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Climate change is affecting communities in ways that demand greater awareness and action.
Today, Beyond the Headlines sits down with Jovie Montajes, Founder of Light of Hope, Climate Reality Leader, and Western Union Fellow, to discuss climate advocacy, community action, and how individuals can help address environmental challenges.
Tune in as we look deeper into the challenges of climate change and the actions communities can take.
Look Deeper. Think Better.
Today, Beyond the Headlines sits down with Jovie Montajes, Founder of Light of Hope, Climate Reality Leader, and Western Union Fellow, to discuss climate advocacy, community action, and how individuals can help address environmental challenges.
Tune in as we look deeper into the challenges of climate change and the actions communities can take.
Look Deeper. Think Better.
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01:30Good afternoon and welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
01:33I'm DJ Moises and today's conversation is brought to us by Coffee First.
01:37What if the light that changed your life became the light you gave to others?
01:42Let's look deeper and think better.
01:45From a boy who once needed light to an engineer bringing light to others,
01:50Jovi Gil Monta has joined us to talk about energy, resilience, sacrifice,
01:56and what it means to turn a personal experience into a purpose.
02:01So hi, Jovi. Welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
02:03Hello, sir, DJ. Thank you very much for the invitation for today.
02:07And thank you also for making time for this conversation.
02:10Now, for our viewers who are watching, this would interest you either as a recipient
02:15or as a decision maker who can bring these technologies to people who you think need them the most.
02:26But before that, I've also gathered that you grew up not also having electricity.
02:34So tell us more about that boy, studying with a kerosene lamp.
02:42Yes, sir, DJ.
02:43Growing up during my elementary years in the province, it's very difficult.
02:48Like, if you want to study at night, there's a kerosene lamp.
02:54And then when you wake up in the morning, there's a black suit or anuosa in your ilong.
03:01So this is what you can experience and I can feel the situation of our off-grid communities right now.
03:08In the island communities and also urban poor communities.
03:12And you eventually became an engineer, no?
03:16And so was solving a problem of communities, like off-grid communities, always part of your ambition?
03:26Or was it something that came after?
03:31In 2017, it was just a side project with our colleagues from the US tech company.
03:41And then in 2018, I had a life and death situation.
03:47And my perspective then has changed.
03:50I survived that and this is already my second life.
03:55So I want to dedicate this to the advocacy.
03:58So I resigned from that company and focused to our advocacy in Lidopo, Philippines.
04:04And before we talk about these kind of technologies that can be helpful, especially for those communities who are off
04:14-grid.
04:15But I've also gathered from one of the articles that were written about you and also about Light of Hope
04:21is you entered over 200 competitions.
04:25But you've also won a handful of that.
04:29So please walk us through the thought process and also what these wins mean to you.
04:37Yes, sir, DJ.
04:40For every advocate out there, if you want to do something, a project, you really need funds.
04:47So we started with our own budget, our own savings.
04:52We have friends who helped us, family members.
04:57And then this system is a bit expensive, the materials.
05:04So other way of solving that problem is to get funds.
05:10Now, how do you get funds?
05:11For us, because we're focused more on the impact, what we did was we joined a lot of social impact
05:18competitions, grant competitions that is available.
05:22As you said, more than 200 of them since 2020.
05:27And we are blessed to have at least nine of them.
05:31And the latest one is from the Australian Embassy to the Philippines.
05:37And hopefully, whether in the context of social entrepreneurship or in the context of winning in life in general,
05:45but I hope especially the young people who are watching this perspective also allowed them to have better understanding of
05:55the importance of really showing up.
05:57Because winning organizations or winning companies, for that matter, it also took a lot of showing up before they're seeing
06:09a breakthrough.
06:12But before, again, we move into this technology, when you decided to shift your direction from being an engineer and
06:22a corporate guy
06:23to a person who is now so into advancing technology to remote locations, for example.
06:30How did you explain this to your wife and to your family?
06:34It was not easy, J.D.J.
06:36It was not easy.
06:36We have three kids.
06:39Before, we only had two.
06:41During that period.
06:42Yes.
06:43Now we had three kids.
06:46It was financially difficult.
06:49Really financially difficult.
06:50There was like a long discussion with my wife.
06:54And this will be the time where you would find out who your true friends are.
07:03So not, even though you are not reaching out to them.
07:06So family members would reach out.
07:08I will help you.
07:12My tita.
07:14Sorry.
07:16So my tita reached out and she gave us some funds.
07:21She's in the U.S.
07:23She helped us out to bridge that gap.
07:29And then, so it was friends, family members, and even people outside the country.
07:37As long as they can relate to your advocacy, they will help you.
07:41And it was not really easy.
07:43We just had a breakthrough after winning the first win.
07:47Which was how many months after the initial venture, Sidiya?
07:532018.
07:54The first win is 2021.
07:57Wow.
07:58That's three years.
08:00Yes.
