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Si Symone ang panganay na anak ni Ningning. Kuwento niya, naging tampulan daw siya ng tukso ng kanyang mga kamag-aral dahil sa pagkain nila ng pagpag at sa trabaho ng kanyang magulang na nangangalahig ng mga basura.   Matapos maging iskolar ng Project Malasakit, ano na kaya ang nangyari kay Symone?     Panoorin ang ‘Huling Kalam ng Tiyan,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.   Full episode: https://youtu.be/I2RTFtGicC0 #iBenteSingko

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00:00When the mountain of garbage collapsed on July 10, 2000,

00:20more than 100 houses were destroyed and 300 people lost their lives.

00:30Don't worry, we'll take care of it.

00:33In 2017, the mountain of garbage was completely closed.

00:41The former open dump site was turned into a controlled disposal facility

00:46that now receives methane gas, a type of energy that can be used as electricity.

00:53Who would have thought that the 8-hectare mountain of garbage of Payatas

00:59would look like this after more than a decade.

01:05It's like an eco-park.

01:06But it's not just the Payatas dump site that has changed a lot,

01:11but also the community around it.

01:16How did you feel when the dump site was finally closed?

01:21At first, I was sad because a lot of people were affected.

01:25A lot of people lost their jobs.

01:27Yes, a lot of people lost their jobs.

01:29But their motivation when it happened was to do it in a different way

01:35so that they can get out of that situation.

01:42They say that when something is closed, there is always a way to open it.

01:47This is what the Payatas held on to change.

01:52Compared to then, life now is much easier.

01:57And what about the children who used to live in poverty?

02:00This is Simon's house.

02:03Hi, Sai!

02:05How are you?

02:08Wow!

02:10Is this your house?

02:12Wow!

02:22One, two...

02:25We have a lot of cellphones.

02:27Since the beginning, we have a lot of cellphones.

02:30We just let them trade-in.

02:32If there's a new phone, we just let them trade-in.

02:36I give my cellphones to my siblings.

02:40Wow, you're rich! You're just giving them cellphones.

02:43Of course, they know that I'm rich in Manila.

02:48Aside from cellphones, they also have two TVs and three VCDs and DVDs.

02:54Isn't food more important than TV and DVDs?

03:00Yes, it's important.

03:03My children are pitiful.

03:06They don't know what DVDs are.

03:09I experienced this when I was young.

03:11I would just watch TV.

03:13My hands would get hot because we didn't have a TV.

03:16I would just watch TV.

03:18I didn't want my children to experience poverty.

03:22The family that used to live in poverty has changed.

03:30This is Simon's house.

03:32Hi, Si!

03:34How are you?

03:36Wow!

03:38Is this your house?

03:40Wow!

03:42Wow!

03:44How many rooms does this have?

03:46Just one upstairs.

03:48Wow!

03:50This is so nice!

03:52It's really nice.

03:54Simon is Ningning's eldest son.

03:57He told me that after the documentary about them was released,

04:01he was mocked by his classmates.

04:05I was bullied.

04:07I was told,

04:09this is what you eat,

04:11this is what your parents are looking for.

04:13I wasn't ashamed of it.

04:15In fact, prior to the pairing,

04:17I was with my mom and dad.

04:19There came a point

04:21when I told myself

04:23that I can't do this.

04:26I need to step up.

04:28I need to study well.

04:30And luckily,

04:32we met.

04:34Simon is one of the first scholars

04:36of my small foundation,

04:38Project Malasakit.

04:42In fact,

04:44we only give him a small amount of money.

04:46But more than the money,

04:48the trust in his personality

04:50is the most important.

04:53Since I finished college

04:55and at the same time,

04:57I became a scholar,

04:59I said,

05:01I can't do this.

05:03I did my best

05:05so that my mom won't be ashamed of me.

05:07I need to give my best.

05:09I need to prove myself

05:11that I'm not a waste.

05:13I mean,

05:15you're already in the trash.

05:17It's ugly

05:19when you're already in the trash

05:21and people still look down on you.

05:23In 2013,

05:25Simon finished B.S. Computer Science.

05:29Because of his high grades,

05:31he quickly found a job

05:33in a big mall.

05:37Now, he's an account manager

05:39in a company.

05:41I mean, reality-wise,

05:43I'm a scavenger

05:45of this kind of house.

05:47Without your help,

05:50I don't know where I would be.

05:52No, it's because of your hard work.

05:54But you triggered that.

05:56Because without your help,

05:58I wouldn't be able to fulfill

06:00all of my dreams.

06:02I wouldn't be able to fulfill

06:04all of my...

06:06You're making me cry.

06:08It's such a big blessing.

06:10Because...

06:12Not all of your documentaries

06:14have a scholarship.

06:16When Simon finished,

06:18he helped his siblings

06:20to finish as well.

06:22Finally,

06:24Ningning's dream came true.

06:26When you saw

06:28your eldest graduate,

06:30how did you feel?

06:32I was very emotional.

06:34Of course, I said,

06:36this is just the beginning.

06:38The beginning.

06:40Every time something happens,

06:42I cry.

06:44Because, of course,

06:47I can do it.

06:49I can do it.

06:51Despite their success,

06:53the Estabilio family

06:55did not leave Payatas.

06:57This is where they

06:59draw their strength.

07:01From the trash

07:03and hard work they put in

07:05to take care

07:07of their past.

07:09You need to prove

07:11to yourself

07:13that not everything in Payatas

07:16is trash.

07:18And not everything is trash.

07:20And you shouldn't look at trash.

07:22So, just work hard.

07:24At the same time,

07:26don't look down on others.

07:28Don't look down on others.

07:30If you have a sense,

07:32you'll know what to do.

07:34Simon's family

07:36is an example

07:38because they worked hard

07:40to get by.

07:42But in bad luck,

07:44there are still families

07:46struggling to make ends meet.

07:54Almost half of our population

07:56is hungry.

07:58More than 50 million Filipino families

08:00don't have enough to eat.

08:05As a result,

08:07just last August,

08:09President Bongbong Marcos passed

08:11Executive Order 66

08:13of the Task Force on Zero Hunger.

08:17Its goal is to ensure

08:19that every Filipino has something to eat.

08:51For more information, visit the Public Affairs YouTube channel.

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