Documentation of First Read Phase 2 Achievements

Verbatim Transcription and English Ttranslation

LGU TBOLI AREA

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FR FGD_Tboli_LGU.M4A
FGD-LGUTboli Area.M4A
Introduction
Elson: (late recording)… so ara nako karon sa stage nga mag desisyon kung mag
padayon. Ang upod ko, siya ang mag facilitate di sang focus group discussion. Si
Desiree. Si mam Desiree Amor Jacinto. Actually ano siya, last month niya naman
karon sa Save the Children kay mag ano siya, mag proceed sa Medicine. So sa
MNCHN siya na ano, ah sa Kids Shine, Kids shine nga Project. So pakilala ta sir.
Elson: … So I am now in the stage where I should make my decision if I would continue. I am with Miss
Desiree, she’s the one who would facilitate this focus group discussion. She’s Ma’am Desiree Amor Jacinto.
Actually, this is her last month with Save the Children because she will proceed her studies in Medicine.
She is under the MNCHN, I mean Kids Shine project. So let’s introduce ourselves, sir.
Rommel: Good morning ma’am, at saka good morning sir, Rommel O. Figuerroa,
Nurse II of the Department of Education assigned in Tboli West I, II, III, and IV
Districts. Save the Children has been our partner since then. Familiar nako sinang
mga Kids Shine Mor, sa iya nga mga programs. Ang dami niyong contributions. Ang
mga CR namon sa amon nga mga schools nga under sa Save the Children, mga tiles
na siya. You are very particular with WASH School, very nice nga partnership. Child-
centered ang Save the Children.
Rommel: Good morning ma’am and good morning sir, Rommel O. Figuerroa, Nurse II of the Department
of Education assigned in Tboli West I, II, III, and IV Districts. Save the Children has been our partner since
then. I am already familiar of the Kids Shine Mor, and to it’s programs. Youn have lots of contributions.
Our CR’s in our schools under Save the Children, those were with tiles flooring. You are vary particular
with WASH School, we have a very nice partnership. Save the Children is child- centred.
Lourdes: Ako naman si Lourdes Pueblo, Public Head Nurse diri sa Tboli RHU.
Lourdes: I am Lourdes Pueblo, Public Head Nurse here in Tboli RHU.
Rose: Ako naman si Roseden Sta. Maria, sa Social Welfare Office ah, MNAO
Rose: I am Roseden Sta. Maria, on Social Welfare Office, MNAO
Magdalena: Ako gali si Magdalena Peniero, Clerk o Admin Aid sa MSWD Office.
(unclear statements 02:00- 02:05) Buligan mo lang ko karon, buligay lang ta, waay
ko’t inalung-ungan sinang mga (Unclear Statement 02:08)
Magdalena: I am Magdalena Peniero, clerk or Admin Aid on MSWD Office. (Unclear statements 02:00-
02:05). You help me later, we’ll help each other because I am not knowledgeable enough with (Unclear
Statement 02:08)
Rose: Sige Good Morning sa tanan, ako si Rose Tabara, halin sa barangay Afus, isa ka
Municipal Day Care Worker President serving 27 years sa Day Care. Laon- laon
nagid.
Rose: Good morning to everyone, I am Rose Tabara from barangay Afus, Day Care Worker President
serving 27 years on Day Care. Never been married.
Elson: Sige, waay na mag pakilala no? Sige, ang ano ni, hala pasensya sa ano, sa kanday
sir Rommel, kay kon para daw on the spot ni sa imo sir ba. Actually ning amon gin
patawag subong, Focus Group Discussion, Naga conduct kami sang research, gina
balikan namon, gina document namon tong mga previous nga projects diri sa Tboli.
Kung baga ano siya, mag himo kami sang libro kung how effective ang program, ang
projects nga na implement before kay gamiton namon ni siya ang research ang mga
base practices diri sa Tboli. I-replicate siya sa other areas particularly sa BARM. Oo,
tong mga Kids Shine, damo kami mga projects nga ano, na biyaan, natapos na, nag
pull-out na diri, so gina balikan namon kung napadayon ba siya, or ang mga impact
niya ara pa ba, nagapabilin. So ang ari siya nga programa, part ni siya sang transition
sang First Read Project sang Save the Children. So ang First Read Project, isa ni siya
sa mga pioneering projects sa ECCD Program sa Pilipinas. Nga ang focus niya, 0-4
years old, mga bata. So 2013 until 2019 may ara kami nga 6-year project tong First
read project diri sa Tboli. Aside sa sponsorship tong sa mga schools, may ara pud
kami nga home-based and community-based interventions. So amo ni siya ning First
Read Project. So ini siya nga project may ara siya nga components sa health, sa
nutrition, sa early childhood kag sa parenting, kag may ara pud siya sa policy kag sa
volunteer management, human resource management. So bale ano ni siya, ang ini
nga Focus Group Discussion will ano siya, mag run siya mga maximum of 2 hours.
Base sa amon nga pag field test sang questionnaire pero may possibility nga mag
abot 2 hours and 30 minutes o 3 hours, depende sa knowledge sang naga share. So
may set of questions kami nga gin prepare, actually ano siya, bale lima siya ka sector-
Health, Nutrition, Education, Policy, and Human Resource. So amo ni siya, ay may
ara ta upod si Sir, Sir pakilala anay Sir.
Elson: Okay, no one’s left who did not introduced themselves? So my apology to sir Rommel for having
him here on the spot. Actually, the reason why you were being called is this focus group discussion. We
conduct reseach and we are going back, and document our previous projects here in Tboli. It’s like were
making a book to show ho effective our programs here in Tboli. These will be replicated in other areas
especially in BARM. We are done with our lots of activities in Kids Shine Project and we already pulled
out here in Tboli. So were checking out if they were being continued, or the impacts are still there. So this
program is just a part of the transition period of the First Read Project of Save the Children. The First
Read Project is one of the pioneering project of ECCD here in the Philippines. It focuses on the children
0-4 years old. We had our 6-year First Read project here in Tboli from 2013-2019. Aside from the
sponsorship on schools, we had our home- based and community-based interventions. So this is the First
read project which covers 5 components- health, nutrition, early childhood also includes parenting, policy
and volunteer management, and human resource management. This focus group discussion wil run at a
maximum of 2 hours. This is based on our field test of the questionnaire and this will have the tendency
to reach 2 hours and 30 minutes or 3 hours, depending on the knowledge of the participants in answering
and sharing. We have prepared set of questions based on 5 sectors- Health, Nutrition, Education, Policy,
and Human Resource. So we have here, other co-participants. Sir introduce your self.
Participant (male): Unclear statement (03:48- 03:52)
Participant (male): Unclear statement (03:48- 03:52)
Elson: Si sir PJ sa nutrition, representing, Radyo Katribu. Sige so, Sir ano ni siya,
Focus Group Discussion. Naga conduct kami sang research para sa future
programming sang Save the Children. Possibilities, new proposals, para sa South
Cotabato and especially sa BARM. So ang mag facilitate sini nga FGD, si Des, si
Desiree. Hindi ko pwede mag facilitate kay isa ko sa mga involved nga mag
implement. To avoid, to be fair. To avoid biases kay siyempre bias ko gid na kay ako
nag implement. So si Des ang mag facilitate, so kung may mga any nga feedback
kamo, something mga negative o mga areas for improvent during implementation
sadto, don’t hesitate nga i-share. So we will take those feedbacks in a positive manner
for improvement din sang programing. Kay naga transition kami subong sa BARM
so damo mga opportunities to help more children, Especially children in conflict, sa
mga armed conflict communities. Sige so hangyo lang ko nga ano, mangayo lang ko
consent niyo nga gina record namon, I-record namon ang tingog, gina document.
Kay may ara kami sina nga verbatim nga transcription as evidence nga nag- conduct
kami FGD. Kag hangyo ko lang nga kung pwede, kusgon lang gamay ang boses. Kung
mag lampas ta dire, nag hangyo man kami sang lunch para may rason nga mag stay
kamo. May lunch kita, kag may snacks man pero basi ma serve to siya kasabay sa
lunch, so desert sa siya. Ipahabol nalang naton.
Elson: sir PJ is under the nutrition representing the Raddyo Katribu. So sir, this is a Focus group discussion,
where we conduct research for the future programming of Save the Children. Possibilities, new proposal
for South Cotabato and especially on BARM. So this FGD will be facilitated by Desiree. I am not allowed
to facilitate because I am one of those involved during the implementation. To be fair and avioid biases,
cause I can have it bias since I am the one who implemented, Des will facilitate. If you have feedbacks,
negative or on some areas for improvement during the implementation, don’t hesitate to share. So we
will take those feedbacks in a positive manner for improvement of programing. For we are now in the
transition in BARM so we spotted opportunities to help more children especially in aremed conflict
communities. So may I ask your concent for voice recording for documentation. We will have our verbatim
transcription as evidence that we conducted FGD. I am asking you to speak aloud. If we will extend her,
we will be having our lunch and snacks, and maybe will have it served together.