08:00I've used up all my savings.
08:03All my savings.
08:05And the first win, it was from the Unified Awards, funded by the U.S. Embassy.
08:13It was online because it's COVID.
08:16Once you had, from what I've learned from the experience, what you have the, once you have the traction,
08:25it will kind of make it a bit easy, but still difficult.
08:29No, because at least if it comes from a credible organization, it adds to your credibility, no?
08:36It strengthens your proposition.
08:38Correct, Sidiya.
08:40After that, we won the British Council Climate Innovation Challenge.
08:48And then it somehow connected to the other wins that we have.
08:53But we won't be able to win that if we didn't apply.
08:57So it's also really, you know, hard work.
09:00Like more than 200, 270 plus something.
09:05Entries.
09:06Or...
09:07Entries.
09:07Or efforts to apply, no?
09:09Yes.
09:10Or applications.
09:12And along the way, if you're not emotionally stable,
09:18being declined for more than 200 times, you will really collapse.
09:23But from that experience in 2018, I thought to myself, like, I have nothing to lose.
09:31Because this is already my bonus life.
09:33This is like a bonus year for me.
09:35For a game, it's already a bonus life, right?
09:39So I will just keep on applying whatever competitions that I see online.
09:44I attend the competition, even at night, because they are, like, our time zones are different.
09:54So...
09:56But if I look back now, from the decision that I made in 2018 to today, I have no regrets.
10:05It's worth it.
10:08And I hope that our viewers have captured that, that...
10:12Diba kanang?
10:12When we see people who are successful, whatever our measure of success is, no?
10:17Whether it's meaning in life or whether wealth, whatever it is.
10:22But the common denominator is that person, and you're one of them, ability to manage disappointment and rejection.
10:34Because normally, when people would see people of success, they don't assume that these people also went through several rejections
10:39before the breakthrough.
10:41Correct, DJ.
10:43And I think that separates the people who are really intended to be successful and the people who are not.
10:53Because we just, you know, keep on doing it.
10:57And if this is not the path, we'll look for the other path to get to that destination that we
11:02want to go.
11:02So, when we talk about remote communities, and the reason why I'm asking you this, because I also have my
11:10share of kanang exposure to remote communities.
11:15So, these are communities without signal or communities who may have signal, but they don't have access to technology.
11:26And the situation is very different from at least the people who I communicate with in my day-to-day
11:33circle.
11:34So, when you also explain to our viewers, kanang give them a picture of a remote community?
11:40What are the areas that people who have never been into a remote community would usually miss?
11:47Yes, sir, DJ.
11:48Okay, here in the city, it's easy for us to flick a switch to turn on the light, turn on
11:54a faucet, turn it off.
11:56It's very simple for us.
11:58But in the off-grid communities that we are serving, here in Lakulapu, Hitafe, and Surigao del Norte, they are
12:07not connected to the power grid.
12:09So, first is they don't have electricity.
12:12They don't have water.
12:14So, they have to buy water from the mainland and bring it to the island.
12:20And if you want to charge a mobile phone in the island, you have to pay 10 pesos per charge.
12:27And if you don't have your USB cable, that's additional 5 pesos, right?
12:32And if you are tapping for electricity sa someone na na-generator, you will pay about 40 pesos for the
12:42bulb for only 4 to 5 hours of light.
12:46And if you imagine their unstable income, because most of them are fishermen.
12:51So, utang, sige utang, sige utang.
12:54And then, malubong sila sa utang.
12:58That's what Japan nilang kinabuhin.
13:00And for our viewers, we'll be talking more about electricity and power, no?
13:06But I would agree to what you just said.
13:09Because I've also had an experience going through a remote island.
13:12And because they're only panglaba o pangluto, are kanang saltwater around them, ba?
13:19And, murabag, profound po dsakwa, when I heard them said na,
13:24this is so ironic because we are surrounded by water, but we desperately need clean water.
13:31So, naadad na sila nga.
13:33Ngilang imnong tubig, medyo parat.
13:36It was when they traveled to the city, when they realized nga, nalay tubig nga, tabang.
13:42Because all their lives, it's always parat-parat, no?
13:46So, that was also, like, kanabitang, these are, kanabitang, what you said,
13:50these are realities na in the city we take for granted.
13:53Yes.
13:54Pag-ona to sa tap, there's water.
13:56Pag-ona to sa switch, there's electricity.
13:59But not all Filipinos actually enjoy that, no?
14:02Sige, so let's talk about kanang technology.
14:05Let's start with kaning suga.
14:07So, how does this work?
14:08And why is it important for kanang those communities who are off-grid?
14:14What value will this bring to them?
14:17Yes, so DJ, so, solution for our off-grid communities, it should be clean also.
14:26And so, we are tapping the solar energy.
14:29And this is the battery.
14:31It's very easy to carry in terms of evacuation.
14:34They can just bring it to the evacuation center.
