Magkapatid, nag-iikot sa kalsada ng Divisoria para maghanap ng lamang-tiyan | Reporter’s Notebook - video Dailymotion

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Upang maibsan ang kumakalam na sikmura, matiyagang umiikot ang magkapatid na Jenmar at Pakong sa mga kalsada ng Divisoria para maghanap ng mga itinapong gulay na maaaring maibenta pa at gawing lamang-tiyan. Ano-ano nga ba ang programa ng pamahalaan para sa mga katulad nilang maituturing na ‘food poor’? Panoorin ang buong ulat sa video na ‘to.   Journalists Maki Pulido and Jun Veneracion provide in-depth analysis on the biggest news stories in the Philippines.   Watch it every Saturday, 11 PM on GMA. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #ReportersNotebook

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00:00 [Music]

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02:02 [Music]

02:05 It's almost night, but the day of Jenmar will start now.

02:09 [Music]

02:11 She's with her younger brother, Pakong, who is only 8 years old.

02:15 [Music]

02:18 Even though Chan is not here yet, they will now go around the streets of Divisoria.

02:23 [Music]

02:38 [Speaking in Tagalog]

03:07 [Speaking in Tagalog]

03:14 They also sell their vegetables.

03:19 [Speaking in Tagalog]

03:36 [Speaking in Tagalog]

03:43 [Speaking in Tagalog]

03:52 [Speaking in Tagalog]

03:59 [Speaking in Tagalog]

04:15 It's important for them to have something to pick.

04:18 This is also what they will eat for the whole day.

04:23 [Speaking in Tagalog]

04:36 [Speaking in Tagalog]

04:47 [Speaking in Tagalog]

05:09 While we were walking around, Jenmar and Pakong passed by a piece of carrot.

05:16 [Speaking in Tagalog]

05:34 [Speaking in Tagalog]

06:03 [Speaking in Tagalog]

06:27 [Music]

06:30 At 2 in the morning, some vegetables are starting to be harvested here in Divisoria.

06:35 This is the time that Jenmar and Pakong are waiting for.

06:41 [Music]

06:45 That's why they will go around to look for rejects that are about to be thrown away.

06:50 A few moments later, a box full of lettuce was picked up by Jenmar.

06:59 [Music]

07:17 [Speaking in Tagalog]

07:29 [Music]

07:35 This is where Jenmar will pick up the vegetables to clean and sell.

07:40 [Speaking in Tagalog]

07:46 [Music]

07:50 For more people, Jenmar will go to a garbage dump to fill up the garbage.

07:56 [Speaking in Tagalog]

08:11 Because Jenmar was able to pick up the vegetables from the garbage, he immediately returned to his place to continue selling.

08:18 [Speaking in Tagalog]

08:27 [Music]

08:29 It's already 4 in the morning when someone went to buy from their store.

08:34 A mom picked up the lettuce that Jenmar had saved for 300 pesos.

08:41 [Speaking in Tagalog]

08:46 Later on, the heavy rain suddenly poured.

08:51 [Music]

08:53 Jenmar did not stop selling.

08:57 [Music]

09:01 They needed to save 1,500 pesos to pay for their rented house.

09:06 Because if they don't pay, they might be kicked out.

09:10 [Music]

09:15 But the kid couldn't take the cold.

09:19 [Music]

09:21 Meanwhile, Jenmar went to the market.

09:24 They earned only 300 pesos in total.

09:30 Every day, Jenmar's life goes around like this.

09:34 [Speaking in Tagalog]

09:50 Because of work, Jenmar had to stop studying.

09:56 [Speaking in Tagalog]

10:13 But while we were talking to Jenmar, there was a deeper reason why he was insisting on helping his family.

10:20 [Speaking in Tagalog]

10:24 It was his siblings who he gave his life to.

10:27 [Speaking in Tagalog]

10:52 I talked to Jenmar's mother and her husband.

10:54 [Speaking in Tagalog]

11:11 [Speaking in Tagalog]

11:24 [Music]

11:26 It was already 10 in the morning when Jenmar got home.

11:29 The remaining water spinach from their market is what they will eat for lunch.

11:35 [Speaking in Tagalog]

11:57 [Sizzling]

11:59 This is how their family will eat.

12:04 [Sizzling]

12:05 [Music]

12:13 I'm almost there, Mama.

12:15 Wait for me, Kuya.

12:17 Jenmar's family is just one of the million Filipinos who are considered food poor.

12:22 Or the Filipino families who earn less than 8,379 pesos per month.

12:30 SWS released a data showing that 8.7 million families are considered food poor in the first quarter of 2023.

12:40 According to the new study of OCTA Research in the second quarter of 2023,

12:46 11.3 million families are considered food poor.

12:51 This is involuntary hunger.

12:53 They are looking for food but they can't find food.

12:57 They can't eat three meals a day.

12:59 It's hard to see statistics, it's like numbers.

13:02 But there are real lives behind these numbers.

13:06 It's important to see the government, the private sector, and the society

13:11 that needs initiatives towards poverty alleviation.

13:16 According to the United Nations,

13:18 the Philippines is the leading country in Southeast Asia

13:21 in terms of food insecure individuals or those who don't have enough access to food.

13:27 This number reached 50.9 million individuals.

13:31 Recently, the government launched a food stamp program

13:35 that will give away 3,000 pesos food subsidies to one of the million poorest families in the country.

13:42 Well, our system in DSWD is a social media.

13:49 We will provide assistance, we will provide innovation to our programs to address the plight of our food poor.

13:58 Not only to give help but also to empower them to get rid of poverty,

14:05 to get rid of our food poor status.

14:08 That's what our program does.

14:11 After the dark, the brothers return to the fight.

14:18 But for the brothers, Jenmar and Pakong, to not work,

14:22 we left a simple gift for their family.

14:25 Two bags of rice, enough groceries for a month.

14:29 I have a gift for my baby so that he won't be hungry.

14:34 I'm hungry.

14:36 Thank you for giving us help.

14:40 Because we can eat now, my siblings are now healthy.

14:43 I can rest now because my siblings will eat tomorrow.

14:47 We also gave them a supply of vitamins to help them stay healthy.

14:52 We have a benefit now, we are now fat and we are healthy.

14:58 Until the hunger in the country is not solved,

15:02 there is no guarantee how many of them will stop throwing garbage food.

15:07 Because this is the only way they can continue to live.

15:14 I am Mackie Pulido and this is Reporters Notebook.

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