Des: Thank you Son, Good morning usab sa tanan. Ako diay si Desiree as mentioned
gani ni Elson, kay kani siya is study para mas ma improve pa namo ang amuang
programa so mang hangyo lang mi… Ay mangutana sa diay ko kung okay ra nga
Bisaya o unsa atuang, Ilonggo? Pwede gihapon. Ayaw lang gyud Tboli kay di gyud mi
kasugakon. Taman ra gyud mi sa Hyu lafus.
Des: So thank you Son. Good morning again, to everyone. As mentioned by Elson, I am Desiree. So this
study is for the improvement of our programs, so I am asking you, may I ask first if would it be okay to
use Bisaya or Ilonngo? But not Tboli, because I can’t really speak the language. I only know Hyu Lafus
(good morning).
Rommel: La Hulung (Hindi marunong)
Rommel: Don’t know how to
Des: Sige so kato, tan-awon nato ang impact sa First Read nga project which nag
dugay siya dire sa inyuha no, tan-awon nato unsa ang impact sa parents, sa care
givers, dili lang sa LGU, ug sa mga volunteers apil gyud mismo sa parents, caregiver,
ug especially sa mga bata para as a whole community. Tapos i-emphasize lang nako
nga dili kailangan nga positive tanan kay gina value namo even ang negative
feedbacks kay para dira nato tan awon kung unsa pa ang atuang pwede ma- improve
in the future. So may mga set of questions, kung dili mo kumportable nga tubagon
siya, okay lang pud. So ana, along the process sa atuang documentation, so mao na
nga nag butang ko ug nametag sa inyuha kay as mentioned ni Elson, nga I-verbatim
ni siya para ma ano gyud sa documenter, sa mag transcribe kung kinsa ang naga
istorya . kay diba alangan imaginun lang nato, kay kinsa gani ni nga tingog so murag
ana siya. Mag ano lang ta, from time to time, ma mention nako ang inyuhang names
kay para, example ma ano niya kung kinsa ang nag tubag ato. So, nakapag-introduce
naman to no, Pero pwede ko mag hangyo ug balik kay murag medyo hinay siya
kaganina, confident lang, kusgon ang tingog. So hangyo lang ko kung pwede ang i-
introduce, pangalan lang, tapos edad depende sa inyo kung iingon ninyo or didi,
pwede sad I-range nato kung ganahan mo, pero optional lang edad, tapos kung unsa
nga position, unsa nga office ug unsa na kadugay mo nag puyo dire sa Tboli. Ug unsa
ka dugay namo nag serbisyo sa inyuhang position karon. So asa ta pwede mag una?
Des: So we will see the impact of First Read project since having here for the long time, we will see its
impact to the parents, caregivers, not only the LGU and the volunteers but involving the parents and
caregivers as well as the children as a whole community. I emphasize that it is not really necessary to
mention all the positive feedbacks because we also value the negative ones, for we can see what are the
ares to be improved in the future. So I have here set of questions, and if you are not comfortable to
answer, it is okay. So along the documentation, the purpose of your name tags is to determine who gave
the staements, as mentioned ealier by sir Elson, this will be transcribed in verbatim. For the documenrter
to determine you as the speaker. From time to time I will mention your names. So we already had the
self introduction. But may I ask to repeat it and this time with a clear and loud voice. So where can we
start?

* The participants repeated their brief self-introduction (10:20- 15:40)

* Below are the participants who did not introduced themselves on the first self-
introduction.
Armando: [10:24] Ako si Armando Maghari. Ara lang ko sa Planning Office,
Administrative Aid. Ang akon nga work is as a writer kag naga conduct sang studies.
I am 35 years old, sa Tboli ano nako di eh, 35 years man. Tapos sa position from 2015
asta karon as a regular employee.
Armando: I am Armando Maghari, I am at the Planning Office as administrative Aid. My work is a writere
and I also conduct studies. I am 35 years ols and here in Tboli, 35 years also. I am at my position from
2015 up to the present as a regular employee.
PJ: [13:53] Good morning sa liwat, ako gali si Philippe John Asion, nutrition staff
under sa MSWD office, length of service, 5 years palang. Kag amo lang na.
PJ: Good morning once again, I am Philippe John Asion, Nutrition staff under MSWD office. Length of
service is 5 years. Tha’s all.
Des: [15:42] So daghang salamat. Basig naa moy mga questions, mauna nalang mo,
daghan baya ni akuang questions. Sige so, mag sugod nata, kani dili ni siya necessary
nga isa-isa gyud mo mag tubag ha. Kung kinsa lang katong nay ika-tubag sa kani nga
questions. So first nako nga question is, unsa kaha ang inyong mga local nga
programa ng inyuha mismo nga mag promote sa health; regarding sa health, unsa
nga programa inyuhang, ang naa karon sa Tboli about sa health para sa mga parents
ug mga bata nga edad 0-4
Des: So thank you vey much, if you have questions you can ask it right now, you ask first. Because I have
laots later. Okay let’s start. This is not necessarily to answer one by one. For thos who have the idea, and
wanted to answer the question. My first question is what are the local programs in your locality that
promote health? What are the health related programs here in Tboli for parents and children ages 0-4.
Participant (male): Radio Program sa Kalusugan ay Yaman.
Participant (male): Radio program on “Kalusugan ay Yaman” (Health is Wealth)
Des: Radio Program sa Kalusugan ay Yaman, salamat sir PJ. Naa pay uban?
Des: Radio program on Kalusugan ay Yaman, thank you sir PJ. Anything else?
Participant(female): May ara kami nga mga, may ara kita nga mga mothers’ classes/
parents’ classes purposely is para sa parents gid sang kabataan para nga maka maka
bulig nga ma-ano ang ila nga good health plus ang pre- marriage counseling naton
incorporated dira ang about sa health and nutrition para sa aton mga PMC Couples.
Participant (female): we have mothers’ classes purposely for the parents of the children to help them to
know what to do for health plus, we have pre- marriage coulseling incorporated with health and nutrition
for PMC couples.
Des: Okay, Sige.
Des: Okay
Participant (female): Feeding program mam. Feeding Program sa day care.
Participant (female): Feeding program for Day Care.
Participant (female): Si mam Nora mam, actually naga start na siya Parent
Education Seminar. Dala na da orientation sa parents kung ano himuon. Tong nag
ligad semana, Sinolon, Edwards, New Dumanggas, Laconon, and then Kematu.
Participant (female): Ma’am Nora actually starts the Parent Education Seminar. That includes the
orientation for tha parents for them to know what to do. Last week, they were in Sinolon, Edwards, New
Dumanggas, Laconon, and then Kematu.
Participant(female): Sa mga children, bale immunization sa all barangays of Tboli
ages 0-59 months then mga new born screening then giving og micronutrient
supplementation then sa mga mothers, pre-natal check-up.
Participant (female): for children, we have immunization in all the barangays of Tboli for ages 0-59
months. Also include new born screening and then giving of micronutrient supplementation, and for
mothers, pre- natal check-ups.
Des: Okay salamat mam Lourds.
Des: Okay thank you ma’am Lourds.
Participant (female): May idugang pako mam, may ara pagid kita program about
Responsible Parenthood nga in partnership with the Population Commision.
Participant (female): I have an additional ma’am, we also have the Responsibele Parenthood in
partnership with the Population Commision.
Des: Sige sige, salamat mam Twit. Naa pay uban nga mag tubag? Wala na? So
kaganiha ang health, karon, specific sa nutrition. Ang local siya nga programa ha, sa
Tboli. About sa nutrition kay ang uban naan a may na mention kaganiha. Naa pa bay
other nga specific lang siya sa nutrition?
Des: Yes thank you ma’am Twit. Are there any other answers? Nothing more? Okay so, if earlier was in
health, this time is particularly in nutrition. Still on the local programs here in Tboli that is related to
nutrition, since others mentioned earlier. Are there any programs specific on nutrition?
Participant (male): Ages? Same ages, 0-4?
Participant (male): Ages? Same ages, 0-4?
Des Opo. 0-4 gihapon.
Des: Yes, still 0-4.