14:36And it has two lead bulbs.
14:40And there are four USB ports that it can charge their mobile devices.
14:49And this will already provide up to 48 hours of electricity.
14:54The full charge of the battery.
14:55One eight-hour full charging, no?
14:58Yes.
14:59Okay.
14:59In a day.
14:59In a day.
15:00Yes.
15:01And this is solar-powered, right?
15:03Correct.
15:04So, it's on this.
15:05The solar panel will stay at the rooftop.
15:08Oh.
15:09And then, it's connected here.
15:12And this connector to the box.
15:13So, the box will stay inside the house.
15:15And then, they would properly place the bulbs.
15:18And then, they can use the mobile charging.
15:21So, there's, correct me if I'm wrong, there's no additional work even coming from them, no?
15:27Because the solar panel is just on top of the house.
15:32So, kung na-san, mo-charge siya.
15:33Kung wala, hinay ang charging.
15:35But at the very least, kung full ang sun for, let's say, eight hours, as you say, this is two
15:41hours.
15:41Oh, two hours, sorry.
15:42Two days.
15:43Two days, no?
15:44Nga na sila'y suga o ka ng charging.
15:47Yeah.
15:47Sige, so, ahamani nga mga barang.
15:50Maybe you'd like to let them see how it works.
15:53Ah, yes.
15:54So, assuming, no, that there's, there's, kanang charging going on, on the roof deck.
16:00But, as of this time, fully charged man ni siya.
16:02So, para at least they have an appreciation of how bright the light actually is.
16:06Yes.
16:07We can turn on the bulbs.
16:09So, part of the set is the two light bulbs.
16:12Mm-hmm.
16:13Right?
16:13So, they can deploy this on at least two locations in the house, no?
16:18Yeah.
16:19But actually, if you DJ, from my experience going to the community, it's just one square.
16:24Ah.
16:24That's it.
16:25That's the house.
16:26It's all in there.
16:27See, that's one not commonly understood reality, no?
16:30So, continue.
16:31So, it's, so, their common house is just one square, and that's it.
16:34You have the kitchen, you have the tuluganan, you have the kananan.
16:38So, they can even save with one, no?
16:40Yes.
16:40They don't need the two gyo.
16:42Yes, continue.
16:43So, mostly, they put one outside.
16:46Ah.
16:46Like a doorway.
16:47Mm-hmm.
16:47And then one inside the house.
16:49Okay.
16:49So, that's the pretty common scenario for them.
16:52Mm-hmm.
16:52Um, most important thing for them is really the-
16:56Charging.
16:56Charging.
16:57A mobile phone kay mahal.
16:58Mm-hmm.
16:59Like, they have to pay 10 pesos per charge.
17:01Mm-hmm.
17:01With this, they could charge multiple devices.
17:04Mm-hmm.
17:05And if NAIGUBA as a unit, we, as they report to us, we will take out the defective components
17:14and replace it with a new one.
17:15Mm-hmm.
17:16And also, so, they're not just beneficiaries on this side, no?
17:19They're called beneficiary partners.
17:22Mm-hmm.
17:23On their part, they have to take care of the unit.
17:32So, and also, there is a maintenance fee of only 10 pesos per day.
17:36That's it.
17:38Mm-hmm.
17:38So, if MAIGUBA, they don't have to travel to the mainland.
17:42We will go to them.
17:43Mm-hmm.
17:44Ah, so that's why you're also concentrated on several communities, no?
17:49Not, you're not distributing your efforts all across as of this time.
17:55Yes.
17:56Sige.
17:56So, we, currently, we have Barangay Panganan and Barangay Kaobian in Lapu-Lapu.
18:04Mm-hmm.
18:05At the back of Pulango, you have Hitafe.
18:08Mm-hmm.
18:08We also have Barangay Banacon, which is also another island, Situo Putik, and Nasingin.
18:15Mm-hmm.
18:15Barangay Nasingin, which is also Nasingin Island.
18:17Mm-hmm.
18:18These are for the Visayas, and we have more in Surigao del Norte.
18:23Mm-hmm.
18:24About 1,000 households in Surigao.
18:26Mm-hmm.
18:27Just curious, because offline earlier, I actually asked you why you are not selling this commercially,
18:36and my vested interest also, it's because even if I don't live in a remote area, considering
18:46ba kanang situations during typhoon, when there is no electricity, or even just to save
18:52on electrical cost.
18:54Mm-hmm.
18:54This one actually looks attractive to people like me, but why are you not selling this commercially?
19:00So, first, DJ, we want to focus all our efforts to serve our communities.
19:06Mm-hmm.
19:06So, and also, it would be difficult if scattered ang amoang areas.
19:13Ang after-surveys na.
19:15Yes, because we want to make sure na wala tanagdungag basura sa community.
19:20So, we take out defective components.
19:23Mm-hmm.
19:23One of the problem statement is we want to avoid white elephant projects.
