"Oplan Bayanihan pushes Lumads to evacuate their lands, but also paves the way for corporations to take hold of the land, and use the Armed Forces of the Philippines as their own security force as they plunder and suck the Earth of its natural elements." Image and caption by Anakbayan USA.Reacting to reports that paramilitary activities and mining operations are displacing Lumad tribes, many Filipinos have called for urgent government action to stop the violence against the indigenous peoples. 
"Oplan Bayanihan yapelekea jamii ya Lumad kuziacha ardhi zao, lakini pia wanaweka mazingira ya makampuni kumiliki ardhi na pia wanatumia majeshi ya Ufilipino kama ulinzi wao huku wakipora na kujizolea maliasili ya madini."Picha kwa hisani ya Anakbayan USA.Akizungumizia habari kuwa shughuli zifananazo za kijeshi pamoja na zile za uchimbaji madini zinachochea kuondosha makabila ya Lumad kwenye maeneo yao, raia wengi wa Ufilipino wameita sserikali kuchukua hatua mapema iwezekanavyo ili kukomesha ukatili dhidi ya wazawa.