Participant (female): So ang first gid is ang operation timbang naton. In which dira
naton makita ang aton kabataan kung ara ba sila sa normal nga status, ang ila nga
nutritional status. Then ang operation timbang. Next is ang supplemental feeding
program nga kung sa diin, before sang supplemental feeding program, may ara kita
gina conduct nga orientations sa mothers plus ang ano gani ang tawag sang feeding
program nga gin introduce sang Save the Children? May mga deworming kita,
vitamin supplementation, ang PD Hearth. Ang PD Hearth amo gid na siya ang isa
nga naga bulig kay ti hindi all the time nga may ara kita nga supplies. Ang namian
namon sinang program nga PD Hearth kay gina tudluan niya ang mga mothers nga
may ara sila sang gina tawag nga sense of ownership kay ang mga feeding supplies ila
gid. May ara gid sa ila nga mga tanum. So damo siya na cover mam. May ara sang
gardening, ma empower naton sila kay may ara nga mga klase plus ang sa kabataan,
kag ang pag buligay nila. Ang sense of ownership pa sa program. Ate lourds, ang aton
pa nga ano gani, immunization, vitamin supplementation, micronutrient
supplementation.
Participantc (female): So first is our Operation Timbang. Where we can see the nutritional status of the
children, if they are normal. Next is the supplemental feeding program where before that we conduct
orientations for mothers. Plus what do we call the feeding programs introduced by Save the Children? We
also have the deworming, vitamin supplementation, PD Hearth. The PD Hearth is the one that helped
because not all the time we have the supplies. We like the PD Hearth ‘cause it teach the mothers the
sense of ownership on the feeding supplies. They have their own plants. So it covers wide area. They have
the gardening, empowering them through sessions and their children, and theiy unity. Also the senseoof
ownership of the program. Ate lourds, also our immunization, vitamin supplementation, and micronutrient
supplementation.
Des: Sige, naa pa bay uban?
Des: Are there anything more?
Participant (female): Kag ang ano pa mam, feeding sa buntis.
Participant (female): Also the feeding program for pregnant women.
Des: Sige, so karon, how about didto sa mga Oportunidad sa Pag-aaral? Ay wait,
Safety and Security sa diay. Sa mga safety and security, unsa ang mga programa dire?
Or ang mga local na programa. Sa safety and security. Sa mga bata gihapon 0-4.
Des: So how about in the Opportunity for Education? Wait, let’s have the Safety and Security First. For,
Safety and Security what is your local programs here? Also fo children ages 0-4.
Participant (female): So far dire sa aton sa Munisipyo sang Tboli may ara kita nga
Local Council for the Protection of Children which is isa man kamo sa member kag
ang mga ara dire karon member man sila sang team nga amo nang naga lantaw sang
security kag safety sang aton kabataan. For example, sang kahapon, hindi lang siya,
ang aton nga council hindi lang siya naga lantaw sa 0-4 years old but generally sa
kabataan, even sa aton nga high school nga kabataan. So gina see to it nga ma
monitor naton mam ang ila nga, in terms sa ilang nga food, shelter and clothing. By,
through sa cooperation naton sa barangay council kay activated man ang Barangay
Council for the Protection of Children, ang aton mga VAWC desk sa barangay hall.
Participant (female): So far here in the municipality of Tboli, we have the Local council for the Protection
of children in which you are one of our member and the people who are here today are also members
of the team who looks into the security and safety of our children. For example, yesterday, our council
covers not only the children 0-4 but all, even high school children.so we see to it that they are monitored
in terms of food, shelter, and clothing. Through the cooperation with the barangay council for the
protection of children. We have the VAWC desk per barangay hall.
Des: Sige, ang uban? Sige lang kung later naa moy ma-rememer, pwede raman.
Des: Anyone else? It is okay to share it later if you can rememeber.
Participant (male): Direct or indirect? Or direct programs nga related sa mga
beneficiaries?
Participant (male): Direct or indirect? I mean, direct programs related to the beneficiaries?
Des: Direct or indirect sir, okay ra.
Des: Direct or indirect sir, it would be okay.
Participant (male): Mag siling ta indirect, mga road construction naton. Sa mga
programming sa road construction, water system, especially sa road kay makita niyo,
mga iban nga areas naton kay pirte ka mga, GIDAs, oo grabe ka lubak, so possible
basi ma disgrasya ang mga bata. So makita niyo man siguro (unclear audio 22:47-
22:55) by budget ba siya sa national road in coordination with the local so dako
gihapon ni siya nga opportunity sa mga bata kay mga, ginabaktas lang nila ila
eskwelahan kay nahadlok nan a sila mag sakay kag mas iwas gid siya disgrasya kay
kung mga motor naga agi, mag balintong pa kay slide ang alagyan. So mas kwan sa
mga bata, mas threat so sa mga buntis man, basi mahulugan sila sa subra ka lubak.
Participant (male): When we say indirect, i mean our road construction. The programming on road
construction, water system, especially on roads. As you can see, our other areas belong the GIDA. The
roads are very rocky where there’s a tendency to have accidents on children. So as you can see, (unclear
audio 22:47-22:55), national road is by budhet in coordination with the Local, so it is such a great
opportunity because thay just walk from home to school so they can avoid accidents because they are
afraid to ride motorcycles because of the slippery roads for them to asure their safety. Those were threat
to the children and as well as the pregnant women. They will be at risk in riding motorcycles and could
lead to miscarriage due to rocky roads.
Des: Okay sige. Salamat sir JP.
Des: Okay, thank you sir JP.
Participant (female): Dagdag gali mam na remember ko, ang isa pagid is ang aton
nga gina conduct nga information dissemination campaign. So orientation sa aton
barangay council about sa protection sang aton mga kabataan. Kat ti, pag-abot sa
barangay level sila gid ang maka monitor man, makabulig sa aton.
Participant (female): Additional for that ma’am, I remember one more thing, the information
dissemination campaign we conduct. That is the orientation of barangay council about the protection of
our children. They are the one who would monitor and could help us in barangay level.
Participant (male): Kag sa nutrition man, may ara kita sang isa ka survey, program
gyapon na siya, Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security. Dira naton
makit-an kung ang isa ka houseold ba, food secured o hindi. Amo na siya kon di naton
makit-an nga hindi food secured ang household ti, kalabanan sina, ti tong last sa
agriculture nangita sila sang mga beneficiary nila sa… nag conduct kami sang survey
kag gin pili ang household bala nga hindi siguro ang pagkaon. Amo to gin tagaan
naton sang assistance, livelihood assistance kag damo lang. Kag may mga garden
tools pa gani gin pang hatag para mag kwan sang food production gani kag mag tawag
sini, campaign sang production.
Participant (male): Also under the nutrition, we have a survey, also a program, Early Warning System for
Food and Nutrition Security. Through that, we can see the status of household if they are food secured
or not. If we could detect a household that is not food secured, they are given the chance by the Agriculture
to be the beneficiary. We conducted survey to detect those households that are not food secured. Thus,
we gave them livelihood assistance and many more. And also for the campaign for food production, they
were given the garden tools.
Des: Okay sige, thank you sir PJ. Naa pa? Sige so karon, local programs nga naga
promote ug opportunities para sa mga bata para nga maka eskwela sila. Sa 0-4
gihapon. Opportunities nga maka eskwela ang mga bata.
Des: Thank you sir PJ, anything else? So now, let’s go to the programs that promote opportunities for the
children to education. So, still ages 0-4.
Participant (male): 0-4 mam? So sa Day Dare.
Participant (male): 0-4 ma’am? So on Day Dare.
Participant (female): Mam sa Day care, may ara kita ng feeding program. Sa Day
Care sa subong daw inug deliver na ata sang DSWD Region XII sa downtown. Tboli,
na canvass na.
Participant (female): Ma’am, we have the feeding programs for Day Care. For now, the DSWD Region
XII is about to deliver it downtown. Here in Tboli, they already canvassed.
Participant (male): So particularly sa facilities, halos tanan nga barangay gid man
may mga day care centers naman. So ang iban nga mga barangay nga mga dalagko
may tag duwa na ka mga day care centers. Mga 0-4 na, mga day care sila, maka avail
na sila.
Participant (male): So particularly on facilities, almost all of the barangays have the Day Care Centers. In
other large barangays, they have two Day Care Centers. For 0-4 they can already avail day care.
Participant (female): Sa Purok Saging mam, may nahuman na ta nga ECCD building
para sa Day Care gihapon. Sa ma’am Sibor dira ang maestra sa Purok Saging. Sa
karon mam is 87 day care workers kag 87 man ka day care centers. So naga start
naman ang klase, ang iban by Monday.
Participant (female): On Purok Saging ma’am, there was already an established ECCD building for Day
Care. Ma’am Sibor is the teacher there. For now, we have 87 day care workers and 87 day care centers.
They already started their classes and some will start on Monday.
Des: Ah okay kay June naman diay okay so karon, local program nga nag promote
ug kuan, responsive caregiving para sa mga magulang. Sa mga bata nga 0-4.
Responsive care, naga promote ug responsive caregiving para sa mga parents nga 0-
4.