19:28So, those are projects na gedunate, picture-picture, gabihaan, naguba.
19:35Wala na.
19:36Wala na.
19:37And it has batteries.
19:39Mm-hmm.
19:39So, and this is plastic.
19:41Mm-hmm.
19:42And they are island communities.
19:44Mm-hmm.
19:44Right?
19:44So, it would poison the area.
19:48Mm-hmm.
19:48So, we want to avoid that.
19:49Mm-hmm.
19:50And also, there are a much better design, which are machine-made, that is already available
19:58commercially.
19:59Commercially.
20:00Mm-hmm.
20:00So, people from the cities, I would, actually, there's a lot who send a message, like friends
20:06who know that I'm doing solar.
20:08I would point them to trusted brands.
20:12So, you go buy this, buy that, that's better.
20:15And, you know, it's commercially made.
20:18Mm-hmm.
20:18This is handmade.
20:19Mm-hmm.
20:20So, that's the big difference.
20:21But for us, why are we not using the commercial ones?
20:25Why are we doing it ourselves?
20:27The main mindset is, if we're the one who make this device, we know how to repair it.
20:35Mm-hmm.
20:35We know where the supplies is and how to source it.
20:40Mm-hmm.
20:40So, maintenance-wise, it's easier for us.
20:43Mm-hmm.
20:44And then, I will go back to the hugot earlier.
20:47If I'm wearing my entrepreneurial hat, this one actually sounds like commercially viable
20:56still, no?
20:57But, why are you not welcoming investors who are not into social entrepreneurship, but
21:07who are more into its commercial potential?
21:12I see.
21:12So, yeah, sir, DJ.
21:13So, we've joined a lot of competitions, right?
21:15Yeah.
21:15We received a lot of these questions, the entrepreneurial side.
21:18Correct.
21:18The business side.
21:19Mm-hmm.
21:20Okay, some of them might, this idea might appeal not necessarily to help a community, but
21:24my gosh, this has tremendous potential.
21:27Yeah.
21:32Personally, my purpose really is to serve the communities that we're serving.
21:38And our situation now is we have more leeway on decision-making if we don't have an investor
21:45who is looking for making money out of it.
21:52Also, the sector that we're serving are poor.
21:55So, bitay bayad, next month na lang.
21:59So, in the entrepreneurial, like the business side, that's not good, right?
22:05But for us, that's our purpose, like to help them.
22:10But there will be time that we will be accepting, but not yet.
22:14Once we reach the 5,000 household level, we will be financially stable from the payments
22:22that are coming in for the maintenance.
22:24And we will still be able to scale up the project to other communities, even without grants.
22:30So, when that time comes, then we will be ripe for investment, probably.
22:36And if you don't mind how far or how close are you from the 5,000 household?
22:42Still far away.
22:43Currently, we're serving about 1,700 plus households.
22:48So, it's far away.
22:51And we are just doing what we can with what we have.
22:57The important thing is that we don't have to be able to do it.
23:02And also, we are not, for me, social entrepreneurship is impact first.
23:10Profit's short, but you have to be sustainable.
23:13Like, you don't have to be able to do it with an initiative.
23:17And it's not easy.
23:19For sure, it's not easy.
23:20We're still, even now, like last night, I just submitted a proposal.
23:26So, we continue to look for grant funds to reach that number.
23:33And by the way, while you are speaking,
23:36because I also have a little bit of a background on the social entrepreneurial side,
23:41and correct me if I'm wrong, if I captured it correctly while you were answering the question,
23:46I also realized that there's already too many of us who are focused on profit.
23:54So, this would say, if people like you, who are supposed to be focused on an underserved market,
24:01would also be drawn to our world,
24:05then who would take care of those who cannot have the means to afford this?
24:10So, I think it was also an aha moment for me.
24:14So, I pray that you will continue with this, Juan, with this advocacy.
24:19Let's talk about the second one.
24:20Because, by the way, for our viewers,
24:24Jovi and I, we've known each other from way, way back.
24:27From previous company.
24:28Yeah, from previous company.
24:30And his tales.
24:31I mean, I've met him when he was starting this.
24:34And I'm pleasantly inspired.
24:41If you don't have a double superlative or double positive,
24:46it's because you don't have to be able to do that.
24:49And I'm sure there are a lot of commercial temptations along the way.
24:53But let's talk about the second technology before I will decide to buy all of this.
24:57Let's talk about the second technology.
24:59The second technology.
25:01Now, this is for the communication.
25:03So, all of this, we are advocating for disaster preparedness, community resilience, and sustainability.
25:11The first project was energy.
25:13The second project was emergency communication.
25:16We are using LoRa Mesh technology to bridge the communication problem during disasters.
25:22For example, Typhoon Udet.
25:25Y-Signal.
25:26You can communicate with your family.
25:28And for us, since we're serving island communities,
25:31you don't contact them.
