Saturday, July 08, 2006
It was our last day of duty in Toril Proper for our Community Health Nursing. We were supposed to have some culmination activity for the community to enjoy.
But something shocked us as we arrived in our community. Houses were broken down by Gaisano's demolition team. It was a surprise seeing that those houses were still standing up the day before then now, you can see nothing but all foundations left, being hammered down.
This is one example of the pain of poverty. Of course, these people have nowhere to go now that their houses were destroyed. I understand the owner because in the first place, these people are just squatting. But what pains me is seeing the hopelessness on their faces, destroying their own houses since that'll what happen.
These people haven't been promised for a relocation. No one knew where they would go. They have been promised with it before, but it sisn't turn out good. Now, seeing them grathering all their things, saying goodbye to what they once called home is what really pained me a lot.
Even though they do not have their own place to build a house in, these peiople still have feelings and even though I saw the smiles on their faces as they left, I still know that deep inside them, the pain they feel is as worse as the way their houses are destroyed
But something shocked us as we arrived in our community. Houses were broken down by Gaisano's demolition team. It was a surprise seeing that those houses were still standing up the day before then now, you can see nothing but all foundations left, being hammered down.
This is one example of the pain of poverty. Of course, these people have nowhere to go now that their houses were destroyed. I understand the owner because in the first place, these people are just squatting. But what pains me is seeing the hopelessness on their faces, destroying their own houses since that'll what happen.
These people haven't been promised for a relocation. No one knew where they would go. They have been promised with it before, but it sisn't turn out good. Now, seeing them grathering all their things, saying goodbye to what they once called home is what really pained me a lot.
Even though they do not have their own place to build a house in, these peiople still have feelings and even though I saw the smiles on their faces as they left, I still know that deep inside them, the pain they feel is as worse as the way their houses are destroyed
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growing up with DSWD staffs, ive seen people of different kinds of poverty. nakakaiyak, nakakaawa, lalo ng alam mong wla kang magawa to help them. as for demolitions, its hard to see your houses being demolish. hindi mo din naman sila masisisi for squatting. mahirap sa pilipinas, lalo pang humihirap dahil sa corrupt na gobyerno. i hope that those government officials will see this and realize that without those people, wala sila sa pwesto, kaya sana tulungan naman nila yung mga tao.
ang hirap kasi sa pilipinas puro pamumulitika, pero yung mga mahihirap na mamamayan, naiichapwera. walang kwenta.
sana may konsensya yung may ari ng lupa at kahit papaano ay tulungan sila...
hehehe. yes, it was really painful to see them like that. sayang nga, may party pa sana kami for them, di nga natuloy dahil sa nangyari.
but all the same, we had fun naman sa time namin dun with the community members. kahit pagod ako sa 11-7 na work ko, pag doretso namin dun, seeing the smiles on their faces, nawawala ang pagod ko.
sana nga lang, the government should do something para at least man lang ma relocate sila.
^sana nga, nakakawala talaga ng pagod pag yung mga taong hindi mo naman kilala, nararamdaman mong masaya dahil nandyan ka. masarap yung pakiramdam ng ganon.
ewan ko lang sa gobyerno.. sabi nga si plato.. those sane people who get inside the government.. go out insane.
bwehehehe... yeah lolz.
hehehe. akala ko, plato as in PLATO! lols!
honestly, insane na ang politicians when they engaged into politics.
tapos napapaka insane pa while in position.
tapos super duper insane na pagalabas! hahaha! :D
^ haha. nababaliw sa kapangyarihan. uhaw sa kaban ng bayan. bwahahha.
grabeh!...nakakiyak ang pinag-uusapan niyo...wahuu...oo nga!!grabeh na ang Pilipinas ngaun!>..di ko na maintindihan!
hehehe gerlie! grabe naman yung mga idiomatic expressions mo, di ko na maintindihan! hahaha!
shen, nakapunta ka na ba ng toril? nakikita mo yung mga bahay dun na squatters?
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