Des: Okay, ‘cause it’s already June. Any programns that promote responsive caregiving for the parents,
on children 0-4.
Participant (female): So pag start sang klase naga conduct kami sang parents’ fitness
session sa mga parents. So yearly yearly gid na mam. Tanan kami nga mga day care,
gina conduct na sa mga parents.
Participant (female): As the classes starts, we conduct parents’ fitness session for parents yearly. All the
day care centers conduct that for parents.
Participant (female): Bale sa health mam, before sila mag bigay ng mga
immunization, pre-natal, merong mga lecture. Lecture bago mag start. Mga about
siya sa how to care the children, mga dapat nga pagkaon ihatag sa ila, every barangay,
naga perform ang mga health personnel. Especially midwives, and NDP’s.
Participant (female): On health ma’am, before they give the immunization and pre-natal, there are
lectures before starting. Those are on how to take care of children, proper foods to give them; and every
barangay, health personnel are performing. Especially midwives, and NDP’s.
Participant (female): Tapos dugang ko mam ang aton nga municipal league, ang 4P’s
Program naton, MCCT Program naga tandem sila sa amon naga conduct sang
Family Development Session nga may ara siya nga mga topics nga amo na, caregiver,
kung papano siya. May ara nga ara nga para sa training basta monthly gid na siya
mam. Sa 25 barangays na siya so amo na siya ang iska dako nga maka bulig man plus
ang program naton sa Radyo Katribu nga gina si PJ ang in-charge kay nag discuss
man siya dira gyapon.
Participant (female): Additioanal ma’am, in our municipal league, our 4P’s program, and MCCT program
is having a tandem in conducting Family Development Session. There are topics on caregiving and how
to do that. It is monthly conducted in every barangays. The program and discussion on Radyo Katribu,
that sir PJ is the one being in-charged serves as a great help.
Des: Local man na ang Radyo Katribu no.
Des: Radyo Kartibu is local, right?
Participant (female): Oo mam, local gid na siya.
Participant (female): Yes mam. It’s local.
Participant (female): Additional mam, ang Save the Children isa kami, ang barangay
Afus nga nakabaton sang KD corner so, nagkadto na didto sis sir ba. Dira sa KD
corner, may mga books na dira, daw pila kami ka mga day care center ang natagaan
sina bala dire sa Tboli. Di ko ma ano tanan pero sa barangay Afus, siguro amo
nangdira ang pinaka dako gid sa tanan ba nang KD corner ba dire gid sa Tboli. So
dira sang naga klase pa ko, January to March, damo gid na dira mga bata 0-4 ang naga
sulod sa KD corner kay ako sina ang naga handle. Kay lapit lang man sa Day Care
Center to. So sang May na, nga wala nako nag balik, gin turn over ko na sa council
nga I close kung wala gid sang may mag manage sinang KD corner, so pag balik ko
didto sang ano, May na nga mag survey nako, so daw gin ransak ang amon nga KD
corner. So nag tibulaag ang mga books. Asta nga nag monitor na si sir, siling ko,
dapat gin turn over nan a sa council nga dapat I close gid na siya kung waay sing mga
bata pero daw pinabayaan sang barangay officials so ang akon lang gid tani kay gin
baton nila ang program nga na, dapat i- suportaran gid kay para man na sa
promosyon sang mga bata. So natabo nga daw gin ransak ang amon nga KD corner,
sa pag kadto didto ni sir so nakita gid ni sir nga open gid siya so insigida nga nag ano
kami nga mga PV’s gi hakot namon to siya, gin dala namon ang mga book shelf sa
may womens room, didto to namon gin butang tanan, so gin close na to siya tanan
kay dapat i-renovate gid to siya tanan eh. So didto na subong. Cooperate na mam.
Cooperate na siya.
Participant (female): Additional ma’am, barangay Afus is one of the beneficiary of KD Corner from Save
the Children. We received books together with the other barangays here in Tboli. We have the largest
KD corner where when I started my class on January to March, there are lots of children ages 0-4 that
go in there because I was the one who handle and it is near the Day Care Center. So during May, I turned
over it to the barangay council and they just close it whenever there are no children using the KD corner.
So when I returned and had a survey on May, the KD corner was being robbed, so the total area was a
mess and the books were scattered. For me, they should have done their best in maintaining the KD
corner because it helped in the promotion of children in reading It came to an end that they neglected
the KD corner and lack their attention in maintaining. So as when sir got there for monitoring, he saw
that it was opened and we rightaway fixed the area and transferred the shelves and other things to the
Womens’ room. So we insured the things and supposed to renovate it. Now they already cooperated.
Participant (female): Ako may na-remember ako mam Rose about sa programa sang
Save the Children nga may selected barangays nga gina perform ang mga stool exam
and urine exam to detect the ano, mga patient na mga (mixed up statements 30:51-
30:53) selected barangays. Then may, yung iba sa ibang barangay, bale sa cover ng
save the children. Tapos yung mga equipments na mga weighing scale, merong
binigay na ano, dagdag.
Participant (female): I remembered, ma’am Rose about the program of Save the Children that there are
selected barangays that perform stool exam and urine exam to detect the patients that are (mixed up
statements 30:51-30:53) selected barangays. And the barangays that were covered by Save the Children
were given weighing scales.
Des: Thank you mam Lourds. Yes mam.
Des: Thank you mam Lourds. Yes ma’am.
Participant (female): Actually ang LGU Tboli wala siya sang resource center, ECCD
resource center. Pero tungod sa bulig niyo from Save the children nga nag provide
sang mga reading materials for Day Care children, ang dira bala sa pihak sang office
namon, sa MSWD, gin himo na siya nga daw ECCD resource center. So salamat gid
through Save the Children kay ang mga books, ang mga reading materials, ang mga
resource materials halin na siya inyo mam. Mga toys.
Participant (female): Actually the LGU Tboli don’t have the ECCD Resource Center, but because of the
help of Save the Children, the day care children were provided of reading materials. The other half of
MSWD office was made as an ECCD Resource Center. So we thank Save the Children for the books,
reading materials, resource materials, and toys.
Participant (female): Lipay gid ang mga mam sa Day Care kay may mga bags sila,
may mga books na, may mga notebook pa, may papel, may lapis, pirte gid ang ila nga
ano. Actually mam ang dira sa ano ni mam Nora, tong hambal ni mam Roseden, may
mga pictures na sila dira tong may mga bags sila kay halin sa Save the Children.
Grabe gid ang ila nga kalipay. Kay nabaton nila.
Participant (female): Day Care children are very happy for their bags, books, notebooks, papers, and
pencils. They have their pictures in ma’am Nora having their bags with them. They were very happy for
what they have received.
Des: Thank you mam Neng. Sige naa pa bay uban? Sige wala na. Naay naka mention
kaganina about ECCD. Unsa bay meaning sa ECCD?
Des: Thank you ma’am Neng, anything else? Okay none. ECCD was mentioned earlier. What is the
meaning of ECCD?
Participants answered in unison: Early Childhood Care and Development. Okay sige.
So unsa pud nga edad ang nasakop sa ECCD?
*Participants answered in unison: Early Childhood Care and Development.
Des: Okay sige. So unsa pud nga edad ang nasakop sa ECCD?
Des: So what age is under the ECCD?
Participant (female): From new born. (unclear statements 32:43-32:47) Para ma
monitor ang weight kag ang height.
Participant (female): From new born. (unclear statements 32:43-32:47) For the monitoring of height and
weight.
Des: Hantod?
Des: Until?
Participant (female): Hangtod 59 months.
Participant (female): Until 59 months
Des: So from 0-59 months? Okay sige. Para sa inyuha unsa ang First Read Project?
Para sa inyuha lang, in your own words.
Des: so 0-59 months? Okay, for you, what is First Read Project? For you, in your own words.
Participant (male): Read mam, diba basa? So learning through reading.
Participant (male): Learning through reading.
Des: Okay, thank you sir Mel. Any other ideas?
Des: Okay, thank you sir Mel. Any other ideas?
Participant (female): So ang First Read para sa ako so dako gyud nga impact ang
naka dulot sa amon, mapa PV’s man, mga Day Care workers man, na enhance kami
through sa Save the Children. So indi lang sa education kundi sa nutrition man.
Participant (female): So Firs Read had a very large impact, on PV’s Day care workers. We were enhanced
through Save the Children. Not only in education but also in nutrition.
Des: Ah okay, sige.
Des: Okay.
Participant (male): Opportunidad pa mam. Nga maka, sa diba dapat ang pundasyon
sang bata sa pagbasa palang pag-on dapat gid na. So mam mas manami nga may First
Read gid para ma enhance pagid ang pagbasa. Kalabanan subong nga mga kabataan,
kung hindi mo pag pabasahon, mag grade six nalang, madayunan nalang ba nga hindi
maka basa mayo.