25:32And we are worried about their situation.
25:35So, it took us a long time to really reach this moment na naanagintay actual device for the emergency communication.
25:46And today, we already have two island barangays na connected.
25:51Si Kaobian Island Barangay o si Panganan Island Barangay.
25:55Connected sila sa Lapu-Lapu City DRRMO.
26:00Off-grid.
26:01Off-grid.
26:02Off-land.
26:03Walay SIM card.
26:05Walay internet.
26:06They can chat.
26:07So, mura siya o messenger na offline.
26:11And by the way, I forgot to ask you earlier.
26:13This is all solar power, di ba?
26:14Yes.
26:14How long does one charging cycle last?
26:20So, for example, ilan na charge during daytime and then nag-typhoon pagka-evening.
26:26How long does, can-can the communication last?
26:29So, we have two LoRa devices.
26:32First is the repeater.
26:34So, mo niya mag-repeat sa itong signal.
26:36This is equivalent to cell towers.
26:39But this is our cell tower.
26:43Ipatong lang na nila to a high level.
26:46Yes.
26:47I-mount sa atop.
26:48I-mount atop.
26:48Oh.
26:49Puste, mostly sa barangay.
26:51Amo siya yung-mount dito sa likod, sa barangay, sa atop.
26:55And then...
26:56Or tangki sa tubig.
26:58Yes.
26:58Tangki sa tubig.
26:59So, ang full charge niya, it could last this repeater for...
27:0910 days.
27:10Oh, really?
27:11Yes.
27:12Okay.
27:1210 days.
27:13About 10 days.
27:15Mm.
27:15And the second device is the companion devices.
27:21Mo niya itong i-pair sa mobile phones og sa laptop.
27:26So, dilita mag-mo niya itong LoRa radio.
27:30This could...
27:31The battery of this could last at least two days.
27:34Mm.
27:34And this is USB.
27:36Mm.
27:37So, you can charge it with...
27:38Oh, yeah.
27:39Hour unit.
27:40Correct.
27:40Which can also last for two days.
27:42Yes.
27:43Okay.
27:45And solar powered.
27:47So, technically, you really can charge it.
27:49Yes.
27:50As long as there's a sun.
27:51Continue.
27:52And then...
27:52And then, so, there are different types of LoRa radios.
27:57Mm.
27:57So, this one is...
27:58Amo kami nagbuhat.
28:00And this one is...
28:01We bought the hardware from a supplier.
28:04Mm.
28:05And then, we configure it to our settings so that we can create an off-grid network in Lapu-Lapu.
28:13Mm.
28:14And the farthest community na ito is Hitafe, Sitio Putik.
28:21Mm.
28:21This is in Banacon Island.
28:24Mm.
28:25I can send a message from Lapu-Lapu to Hitafe.
28:29Off-grid.
28:30Off-grid.
28:30So, yung pasapasa lang ang signal na ito maabot dito.
28:33Sorry if my question is so not engineering, but distance is not an issue as long as magkita ang doha,
28:41no?
28:42Yes.
28:42Doha to low.
28:44Bisagpila ka repeaters.
28:45Yeah, basta mag-ang repeaters visible to each other, distance is not the issue.
28:49Yes.
28:50Continue.
28:50Okay.
28:50So, may nakalindot niya.
28:53LoRa stands for long range.
28:56Uh-huh.
28:56So, that's why LoRa.
28:57And it's low bandwidth.
29:00So, that's why text ra or chat.
29:02Mm.
29:03But enough na ang message.
29:05Mm.
29:05And also, uh, low power.
29:09Mm.
29:09Liman ka o, this small panel could last you for almost 10 days.
29:14Mm.
29:14For the repeater.
29:15But then, we are in the Philippines, right?
29:18In one week, you have at least five or six nga sunny day or the whole, the whole week.
29:24Mm.
29:24So, we are blessed with sunlight sa Pilipinas.
29:30Mm.
29:31Can you, can you, can you, can I answer, can you show us, because we recorded, video recorded earlier, you
29:40know, how this works.
29:42Maybe, can you, yes, can you show us how this one actually works, you know, so that our viewers will
29:48have a better appreciation, you know, of this.
29:52Yeah.
29:52So, this is the app that we're using, you know, and then, if, kanang makita na ito, those are the
30:00current,
30:01group chats, if we compare it to messenger.
30:04So, that's the, but for this one, it's called channels, but they're the same.
30:09Mm-hmm.
30:10As you can see, uh, you have public.
30:13So, public meaning everyone on the same off-grid network can see and send a message in that, um, channel.
30:22Mm-hmm.
30:23So, if we go to the, public channel, then you can type any message.
30:28Mm-hmm.
30:29For example, so, for example, kinalang tawag tabang.
30:34Mm-hmm.
30:37Yes, you know, send a message.
30:39And you can also see, so, test need help.
