Aired (October 11, 2024): Ang apat na anak ni “Joy,” namulat sa pagkain ng mga nakukuha sa basurahan. Bakit nga ba nauwi sa ganitong sitwasyon ang pamilya ni 'Joy'? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00The burger patties that Joy and her four children will be eating today.
00:16So, what is that? Hot water?
00:18No, ma'am.
00:19Oh, no.
00:21And then, you'll fry it right away?
00:23No, I'll wash it first.
00:24Okay.
00:28She washed it three times before frying it.
00:46Hold it.
00:47It's hot.
00:49Hold it.
00:55How are your children when they're eating burgers?
00:59They're okay.
01:01I asked them if their stomach is okay.
01:04They're okay.
01:06Did they get sick?
01:08No, ma'am.
01:10They're okay.
01:12Because they know that this is how we live our lives.
01:15In order for a person's meal to be complete,
01:18it would be to have 50% of the food that you eat as vegetables and fruits, right?
01:25And then, half of it, the other side, would be that of the other nutrient foods.
01:33It's important to eat the right amount of food.
01:37It's important to eat the right amount of food.
01:42But in the Philippines, 50 million people are food insecure
01:47or have no access to sufficient food in 2022.
01:51This is the highest rate in the whole of Southeast Asia.
01:55Why is there poverty?
01:57First of all, they don't have the afford.
01:59So, their afford, how much is this? Five pesos? Ten pesos? Free?
02:04Again, poverty, inflation, education,
02:09it's all connected.
02:11Even environmental effects.
02:13So, I hope we can help each other to eliminate it.
02:16Let's do a thing of the past.
02:19That's our goal.
02:25Why are you turning your back?
02:28Meanwhile, we brought Joy's situation to the municipal health office.
02:32I'm lying down.
02:33There's a bump.
02:35Let me see. Come here.
02:37Exhale.
02:39Do you have a hard time breathing?
02:41Sometimes, ma'am.
02:42Sometimes?
02:43She's getting injured.
02:44They all got vaccinated.
02:47I'm done.
02:50The mother was given medicine for their bump and jaw.
02:54According to the rural health doctor that Joy consulted,
02:58the children are too young for their age.
03:00That's why they should be given proper and sufficient food.
03:07The municipal social welfare and development gave a hand to Joy.
03:13So, ma'am, we have rice, canned food like sardines, canned tuna, corned beef, and beef loaf.
03:23We also have sugar and coffee.
03:26Thank you very much.
03:31Joy is now a member of a family that is being monitored by the agency for their needs.
03:38Despite the great help that Joy's family is receiving,
03:42they believe that this is not a long-term solution to the problems of their community.
03:48One of the things that the DSWD is implementing that combats malnutrition and hunger
03:54is the Walang Gutong 2027 or the food stamp program.
03:57Through this, we will distribute Php 3,000 monthly food credits for our identified beneficiaries.
04:06Through the food credits that we distribute to them
04:10and the information that we distribute through the nutritional education sessions,
04:16our beneficiaries will be taught to prepare cheap, nutritious, and delicious food.
04:21In addition to that, we also have other programs
04:26like the Supplementary Feeding Program
04:29where children who are studying in child development centers
04:35and are 3 to 5 years old will be supplemented with their food.
04:41We're making progress.
04:43Last year, we started with the pilot implementation of the Walang Gutong
04:46wherein there were only 1,300 beneficiaries
04:50and we registered more than 150,000 households as of September 30, 2021.
04:56Right now, we're already considering the Walang Gutong Kitchen
05:02where we will be able to help more families and individuals
05:06who are on the streets and have nothing to eat.
05:08But now, we will be able to give them a chance to eat delicious, cheap, and nutritious food.
05:16Actually, the government has a lot of programs.
05:19I hope that we will continue to push and be consistent.
05:23If we want to be more targeted, we need to focus.
05:27The government has a program, but there are only a few implementations.
05:33For now, Joy seems to have enough food.
05:37She assures that the food that she will receive will be in good quality.
05:45But as a mother, there are times when her heart is broken
05:49when she sees that her children are not able to eat properly and sufficiently.
05:55I hope that they will be able to eat without getting fat.
05:58I said, let it be. If we have money, we will buy delicious food.
06:05A long-term and concrete solution to food security is needed
06:10to alleviate the problem of hunger.
06:13I hope that this will not lead to the consumption of leftover food
06:18like pork rice, which is not safe for humans to eat.
06:23I hope that the day will come when people like Joy
06:27will no longer be one race, one race.
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