Participant (male): Also, opportunity. As we know that children should have the stong foundation in
reading. So it’s nice to have the First Read for them to enhance their reading. Mostly of the children
nowadays, if they are not used in reading, they find it difficult to read up until grade six. Until they end
up as non readers.
Des: Okay sige. Thank you Sir PJ. Unsa inyuhang pagka sabot sa First Read Approach?
Sa approach ng First Read? Ay sorry, ano ang pagkaintindi ninyo sang gina hambal
nga First Read Approach? Sa pagkaintindi lang. hindi gid kailangan nga in English gid.
Sa ano lang; in your own words.
Des: Okay, thank you sir PJ. What is your understanding of First Read Approach? Not necessarily in
English. Just in your own words.
Participant (female): Sa akon siguro ang First Read nga approach kay amo siya ang
pinaka- simple ang approach para sa pagpakat-on sa mga kabataan bala nga madali
nila maintindihan ang pag tuon. Amo na siya abi so far ang nakita ko sa mga centers
naton nga may First Read Program.
Participant (female): For me, the First Read Approach is the simpliest approach in teaching children how
to easily learn. That is what I see so far in the centers with First Read Programs.
Participant (female): May kwan abi siya, ang First Read abi nila nga, lalo na sa books,
may Tboli, o kon ano nga linggwahe tapos may kwan siya nga ilonngo o kon tagalog
ba, naka translation siya so madali lang ma intindihan sang mga bata lalo na tong
mga IP’s mam. Nabasa ko tong books niyo, hindi gid ko kabalo mag tiniboli ba.
Participant (female): First Read program has books that are contextualixed in Tboli, Illonggo, or Tagalog
with corresponding translation for the children especially IP’s to understand. I’ve read the books using
Tboli language.
Participant (female): Inang considering bala nga syempre ang aton nga mga day care
workers indi sinang siling mo nga inang mga graduate gid bala sir, may ara nga mga
high school graduate lang gid siya mam. So far ang approach ninyo nga gin introduce
sa amon, amo nang naka bulig sa ila.
Participant (male): the approach is considering to the Day Care Workers even if they did not finisher their
degree in college, some are high school graduates. So far, the approach you introduced to us helped them.
Participant (female): Applicable gid siya.
Participant (female): It is really applicable.
Participant (female): Hindi siya inang compex bala nga mas simplier siya nga madali
ma integrate sa iya nga pag tudlo. Simple.
Participant (female): nthe approach is not complex and simplier that they can integrate in their teaching.
Des: So naa pay uban? Wala na? Sige. So karon unsa kaha nga mga programa or
activities nga imuhang na bal-an o nadunggan/nabatian sang First Read? So pwede
lang ta nga mag enumerate.
Des: Anything else? Nothing more? So what are the programs or activities do you know or you hear under
the First Read? So can we enumerate?
Participant (female): Ang PD Hearth.
Participant (female): the PD Hearth
Des: PD Hearth, Ma’am Rose. Unsa pa? Actibidad o programa?
Des: PD Hearth, Ma’am Rose. Anything else? Activities or programs?
Participant (female): PES program mam.
Participant (female): PES program ma’am.
Des: PES.
Des: PES.
*Participants discussed with their co-participants. No response to the facilitator’s
question yet (37:45- 38:12)
Des: Bisag key words lang, or describe kung dili pa ma hinumduman ang term.
Des: Even if keywords only, or you can describe it if you can’t remember the term.
Participant (female): Mam, paki liwat daw sang question.
Participant (female): Ma’am please repeat the question.
Des: Ano ang mga programa or ang mga aktibidades nga bal-an o nabatian mo nga ara sa First
Read nga Project or nga Program or about sa First Read?
Des: What are the programs or activities do you know or you hear under the First Read? Programs about
First Read?
Participant (male): Mga film viewing mam.
Participant (male): Film Viewing ma’am.
Participant (female): Tong mga provisions sang mga books gani mam nga may mga
transaltion.
Participant (female): The provisions of books that contain stories with translation.
Participant (male): Tong mga seminars sa Day Care workers.
Participant (male): Seminars for the Day Care workers.
Participant (male): Mga capacity building training
Participant (male): The capacity building training
Participant (male): Skills training
Participant (male): Skills training
Participant (female): Diba bisan sa improvement sang mga Day Care Centers, nang
may mga pinta kamo, may mga visual materials, may ara kamo gipanghatag mam
ba. Kay may didto sa opisina may mga tubig nga pang-hatag. Damo.
Participant (female): Also with the improvement of Day Care Centers, with the paints, visual materials
and also drinking water.
Participant (male): Mga donation projects sa mga day care centers.
Participant (male): The donation projects of Day care Centers.
Des: Mga enhancement sa Day Care. Kinsa pa.
Des: Enhancement for Day care, anything else?
Participant (female): Bisan tong mga banig mam, may ara sila para sa mga kabataan,
sa First Read gihapon. Oo, Diba?
Participant (female): Even the mats, they gave the children under First Read also.
Participant (male): Tong mga kwan bala, mga panglaban sa lamok.
Participant (male): The materials to avoid mosquito.
Participant (female): Oo mosquito net.
Participant (female): Yes, mosquito net.
Participant (female): Basta may ara dira, makita ko dira nga may mga ano sila Sir
Elson gin bilin kay Inday para sa center mo. Mga banig, books, bags, mga notebooks,
basta damo didto. Kay mga kwan abi kay, tapos tong mga box gani para to naka
package na may nakasulod na nga daan para sa by center. Gin bilin to kay mam Nora,
dalawa sila to ni sir Elson nga naga ano…
Participant (female): There are materials sir Elson left to Inday for the centers. Mats, books, notebooks,
and more. And also boxesthat contain package for the center. Ma;am Nora was held the reliable of those,
received from sir Elson.
Des: Mga box, nga para sa Day Care Centers.
Des: Boxes for Day Care Centers.
Participant (female): Ang inang isa sa program di bala mam nga inang gina develop
ang social development sang bata kay diba may ara nga, session nga may ara nga
games, story telling.
Participant (female): One of the programs is the social development of the children through sessions with
games and story telling.
Participant (male): Film Viewing.
Participant (male): Film Viewing.
Participant (female): Oo, film viewing nga, basta hindi ko abi ma ano ah. Ang ano ni.
Participant (female): Yes, Film viewing. That, I forgot the term but it’s like that.
Participant (male): Medyo interactive siya mam. Ang learning.
Participant (male): the learning is quite interactive ma’am.
Participant (female): Oo, interactive ang bata. Interactive learning siya. Nang hindi
siya nga tong dati bala nga kinaraan bala naton nga, sang time pa bala naton nga kung
paano mag tudlo ang teacher nga, teacher lang tanan. Ara ya makita mo gid ang
inetaction sang bata sa iya nga teacher. Kag na develop gid siya ang mga bata eh.
Participant (female): Yes, it is interactive learning, not like the past approach in teaching that the teacher
takes all over all the roles in students’ learning. This one is we can see the interaction of the children to
their teacher. And the children realy developed.
Des: Sige, naa pa? Wala na? Sige. Sa inyuhang mga na mention nga program, unsa
ang kaya ang sa tan-aw ninyo nga pinaka haum sa bata nga 0-4 years old? Ano ba ang
ilonggo sang haum?Oo, pinaka angkop.
Des: anything more? Okay, from all programs you have mentioned, what is the best that suit the children
0-4 years old? Or what matches best with children 0-4 years old?
Participant (female): Ang pinaka haum, story telling.
Participant (female): Story telling, it suits them.
Participant (male): Right play mam; yung tamang laro sa age nila. Yung sa mga health
centered, kasi minsan hindi alam ng guro ang ipa hampang niya, masugatan ang bata,
mag kagid- kagid.
Participant (male): Right play at their age ma’am. The one that’s health-centered because sometimes,
there are hazards if the parents don’t know what are the right play for their children.
Des: Okay sige. Salamat sir Mel.
Des: Okay, thank you sir Mel.
Participant (male): Mga sing and dance nga mga learning activities sang mga bata,
effective sa mga bata, mostly, ihambal ko nalang, daw wala kayo impact sa ila (plain
activity). Pero kung sing and dance siya daw mas dali kag effective sa mga bata.
Participant (male): Also the sing and dance activities of the children. Plain activity would not be that much
but if you integrate sing and dance, it would be easier and effective for the children.
Des: Salamat sir JR.
Des: Thank you sir JR
Participant (female): Mas name pagid siguro mam kung may visual ano gid sila, film
viewing.
Participant (female): It would also be nice to have visuals ma’am like film viewing.
Participant (male): Gusto na nila. Mamati gid na sila.