30:42So, and sa obos, kung makita ni mo, na, di tubag si, uh, sample na to nga, uh, DRMO.
30:52Mm-hmm.
30:52So, tubag siya location, please.
30:54And then, do you see sa message type, na ay slash 128?
31:00Mm-hmm.
31:00Like the Nokia before?
31:02Ah.
31:02Character limits.
31:04So, okay.
31:05So, that's the character limits niya.
31:08128 characters at a given time.
31:11At a given message.
31:13Given message.
31:14Ah.
31:15Unlimited message, but limited characters.
31:19Mm-hmm.
31:20Mm-hmm.
31:21Okay, and then.
31:22Yes.
31:23Oh.
31:23And, so, nindot you guys, okay, off-grid.
31:28Now, if we will put up every DRMO in the municipalities with the auto-repeaters, we can send a message
31:40from north of Cebu to south of Cebu offline.
31:45Mm-hmm.
31:46Off-grid.
31:46Mm-hmm.
31:47So, kung may tabo nga na, simba ko lang another calamity, nga, makat ang signal.
31:55Which is almost always the case.
31:57Almost every year na, lately.
31:59Basta typhoon, gani, disconnected, gani.
32:02Oh, continue.
32:03All the calamities.
32:04Mm-hmm.
32:06So, magamit gani, siya.
32:07Mm-hmm.
32:07So, the analogy is, it's like the ham radios.
32:12So, ham radio is voice.
32:13You can send a message without, ah, you can send a voice message without SIM card or internet.
32:20But this one is text.
32:22Mm-hmm.
32:22Chat message.
32:23Up to 128 characters at a given time.
32:26Yes.
32:27Mm-hmm.
32:27So, those are group chat, no?
32:29But then, there's also direct messages like, like the messenger na private message.
32:35Mm-hmm.
32:35So, that's also available.
32:37Sige, I'll go on to the commercial value.
32:39Mm-hmm.
32:39And then, let's go back to, because I'm wearing my entrepreneurial hat.
32:44Yes.
32:44And then, let's go back to, kanang, kanang, kanang, on, on, on, on, uh, social entrepreneurship.
32:51Ang commercial value, that's why when I heard about this, okay, namog yung mga families who are, for example, distributed
32:58in many parts of the city or the province.
33:02And in a time of a disaster, and in a time of a disaster, ang common agreement, and by the
33:06way, sa itong viewers, if you have not done this, mawala ang ganyang signal.
33:09Mm-hmm.
33:10In our family's case, nami-agreed meeting point.
33:14Mm-hmm.
33:14Okay.
33:15O, yeah, ang amog yung, kanang rule is, and by the way, ang meeting point na inamo, and this is
33:20tip for our, kan, our viewers, di gini siya matumpag na location.
33:25O, okay, otherwise, kung ang meeting point ninyo, kanang matumpag, then, di na mo magkita.
33:31So, for example, in our case, it's actually the gate of UP Sabu.
33:35Okay.
33:35The gate?
33:36O, okay.
33:37Common siya kayo, zero communication naman, in a time of a disaster.
33:40For example, kanang guba, yun kay Tanan ba?
33:42So, if they are situated in Talamban, and I'm in Galleria, for example, then how could we see each other?
33:48Correct.
33:49Diba, that's why we agreed on a meeting point, which is UP Sabu, and the rule, actually, is nobody leaves
33:53until somebody arrives.
33:55Mwag yun na.
33:56Okay, para dili magpinangitaay.
33:58Now, this one, to me, that's why the commercial value actually eliminates that need, because even without signal, the two
34:07households can still communicate kung kumusta naman mo din, ha?
34:12And ahat na mag-abot.
34:14Huwag yun siya dalon.
34:15Diba?
34:16So, added layer siya.
34:18Big chance, in spite of no signal at all, the probability of us seeing each other again remains high.
34:28So, that's why I see the commercial value of this one.
34:32But let's talk about the disaster value.
34:36Especially during the time of Tino, nga katong sa konsolasyon, there were people on the roof deck, no signal, and
34:43there was no way they could ask for help.
34:45Sige.
34:46Correct, sir, DJ.
34:47So, ang nakitabuo ato, ilan na langit pang record ang nakitabuo nila.
34:51Nagulat na langit sila nga mabot ang signal before pa nila na-send or na-upload.
34:55And some of them were naa sa atop for hours, no?
35:00Without food, and then they're all wet.
35:03Continue.
35:03Correct.
35:03And no water.
35:05Yeah, nothing.
35:06Nothing.
35:06And if ever, unta, naa sila yung way to communicate, yung nakapaybalungan, na itawad ito sa atop, there's a big
35:13chance niya na ay maka-rescue.
35:15Correct.
35:16So, if at the side of the rescuers, mga DRRM na to, makadali ka, maka-respond kung kabalo ka asa
35:23mo, mo target.
35:26Which is kinahanglan po o input from the area nga imong atuan.
