Taong 2007 nang makilala ni Kara David si Ningning at ang kanyang pamilya na mahigit 10 taon nang kumakain ng pagpag noong panahon na iyon. Kumikita si Ningning ng P300 kada araw pero hindi pa rin ito sapat para sa kanilang gastusin.
Para makatipid, pagpag na lamang ang kanyang kinakain. Makalipas ang 13 taon, muli siyang binalikan ni Kara David. Kumusta na kaya si Ningning at ang kanyang pamilya?
Panoorin ang ‘Huling Kalam ng Tiyan,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/I2RTFtGicC0
#iBenteSingko
Para makatipid, pagpag na lamang ang kanyang kinakain. Makalipas ang 13 taon, muli siyang binalikan ni Kara David. Kumusta na kaya si Ningning at ang kanyang pamilya?
Panoorin ang ‘Huling Kalam ng Tiyan,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/I2RTFtGicC0
#iBenteSingko
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00:00Hello.
00:02How are you?
00:04How are you?
00:14Good day.
00:16Good day.
00:18We're looking for Estabilio.
00:22Estabilio.
00:24Oh, he's still here.
00:27Even though it's been 17 years,
00:35the little corner of Payatas still looks almost the same.
00:40Oh, I still remember this.
00:43Excuse me.
00:45Excuse me.
00:47Who is it?
00:50It's Miss!
00:52Miss!
00:54How are you?
00:57But what's noteworthy is that
01:00the interior of their house has changed a lot.
01:05The cement floor
01:08has been replaced with tiles.
01:11The old items that they used to pick up from the trash
01:19have been replaced with new ones.
01:22And you have a refrigerator now?
01:24Yes.
01:25That's great.
01:26Maybe you still have a lot of food inside.
01:28No, I don't.
01:32I'm so proud of you.
01:36You now have legit food.
01:39Yes.
01:40That's great.
01:41It's from the market.
01:43You have a lot of food from the market.
01:45Yes.
01:47We have eggs and cheese.
01:49Before, we didn't have that.
01:51You didn't have a refrigerator?
01:53No, we didn't.
01:55We only had a stove.
01:57Now, we have this and that.
02:00You have a blender.
02:02Yes.
02:03There's still a second floor.
02:04I used to go up here.
02:05Yes, it was made of wood.
02:07Why? Is it different now?
02:09Of course.
02:10Let's go up.
02:11Of course, it's different now.
02:21But it's made of wood.
02:23Right? It's cement.
02:25Yes.
02:26There are four rooms.
02:28Four rooms?
02:29Yes.
02:30That's amazing.
02:31Yes.
02:32That's amazing.
02:35Yes, it's a child's room.
02:37It's a child's room?
02:39Yes.
02:40Wow.
02:41This is John and Lynn's room.
02:44John and Lynn's room.
02:46They love the bag.
02:47We have a terrace.
02:50We have a terrace.
02:52Yes.
02:53We have a terrace now.
02:55Of course, we have a tub here.
02:57It's not in the bathroom anymore.
02:59We have a washing machine.
03:01It's in the bathroom now.
03:02Yes, we have a washing machine.
03:04It's not in the trash anymore.
03:05No, we bought it.
03:06Wow, that's great.
03:08That's it.
03:09We bought it.
03:11We bought it.
03:13Really?
03:14You're a plant.
03:16Yes.
03:17She's a green-tongued plant.
03:19I'm not.
03:20The plant might get stiff.
03:25But the biggest change I saw
03:29was on the wall of their little home.
03:33Oh, my God.
03:34Everything is done.
03:36They're all done.
03:38Yes, just one child.
03:40She's also a social worker.
03:42Second year, right?
03:44Congratulations.
03:46Two colleges,
03:47and senior high graduates.
03:49Oh, my God.
03:51Right?
03:52It's all about hard work,
03:55perseverance,
03:56and dreams.
03:57Of course, there are dreams
03:59and God's will, right?
04:05That's your house.
04:07At 1 o'clock in the morning,
04:09Ning Ning woke up to go to the market.
04:12But in the market...
04:13After the American Documentary,
04:15it was like a realization for me.
04:17Because I thought,
04:19yes, my children are growing up.
04:22They'll go to high school, college soon.
04:25If I'm just in the garbage,
04:28it's not realistic for me
04:31that my dreams for my children will come true.
04:34Then I made my dream come true.
04:37Our effort to get married at that time.
04:41We worked hard.
04:46Ning Ning worked in a wetland.
04:49Despite her long hours and small income,
04:52she taught herself to persevere.
04:55I went to the comfort zone.
04:57For 11 years, 14 years,
04:59I was a scavenger.
05:01That's the only thing I know
05:04how to survive.
05:05Yes, that's it.
05:08There were times when she just wanted to go back
05:10to the usual garbage.
05:13But everything changed
05:15when she received her first salary.
05:18My first income from the wetland,
05:23I earned 600 pesos.
05:25Then I bought a whole chicken for 600 pesos.
05:31Then I fed it, and we went home.
05:33I fed it here.
05:34That's what my children ate.
05:36I cried.
05:37Because that was the first time
05:40that my children ate something
05:42that didn't come from the wetland.
05:43I really cried.
05:44Because it's like,
05:45Oh, it's possible.
05:47It's possible.
05:48It's possible to eat something that's not garbage.
05:50It's possible not to eat something that's not garbage.
05:53That was my motivation
05:57that I really need to work hard.
06:02After a few years of being a scavenger,
06:05Ning Ning and her husband
06:07moved to an NGO.
06:12They both worked hard and persevered.
06:17In the past,
06:18she used to wake up early to go to work.
06:30Now, her work is no longer garbage.
06:38Ning Ning is now an Operations Officer
06:40of Woven.ph,
06:42an NGO that helps women
06:44who work as scavengers in the wetland.
06:47According to Ning Ning,
06:48it's a great thing to have an organization
06:51that trusts her.
06:53I continued to work there
06:55because I was inspired by the opportunities
06:59that I had there.
07:01I was inspired by the opportunities
07:03that I had there.
07:04I was inspired by the opportunities
07:07that other people see
07:09that I have potential.
07:10Why don't I want to see that for myself?
07:14When I met Ning Ning in 2007,
07:17it was clear to me
07:18that she already accepted her fate.
07:21And if she has a dream,
07:23it's only for her children.
07:26But because of this dream,
07:29she was able to prove
07:31that change is still possible.
07:34I've been a scavenger for 14 years.
07:36I've been doing this for 14 years
07:38with my family.
07:40We've been doing this for 14 years.
07:42Did you think it would last forever?
07:44Yes, I thought it would last forever.
07:45Even if my family told me
07:48that I should just stay there,
07:50they thought I would be happy.
07:52But I had no choice.
07:53That was my mindset before.
07:56I had no choice.
07:58But it was my realization
08:00that I should realize
08:02that I should work hard first.
08:04I shouldn't just stay there.
08:07Because we're human.
08:10We can do it.
08:21Thank you so much
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