Participant (female): They would really like it. They would really listen.
Participant (female): Mamati gid na sila kay te, mostly subong abi sa subong nga
generation kay visuals nagid na sila.
Participant (female): They would surely listen because this generation is very visual.
Des: So Sige, naa pa ba?
Des: So, any additional?
Participant (female): Ah, mga activities siya mam nga fit, suited lang siya. Activities
or programs for 0-4. Siguro mas name gid nga ang aton mga teachers ma equip gid
sila ba through trainings and seminars, parehas sang inyo gina himo. Kay so far ang
area sang Save the Children, nga tong cover sang Save the Children, ang may
Sponsorship sang Save the Children, hindi kita budlayan sa mga Day Care Workers
kay naga follow gid sila sa session nga nga pag start bala mam Rose nga may
Kamustahan.
Participant (female): It would be nicer if the teachers would be equipped through trainings and seminars
like what you’ve done. Because so far, in the areas covered by Save the Children with their sponsorship,
the Day Care Workers are not having hard times in following the sessions that are part of Kamustahan.
Participant (male): paano mag Fall in line mam, bag-o mag sulod.
Participant (male): How to fall in line before entering the classroom.
Participant (female): Oo, Inang kung baga ang feeling sang bata, excited siya kay
ganito ang gagawin naming pagdating sa school. Instead nga tong sa usual nga
checking of attendance nga ma lawag- lawag, inang may mga innovations bala nga
gina himo ang mga teachers ta.
Participant (female): Yes, the excitement of the children to go to school regularly thinking that they will
be doing something new at school. Instead of just calling the names, the teachers inludes new innovations.
Participant (male): Excited sila mag balik sa eskwelahan.
Participant (male): They feel excited in returning to school.
Participant (female): Oo, excited sila kay bwas, “ay amo naman ni, mahampang
naman kami, may story telling naman.” Hindi nga tong dati ya mam nga diretso
dayon pakapton lapis kag ipa straight line.
Participant (female): They are excited in games and storytelling. Unlike the feeling of sitting right away
and just drawing straight lines.
Participant (male): Ma stressed ang mga bata. Kay ma pressure siya.
Participant (male): the children will be stressed of the pressure.
Participant (female): Ang iban sato diba, next hindi na mag attend ang bata. Mag
absent na kay di siya iya kabalo. Pero ang inyo nga ano, amo ning name nga approach.
Nga naka bulig gid lalo na sa IP area.
Participant (female): In that case, some children would skip school because of the anxiety that
they are not capable. But First Read approach is nice, it helped especially in IP areas.
Des: Yes. Thank you mam Twit.
Des: Thank you ma’am Twit.
Participant (female): So bisan anhon mo ka storytelling mam kag mag playing, kung
wala feeding, hindi gid ma ano ang bata. Dapat may feeding gid.
Participant (female): So despite of all the story telling and playing, if there is no feeding, it would be
useless to children. Feeding should be included.
Des: Thank you mam Rose.
Des: Thank you mam Rose.
Participant (male): That’s ano mam, ma hatak na siya.
Participant (male): That would drag the program.
Participant (female): Pareha sinang sa mga bukid- bukid, so siyempre aga aga pa, ang
iban mag kadto hindi ka kaon. Dapat may feeding program gid.
Participant (female): Like in far flung areas, early in the morning upon going to school/centers could net
eat their breakfast. Feeding program should be included.
Participant (male): Isa pud nang feeding program nga mag kadto sa mga eskwelahan.
Bisan sa balay nalang hindi pa kakaon.
Participant (male): feeding program is one of the reason why they attend to school. They could eat at
their own homes before leaving.
Participant (female): Oo, may nabal-an nako sina.
Participant (female): Yes I know a case.
Participant (female): Pero may gakatabo sina mam ba. May iban sina nga pag
nakabalo nasila nga may feeding, ang iban sina, hindi na nila pag pakaunon ang mga
bata. “Didto lang kamo sa school, kay teacher, kay may feeding.” So kung ano oras
nila ma serve, amo man sila oras maka kaon.
Participant (female): But there are cases, that if other parents would know that there are feeding
programs, they would rather send their children to school to eat and not able to feed them at home
anymore. So if what time are the foods ready, then that is the time that they could eat.
Participant (male): Pwede ako mag connect mam?
Participant (male): May I connet ma’am?
Des: Yes, sure.
Des: Yes, sure.
Participant (male): So the 5 year old, that would be the age for kinder in DepEd.
Most of our beneficiaries sa feeding program- severely waisted, waisted, are kinders
mam. So Makita naton ang picture bala mam, kasi kung halimbawa, doon palang na
age bracket, na napakain sila nang husto, at saka healthy sila, saluon namon sila nga
healthy na kag gamay nalang ang amon nga ipatigayon. So mas maganda na bigyan
pa ng focus ang age na iyon. Kasi diba sa Health, kapag growth gap, pag hindi na siya
ma correct, ma budlayan ka na. sa DepEd, thankful kami kay ang amon nga mga
kinder gina pakaon na. nang PPAN. Tapos ang amon nga Lugan Central, zero gid
ang waisted, severely waisted pagka end sang klase. Lahat ng kinder kasi pinapakain.
So food is very important. Si siguro sa way or sa approach nga hindi mag tamad ang
parents.
Participant (male): Kindergarten starts at 5 years old in DepEd so most of the benefeciaries of feeding
pogram for waisted andv severely waisted are kinders. So we can see the picture that if the children in
that bracket were given proper feeding, they will arrive at elementary as healthy pupils and lesser efforts
for us to pursue their health development. So we should give them the focus because if we cannot correct
the growth gap. In Lugan Central, we have zero waisted at the end of the school year. So food is very
important. But make sure that the parents would not be lazy.
Des: Okay, thank you sir Mel. Actually mao na akuang next question. Unsa sa inyong
mga nabanggit kaganina, ang haum pud para sa mga parents or mga caregivers, not
necessarily nga parents no kay ang uban mga ano, guardian.
Des: Okay, thank you sir Mel. Actually that is my next question. What among the things that you have
mentioned, what are the most appropriate for the the parents or caregivers, not necessarily parents
because some are just guardians.
Participant (male): Sa Deped mam, ako thankful ako mam kay nang compairing
mga ten years ago, grabe gid ang teenage pregnancy mam sa Tboli. And then ang
Mayor natin nag lagay ng ordinance na “No Discos, No Bayle” sa Tboli. At least
ngayon, ang teenage pregnancy hindi na naggaling sa Tboli. Kay para man sa (unclear
words [47:13-47:15]). So may effect gid mam kasi paano mag produce ng healthy
children ang parent na hindi niya alam kung how to raise a child. So kailangan talaga
mam, matuto at turuan sila kaya sa DepEd, lahat na magawa mam. Halimbawa
ngayon, Dimamis; so Dimamis is a Sitio of Laconon. So Dimamis now is applying for
integrated school. So meaning ang grade six ng Dimamis at ang grade six ng Ellaw,
pag mag grade 7 mam, doon na sila mag-aaral. So hindi na sila mag asawa, so
kailangan talagang ano mam. Before, ang schools ko lang are 28. Ngayon mam is 40.
Para lahat maka access. Education. Importante gid siya. Na turuan talaga. Yan man ang sabi ni
Mayor. I educate daw ang mga ka- tribo niya.
Participant (male): In DepEd mam, I am thankful that comparing ten years ago, teenage pregnancy is
very rampant in Tboli. And then the Mayor mandated to stop the operation of “No Disco, No Bayle”. The
number of teenage pregnancy is now ceasing in Tboli. It is for the (unclear words [47:13-47:15]). So
there is really an effect if we educate the parents in raising their child. For example in Dimamis a Sitio in
Lacocon is applying to be an integrated school. So meaning the grade six in Dimamis and Ellaw during
their grade 7 will enter there. So that they will not marry after their elementary. It is very important.
Brefore, the schools I handle are 28 but now is 40. For the children to access education. The mayor also
noted that it is a must to educate the tribe.
Des: Thank you Sir Mel.
Des: Thank you Sir Mel.
Participant (female): Ano mam, through lectures sa different barangays. Naga
improve na ang mga ano, sa mga mother gani mam. Yung mga ano, mga teenage
pregnancy, oo mas naga baba na. Then during may mga deliveries diyan sa Center,
continuous and IEC. Bale ano, (unclear statements [48: 53-48: 54]) kay all our mga
health workers, may back training then sa Save the Children, naka train man sila.
Participant (female): Through the lectures to the different barangays. The mothers undergoing the lectures
improved. Teenage pregnancy really ceased. IEC is continuous during deliveries. So, (unclear statements
[48: 53-48: 54]) because all the health worker were trained under Save the Children.