35:31Kaya o blind ka, alisod yun ka ayo.
35:34So, for those, I'll give you the space, because now that our viewers have better appreciation on at least on
35:43two technologies that Light of Hope is actually advancing,
35:48on the context of viewers who wish to collaborate with you in the form of grants, how can they do
35:56that?
35:58So, we have a website that you can always visit.
36:02And also, the email address is in the website.
36:07We also have a social media.
36:10Light of Hope.
36:11Light of Hope PH.
36:13Light of Hope PH.
36:15Si Facebook ang pinaka-active.
36:18Second, si LinkedIn.
36:20Si Instagram, murag panagsana.
36:22Panagsana.
36:23YouTube for the videos.
36:25But if quick response lang gusto is Facebook.
36:31So, this is in the context of, because we have a lot of organizations, Bia, who are also looking for
36:38projects, sustainable projects that they can partner with.
36:43How about in the context also of, let's say, local government units who've seen value in this, and who would
36:50also wish to collaborate with Light of Hope PH.
36:54How can they do that also?
36:56Yes, DJ.
36:57So, the same thing.
36:58They can communicate with us through the socials.
37:01Also, part of our fellowship, because I'm in a fellowship right now, with the Western Union Global Fellowship.
37:09And part of this program is we are going to conduct a base camp.
37:12It's like a seminar.
37:14And this will be the topic.
37:17So, my main target for this is the Lapu-Lapu, because we'll be deploying two units, additional two units.
37:26And we want to also invite our personnels from the OCD.
37:33They're the one ahead of the DRMO.
37:38And then the DRMO, Lapu-Lapu City.
37:40So, we will still, I will still go to their office and talk to them about it for that program,
37:46hopefully by next month.
37:50And, yeah, there's a big potential for this, for emergency backup.
37:56All of our local government units already have radios, which is good, which is good.
38:04But, additional backup, additional layer could also be a great thing.
38:10Okay, if, because, for example, mabali ang antena sa radio, then maputul lagi hapon ang ilang communication dito.
38:18Correct.
38:19With this, it's very small.
38:22It's easy to attach in a high elevated area.
38:25And the more we put up, the wider the coverage, and also the more resilient we can be.
38:34And if I were, if I were a municipality, for example, if I were a barangay captain, for example,
38:43since na may radio equipment, I would even hide this inside the house.
38:47And then, pagkalinaw na, mukat-kat ko sa tower sa akong tubig,
38:54and then ibutang na ko dito.
38:56So, save siya from the typhoon.
38:59So, sigurado ko nga, whatever happens, okay ko.
39:03Am I correct with that?
39:05Is it easy na ito install?
39:06Kanat na lang.
39:07Well, it's easy, kasi gamay man kayo siya.
39:09Correct.
39:10Oh, mo na.
39:10That's what I have in mind.
39:11Sige.
39:11It has to be deployed na daan.
39:14Okay.
39:14Kaya it's not an assurance na you who is keeping the device will be there on that same time.
39:21Sige.
39:21Got it.
39:22Got it.
39:22So, it has to be deployed.
39:24Anyway, it's a mesh network.
39:26For example, kung matumba ang tower ni this island one,
39:31no worries, because we have another tower in the other islands that still connects you.
39:36So, that's why the goal is to have as many of this deployed as possible.
39:41Pero that's easy to install.
39:42Very easy.
39:43Okay.
39:43This is it.
39:44Like, this is it.
39:45Just put a pipe and then mount it to poste or wall.
39:50That's it.
39:51Okay.
39:51Sige.
39:51What I had in mind, mag-unodok ko is,
39:53kito nga, ang radio mo'y prime, kaya naman siya.
39:55And then, kani siya is, if all things fail,
39:58para save siya ba, wak siya napalid,
40:01wala siya nah hulog,
40:04wak siya nagumba.
40:06Sige.
40:06Pero, but I would agree with you,
40:07this is an added layer however they do it.
40:10This is an added layer to ensure nga communication will really continue.
40:15Yes.
40:15Kaya anyway, dali naman siya ma-re-install kung nahulog siya.
40:19It's very, yeah.
40:20Very simple nga.
40:23Sige.
40:23Now, we're now to the,
40:25because our viewers,
40:26they already know how to get in touch with your organization,
40:29whether in the context of grant
40:31or in the context of collaboration,
40:34like the local government units.
40:36So, let's go back to how we started, no?
40:39In our conversation.
40:41So, if you are to go back to the young jovino,
40:45studying with a kerosene lamp, no?
40:48And you already have lived this X number of years,
40:52what would you tell that boy?
40:57I would say, just do your best.
41:00I mean, it's not gonna be easy,
41:02especially for us living in the province.
41:06It won't be easy.
41:07Just don't give up.
41:09And you're in the right path.
41:11Just continue what you're doing right now.
41:14And last word is,
41:16how about for entrepreneurs like me,
41:18who are occupied
41:25with earning more profit,
41:27which is actually not a bad idea at all.
