Literacy Program: Training

*Aquitania, Mary Christelle Abado, Djenaba Larrie Colleen Cabulong, Achilles Castillo, Fayrene Collarin, Hannah Camille Cruz, Asella Maria Cruzado, Shervin

LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAM

Interview

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Pablo Pinggal

Age: 74 Location of interview: Dapitan St. Occupation: candy vendor Children: 1 male Siblings: 5 deceased, 5 living Religion: Catholic

Mr. Pablo’s dreamed to become a doctor when he was a child. However, because of certain circumstances in his life, he was unable to attain his goal. For five years now, he has been selling When asked about the youth of today, Mang candies. Pablo replies: “Maraming naliligaw ng landas. Walang ugaling maganda. Pasaway. Bisyo. Noong araw ‘yung mga bata, pag tumunog ‘yung kampana, gising na. Nagdadasal When saasked altarif he goes to mass regularly: bago maglaro. Nagmamano.” “Kahit hindi magsimba basta gumagawa ng mabuti. E ngaun, nagsisimba kunwari. Tapos paglabas, kung anu-ano na ‘yung ginagawa.”

The year 1986 was the last time Mang Rudy had seen his sister in his hometown in Bicol. Here in Manila, he is homeless and alone. He had an ambition of becoming a lawyer, but he was unable to finish schooling reaching only his second year of highschool.

Rudy Mendoza

Age: 70 Birthday: Dec. 16, 1938 Location of interview: Dapitan St. Occupation: none; beggar 

Mang Rudy, a beggar in Daptian St., has no spouse and no relatives in Manila. He used to live in Tondo, and was a chaffeur in 1984.

Mang Rudy receives check-ups at UST charity. The money he gets are spent for food and medicines only. He goes to mass at a church in Tayuman St.

Geline Borja Age: 10 Location of interview: in a carinderia at Asturias St. Occupation: Grade 2 student; sampaguita vendor; cleans rooftop Parents: “nagpaparking” Siblings: 2 (aged 4 and 1)

Geline, still young at age 10, may be one of those street children that we find wandering the streets of Manila. She is a grade 2 student, a sampaguita vendor and cleans rooftops as well. Geline studies at Juan Luna Elementary School as a grade 2 pupil. She is the eldest of three, having two younger siblings. Her parents assists car owners at the parking lot. Young as she is, Geline wants to become a doctor someday. Perhaps to help the sick and be able to give a better life to her and to her family.

Her mother died when she gave birth to their youngest sibling while her father abandoned them when they were still young. She grew up with her godmother in Binangonan, Rizal who raised her and put her to school. Her godmother offered her to come to Manila and become a helper. That decision was the one she regrets the most.

Vilma Soliman

Age: 43 Location: Angono, Rizal Occupation: House helper No. of children: 7

Vilma, or Ate Vilma, as what she wanted us to call her, is a house helper that resides at Angono, Rizal. She has 7 children, two of them have families of their own while the rest are still studying.  

When we asked her of what would she have wanted to become, she sighed the sigh of big regret and said that she would have wanted to become a nurse.

Nicida Regama

When asked about the youth of Age: 47 today, Mrs. Nicida replies: Location of interview: Mt. Carmel “Mahirap ang buhay. Kaya Church, mag-aaral kayo ng mabuti Project 6, Quezon City Occupation: sampaguita vendor habang bata pa kayo. Marami Mother: Francisca Angel, deceased pa kayong magagawa. Marami Father: Generoso Angel, deceased pa kayong pagkakataon para Children: 2 children Siblings: 7 siblings maging masaya sa buhay. Mrs. Nicida Religion: Catholic wanted to be a Dahil ngayon kailangan medical secretary; however, her kumayod para may pangkain father wanted her to be a nurse. ang pamilya, para may In her third year in college, she panggastos sa mga eloped with her lover, a decision pangangailangan. Pagbutihin that changed her life. ninyo ang pag-aaral at we asked what is her dreams and aspirations, matutong makinig When sa inyong she replied: mga magulang.” “Kung hindi lang ako nagtanan, siguro medical secretary na ako sa ospital... Kaya ang tanging gusto ko lang ay mapagtapos ng pag-aaral ang mga apo ko. May pamilya na ang dalawa kong anak. Sana hindi matulad sa akin ang mga anak nila na hindi nakapag-tapos sa pag-aaral. Sana mabigay ko rin ang mga kailangan ng

Describe your feelings and concerns before, during and after the interview. What are your realizations after? Did it have any impact on your values and how you look at life?

Before the interview, we did not avoid to feel quite shy and hesitant. There’s also the fear and feeling nervous of the interviewees because they might misunderstand and get angry at the personal questions that we would be asking them. However, during the interview, we felt relieved at how warm some of the interviewees were. Although there were moments when they are becoming emotional or uneasy, the rapport developed between us and our interviewees was successfully attained. The interviews went well and we enjoyed it. After the interview, we had our realizations. We became emotional and were touched with the stories each of our interviewees had. This activity made us thankful of the gifts that God has given us, that which our interviewees failed to have. We thought of how fortunate and blessed we really are for having parents to support all our needs. We were also reminded of our