Des: Sige, Thank you mam lourds.
Des: Sige, Thank you ma’am lourds.
Participant (female): So about sa Day Care parents mam, So ga conduct kami sang
parents’ session. So dira namon gina explain sa ila, then ga hatag kami lecture, kung
paano ang positive discipline sa mga bata, sa ila mga playing, kung paano sila I care
sang mga ginikanan. So dira nga bahin, ang hindi nila na hibaluan bala, kay bal an mo
ang iban nga mga parents inang kung baga, abtik kamot. Nang kadali bala sa ila mag
ano (mangusi) sa mga bata. Pero kung maka conduct ka PES program sa ila, dira na
nila mahibaluan ang mga negative positive nga gina himo nila sa ila mga bata. Then
naga conduct gihapon kami sa amon nga mga kwan. Ang amon mga, sa amon abi nga
klase, sa part ko, everyday nagakuha ako sang parents nga mag handle sang story
telling. So kasagaran, akon mga estudyante mga Tboli man, so atong na integrate
nga mga books, amo tong gina gamit nila. So kanami gid bala sang ila nga kwan, maka
panilag ka, Oo Save the Children gid siya.
Participant (female): So about the Day Care parents, we conduct parents’ session. So we explain to them
the positive discipline, playing, and on how to take care of them. So the parents that do corporal
punishment to theifr chidren would know, the parents that pinch their children. Also, I invite a parent that
handle story telling to the children, where some of them are Tboli. It is with the integration of the books,
where you can see them enjoy, it is really Save the Children.
Des: Okay sige. Thank you mam Rose.
Des: Okay, Thank you mam Rose.
Participant (female): Siguro mam, ang isa gid ka masiling namon nga daw naging
best practice ta man siya no pag abot sa kung papano mabuligan ang mga caregivers.
Ang strong partnership between sang mga agencies pareha sang aton nga mga
municipal link, kay ti naging partner naton sila nga parehas bala sinang parehas sa
Family Development Session, isa sila sa mga naga bulig sa barangay nga ma
implement gid na siya ang ano ni, ang mga programs sa mga kabataan parehas sina
nga kung ang imo nga bata is malnourished, ang isa ka program didto, nga
kinahanglan, ang mga parents sang 4P’s beneficiaries, pag siling nga may FDS,
maattend gid sila. Attendance is a must gid na siya, tapos before, ang iban ang gina
himo nila, mapa check attendance na nga daan mam. Tapos madula. Puno- puno pa,
sang dugay-dugay na, gamay- gamay nalang ang bilin. So ang sa poblacion nga
strategy, which is ako ang nag gwa nga kontra bida, kay ako gin ang nag ano dire kay
ML nila dire kay Sir Jason, after sang FDS ang attendance. So ang attendance sang
amo na nga group is 20. After FDS, 8 nalang sila. So didto nila nakita. Then ang pag
ano naton sang garden, vegetable garden sa ila ng household, ang backyard garden
gid mam, pareha sa barangay Kematu. Sang time ni Kapitan Sot Dela Peňa, indi ka
pag issuehan sang barangay certification kung wala ka kasilyas, wala ka sang cr, ay
wala sang garden. Oo, inang ano gin practice gid na nila mam.
Participant (female): One of our best practices in helping the caregivers are the strong partnership with
the agencies like Family Development Session that helped in implementation of the programs for children.
Like for example, as 4P’s members, the attendance of the parents of a malnourished child during FDS is
a must. Other participants lack the interest in attending the FDS, which sooner would leave the session
undone. In Poblacion, our stategy is the attrendance would be at the end of the session to detect the
number of the parents who attend the entire session. Having 20 in the attendance, 8 would be the
present in the attendance sheet. Then having the vegetable garden per household as the backyard
gardening in barangay Kematu. Under the time of Captain Sot Dela Peňa, they are not issuing barangay
certification if the household do not have its own CR and garden. This was duly practiced.
Participant (male): Segregation of wastes.
Participant (male): Segregation of wastes.
Participant (female): Oo, waste segregation. So dako gid siya ang nabulig plus si
PopCom mam. That time si sir Tristan. Ano gid na siya mam, tandem sang health
kag sa social welfare at the same time kay sir Barry gyapon. Kay kung ano makita
namon, mangayo man sang seeds kay agriculture, so ano gid na siya mam, on
responsible parenting. Specifically, atong may ara mga kabataan nga 0-4 years old
kag pregnant mothers. So dako siya nga factor nga nakabulig nga maski papano,
nahagan- hagan ang malnutrition kag ang corporal punishment bala sang mga
kabataan, ang abuse sa kabataan. Tungod sa aton nga campaign, sa mga programs
nga amo na.
Participant (female): yes, segregation of wastes. It really helped a lot especially having the PopCom. That
time si sir Tristan, health and social welfare was tandem, and was under with sir Barry. Their eagerness
in asking the agriculture for seeds shows responsible parenting especially the parents of children 0-4 and
pregnant women. So this is a great help to lessen malnutrition and corporal punishment of the children.
These programs are the effects of our campaign.
Des: Sige, thank you mam Twit.
Des: Okay, thank you mam Twit.
Participant (male): Sa DepEd kasi mam, hindi ko kasi alam kung hanggang matapos
ang 0-4 lang gid to no. Kasi alam ko din na halimbawa, sa DepEd kasi mam, we are
conducting Responsible Parenthood. Sa amin yan siya na Barkada Kontra Droga. Sa
STEP, Strategic Effective Parenting. So usually our participants are parents na ang
mga bata, palagi doon sa guidance kag may problema. So may mga parents din kasi
na may mga andun yung mga bata sa school, mayroon pa silang 0-4, nasa bahay. So
after the discussion, kasi yung growth and development, ide-discuss yan doon, doon
nila, kasi the last topic mam is, the last activity is stress debriefing. So doon nila na
realize na kaya pala yun ang attitude ng mga bata nila dahil mali pala ang naging
approach nila sa ganun na stage.
Participant (male): I am not particular of the age bracket 0-4, as far as I know, in DepEd we are
conducting Responsible Parenthood under the Barkada Konta Droga, also the Strategic Effective Parenting
STEP. So the parents or the parents of problematic children attend the session. There are also parents
that are having their 0-4 children left at home. One of their topics was stress debriefing for them to know
and realize the attitude of their children because of the wrong approach at that age.
Des: Sa 0-4 na siya?
Des: That’s for 0-4?
Participant (male): Oo, sa 0-4 pa sila. Halimbawa mam, bakit siya ganyan siya, at
early age alam niya na paano mag sigarilyo, kasi orally fixated siya eh. During
breastfeeding, hindi niya alam na kung gusto pa niya, hindi dapat alisin. Kasi may
topic na yun ang lecture ng speaker. And then doon sa mag asawa na kung ikaw ang
husband, magkano ba dapat ang ibigay sa asawa, o kung mayroon kang labandera,
ilan ang isahod mo, ang mag luto sang pagkaon, so gina compute compute, so dapat
para walang awayan, didto dapat I reimburse sang husband sa wife. Ganyan para
maturuan sila. So kung dahan dahan mam ma ano mo siya, makita. Ako gani proud
ako kay tong last graduation bala mam haw, before ga kudog kudog panang mga
kamot sang amon mga with honors mag speech tapos may kopya pa na. Subong baya
mam no, memorize na nila, tapos daw si mga korek na sila. So diba credits. Saan bay
an sila nanggaling, sa 0-4. So ako bala, sa mga partnership, thankful gid tapos kung
na picture out niyo lang mam, dire ten years ago kung nakita niyo ang mga bata
namon sa mga school, hindi yan sila ganyan mag hygiene, mag wear uniform, kasi
nga naupisahan sa tao. Kaya iba na sila. Pag mag mix na sila halimbawa mga division
or provincial wide na mga activity, kung mga mix ang mga pupils naming sa kanila,
hindi mo na ma identify na mga galing yan sila sa bukid. Hindi na siya ma identify.
Participant (male): Yes, for 0-4. The reasons why are they having oral fixations like smoking at an early
age, is the lack of satisfaction of the baby during breastfeeding, those were being tackled. Also for the
husband to know the budgeting to the household, and when having house maids, if how musch should
be the salary. So there are computations in the reimbursements of funds toavoid conflict. So we can see
the progress gradually. I am proud that during the graduation, the student memorized their speech and
delivered confidently unlike last year. So credits on how they were raised during their 0-4. So I am thankful
with the partnership we had because we could ses the difference on their hygiene and wearing of uniforms
compared to ten years ago. During provincial wide activities they were able to blend with other participants
from other provinces.
Des: Thank you sir Mel.
Des: Thank you sir Mel.