41:30What would you tell me also?
41:35It's a different thing.
41:38It depends on where you're coming from, right?
41:42For me, I am here
41:43because of my personal experience growing up
41:46and also that experience in 2018.
41:51And the motivation for me
41:54is different from the motivation of other people
41:56like you should DJ.
41:58Having profit is not bad.
41:59You're also providing services to people
42:02where they pay you for that services
42:04and you get profit.
42:05Employment.
42:06Yes.
42:07You help Filipinos to get employed.
42:10They can feed their families.
42:12So it's not that bad.
42:16What's bad is if,
42:18you know,
42:21things outside that,
42:22which is, you know,
42:23corruption and all of that.
42:24So that is bad.
42:25But entrepreneurship...
42:26Or not giving people
42:28what to do with them.
42:30Scam.
42:31So you can continue again then.
42:34Entrepreneurship is hard.
42:38I'm sure you know how hard it is.
42:40You've been to a lot of business
42:43from before until now.
42:46Social entrepreneurship is five times harder
42:50because you're not there to make money.
42:53You're solving a problem for the poor
42:55who doesn't have money.
42:57So you have to find other means
42:59to fund your initiative.
43:03So if it's...
43:04You have to really ask yourself,
43:08like, why are you doing this?
43:09What's your why?
43:10What is your foundation?
43:12Is it really what you want to do
43:13until you grow up old
43:17or end?
43:18Because we are going to end.
43:21Someday.
43:22We don't know.
43:24It all depends on what you really want to do.
43:28But, for sure,
43:31just, ano,
43:33ayaw lang yung pangilad.
43:35Ayaw pang scam.
43:36Ayaw pa na makuglaing upang tao.
43:39Di man sila ganahan ni mo,
43:41okay, sagdi lang.
43:43But, ayaw yung pangaway nila.
43:46I mean, don't waste your energy for that.
43:49Just, you know,
43:50continue on what you do.
43:52If namay-manamay ni mo,
43:54ka nang tamay,
43:54ka nang saway,
43:57just let it be.
43:58I mean, they will have their time
43:59when they go up there
44:01or down there.
44:02Depende, asa sila padulong.
44:05The most important thing is
44:07you're focused on
44:09your goal.
44:10What do you really want?
44:11You want to be
44:12a millionaire
44:13for your
44:14tech company?
44:16Focus on it.
44:17If you want to help
44:18the less privileged,
44:20focus on it.
44:22For sure,
44:22it won't be easy, for sure.
44:24I mean,
44:25Sir DJ,
44:26we know this experience.
44:28Diigid siya sa yun.
44:29And there will be
44:30a lot of times
44:32wherein
44:33mo give up na lang ka ako, no?
44:35I mean,
44:37what difference
44:38will it make?
44:39Yes.
44:40Balik na kakag trabaho.
44:41Ano ba?
44:43But then,
44:44again,
44:45go back to your why.
44:46Why are you doing this?
44:47What's your motivation?
44:49And what is it for?
44:52I mean,
44:53I can't answer for you,
44:54that our viewers,
44:56that no one is going to live.
44:58Or our definition of success?
45:00Yes.
45:01The definition of success is
45:03people would say
45:03the success is
45:05winning lottery,
45:07or wealth,
45:08competition,
45:08wealth,
45:09money.
45:10The other thing is
45:11chill lang sila dito
45:12sa isla,
45:13sa dagat,
45:14mangisda,
45:14success na na nila.
45:16So it really depends on
45:17each individual yun.
45:20So ka na lang,
45:20simple lang siya,
45:23basta
45:23dilit lang yun ka,
45:25mo
45:27magtamay
45:27sa obang tao,
45:28magtikabanti sa obang tao.
45:30I got scammed
45:30a lot of times.
45:34But then,
45:35iampol lang to natin.
45:40Sige,
45:40but thank you very much
45:41for your time,
45:43and also for sharing
45:44your technologies,
45:46not only to our viewers,
45:48but to the many communities
45:51also who are off-grid,
45:53and who are
45:57leveraging on these technologies
45:59so that they have
46:00a better quality of life.
46:03And your story is also
46:04an inspiration ba?
46:07Na the light
46:07we receive from other people
46:10is also the same light
46:11that we can share to others.
46:13So thank you very much.
46:15Sige.
46:15Sige.
46:16So technology is not only
46:18about innovation
46:19at its best,
46:21it is about people
46:22giving them dignity,
46:24opportunity,
46:25and a little more control
46:26over their lives.
46:28Changing a life
46:29does not begin
46:30with changing
46:31the whole world.
46:32It begins with
46:33bringing light
46:34to one place
46:35that has been
46:36left in the dark.
46:38So I'm DJ Moise.
46:39Shout out to Coffee First
46:40for supporting
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46:45Let's continue
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46:47and think better.
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