldviews and carcinomas The moment was ironic, to say the least. A Muslim colleague in Hyderabad had brought some holy water back from… Read More →


Retreat – Online?

Posted On September 2, 2020

The Servants community conducted an Online Retreat, June 25-27 where we had a chance to hear the laments, joys, sufferings and hopes of every Servants… Read More →


The Valley of the Shadow

Posted On August 31, 2020

“Dad, what should we do? We have a corpse in our house.” My father was startled by the opening lines of my unscheduled whatsapp call. How on earth did I end up with a dead body in my room? Read More →


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  • About
    • Our History & Vision
    • 5 Guiding Principles
    • 5 Sustaining Values
    • What We Do
    • What We Believe
    • Our Structure
  • Locations
    • Cambodia
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Philippines
    • Past Teams
    • Linking Teams
  • Get Involved
    • Join A Team
    • Internships
    • Financial Partners
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    • Upcoming Events
    • Like-Minded Groups
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    • Latest Writings
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    • Poetry
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