Participant (female): Kag ang isa pagid gali mam, nga naka tabang atong training ta
bala sa IYCF, ate Lourds tong Infant Young Child Feeding program nga training ng
na trained ang aton nga BNS, Day Care worker, BHW, mga Kagawad on Health kag
mga Midwives, kay kung baga trainers’ training. Pag abot sa barangay, sila man ang
naga train sa mga nanay. Kaya may mga organized na ta nga mga parent support
groups sa breastfeeding atleast didto ma himay- himay sa ila kung paano mag-alaga
sang mga baby, sa mga bata, kung ano ang positioning sa pag pa dede. Na ano bi, 5
days na siya nga training nga na himay-himay gid siya. Pero kung kami lang hindi gid
namon kaya but then salamat gid sa partnership nga gin hatag niyo man sa amon.
Kay dako gid ang impact niya ba. Kay lalo na sa monitoring sir Rommel, naga monitor
gid ni sila sir Elson dre sa aton.
Participant (female): and another thing that helped is our training in Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
Program that thained our BNS, Day Care worker, BHW, Kagawad on Health and Midwives. That was
trainers’ training. They were the ones that train the mothers in the barangay level. We have already the
Parent Support Groups on breast feeding that teach them on the proper ways of taking care the babies,
the right position during breastfeeding. That is a 5- day training. We would not do that without you as
our partner. Especially Sir Elson was doing the monitoring.
Des: Thank you mam Twit. Naa pa? So sige karon, naa koy mga I mention nga mga
intervention ni First Read no, so akua lang pangutana, paano ba na puslan sa inyong
community ang kani siya nga specific nga intervention nila og naa bay na address o
natugunan nga gaps sa una ana gud? So na gets ba? So mag mention ko og
intervention. Ang next is, paano nakatabang sa community. So ang second is naa bay
mga gaps ang na address ang aning nga specific nga intervention og paano siya na
address. Example, sige kani first, ang ECCD corner; so paano nakatabang ang ECCD
corner sa inyung community tapos naa ba siyay mga gaps nga na address? Og paano
niya na address ang mga gaps ninyo? Sige so, ECCD Corner…
Des: Thank you mam Twit. Are there anything else? So, now I will mention some interventions of First
Read. You tell me how were these interventions served it’s purpose on your respective communities? Are
there any gaps that these interventions addressed? For example is the ECCD Corner, how did it helped
the community. Are there any gaps that was being addressed and how. So first, ECCD Corner…
Participant (female): So sa ECCD corner, So ang barangay Afus, amo nang pinaka
dako nga ECCD corner dire sa Tboli. So pag abot sinang, sang gi receive na na sang
barangay, kag na plastar namon tong mga shelves, gin dugangan ina sang mga
barangay officials, nang mga materials nga ara dira. May mga toys sila nga gi butang.
So daily, may mga bata nga naga sulod dira kag mag basa, bisan hindi kabalo mag
basa, atleast ma ano na nila ang mga pictures, kag nakatabang pagid ang ECCD in
terms sa mga pre- natal, immunization, so ang mga, ang iban sang mga bata, dira gid
na sa amon, gina cater gid na namon. So asta na nga siguro gid to nga gi pabay-a.
Negative nagid ning akon sir ha. Gipabay-an sang barangay namon ang ECCD corner
so amo bala nang siling nga; kay ang hambal da nga wala daw kami sweldo, kay
siyempre volunteer, wala man daw kami kuhaon dira, te ano man lang. Daw wala
nila na hatagan attention gid bala. Siling ko sa council, Committee on Education,
“Kagawad kung pwede, butangan sang lock inang ano, aton nga pirtahan.” So
pinabay-an lang man abi mam. Didto gid nga na huya gid ko pag saka ni sir. Sir ara
gid ko didto sa school. Nag lagyo gid ko kay hindi ko gusto nga makita taka, kay hindi
ko gid mabaton nga pinabay-an sang ano. Negative gid mam, negative gid to. Hindi
na to surprise sir kay kabalo kami mo. So pagka aga sato, siling ko malagyo gid ko
karon. Hindi gid ko ya mag pakita kay sir. Kay na huya gid ko. Ang tanan nga mga
official dira, i-ano niyo paatubanga. Amo tong nakitya gid ni sir. Paano nga hindi ma
kwan sang mga bata,kay pina bay-an nila, te kay higko- higko na gid bala mam. Pero
sang wala pa na, dako gid na bulig sa mga bata ya. Dako gid. Kay kung time sang wala
na sila klase udto, after nila klase, pagka udto dira nang mga elementary dira na sila
naga turumpok. Hala basa, amo lang na galing eh, hindi na ma balik sa ensakto.
Atleast advise ka naman nga kung diin gikuha, didto man siya I balik. So asta na to,
dira na to nga ibalik ko nga na guba na siya. Pero dako gid ang impact sang amon
ECCD corner. So ang iban sito, gin panguha ko gid sir. Atong iban nga mga books
nga tong na integrate to sang iban kay siling ko sayang. Te ang iban sa center ko
mam. So ang naka benepisyo sina, mga day care gid. Te amo to ang natabo sir. Sorry
lang gid sir, wala gid ko nag atubang sa imo kay nahuya ko.
Participant (female): So the largest ECCD corner in Barangay Afus was being received, the barangay
officials worked together for having additional book shelves, toys, and other materials. So the children
visits daily and read the available books even some children that can’t read scan only for the pictures. So
the ECCD corner helps during the pre- natal and immunization sessions. We cater them. So until such
time that the corner was not attended. This is so negative, that the barangay council did not gave the
attention in keeping the ECCD corner because of the idea that there’s no salary and plainly volunteer
work in maintaining the corner. They did not paid their attention on my request to put padlocks on the
door. I was so ashamed during the time of the monitoring because sir really witnessed the mess. I just
sneeked away to avoid them because of shame. I could not accept the fact that we neglected the ECCD
corner. But before the robbery case, that was a very great help for the people and the children in the
community. The children hop by during noontime and reed books. I remind them to return the books
properly. The impact of ECCD is very big. I kept the books that I have saved after cleaning the area. The
Day Care had benefits on the corner. I am sorry sir. I did not show up that time. I was ashamed.
Des: Yes thank you mam Rose.
Des: Yes thank you mam Rose.
Participant (male): Mam sa DepEd po, naka help sa community, ang ECCD Corner.
Ma feel talaga ng kinder teacher mam, sa Deped yung gaan ng work kasi pag
introduce niya na at nakita doon sa ECCD, na alam na ng mga bata. Tapos, hindi
naman ito kasali sa ECCD pero mam, nangyayari ito. Yung kung naga deworm kasi
sila sa doon sa two na age sa kanila, pagdating sa amin sa kinder, hindi na sila ma
bigla, so konting push nalang, alam na nila ang gawin, kaya mataas ang Tboli pag
dating sa mga accomplishment ng deworming, sa province, So it helps.
Participant (male): ECCD corner helped the community. In DepEd, the kinder teacher feel that it is really
easy to teach the pupils that undergone the Day Care. This is not related to ECCD corner but this
happens, the children aging 2 years old ondergo deworming wherein when they reach their kinder, they
will easily be handled on what they needed to do. So the achievement of Tboli is high when it comes to
deworming. So it helps.
Des: Salamat sir Mel.
Des: Thank you sir Mel.
Participant (female): So mam may idugang ko dira. Sa books abi, name man gid ang
mga atong may mga Tiniboli. Kay ako abi nang time sang storytelling, ga kuha gid ko
sang parent, nga “ikaw mag story sina kay Tiniboli na atleast angak ang mga bata.
Kay kung ako lang hindi ko ka ano sang Tiniboli gid. Amo na kada isa na sa ila, may
mga books na sila. Katong pag conduct namon sang PES, pag graduation na namon,
may kit na sila nga na receive, so salamat gid sa mga kit, bags nga may sulod nga mga
books nga gin hatag sa mga parents, so naka bulig gid to sa ila mam. Management
nalng gid kulang.
Participant (female): additional to that, the books are really nice especially there are translated to Tboli.
During story telling, I invite parents that would have the activity for the children for them to relate. Because
I could not do it alone. So each of them have books. During the PES graduation, they received their kits,
bag with books, so thankyou. That really helped them. But the management is lacking.
Des: Thank you Ma’am Rose, so naa pay uban? Nga about sa ECCD Corner?
Des: Thank you Ma’am Rose, are there anything else about ECCD Corner?
Participant (female): Siguro ang dako nga impact niya sa community kay through sa
ECCD corner, na develop ang mga learning skills sang mga kabataan. Ila motor skills,
cognitive nga amo bala na nga mga areas sa ila nga life, kay ngaa man, ina dira bala
may ara nga mga books sa shelves, nang kung baga naka ano na siya bala by coner
bala mam. Diba may mga toys mana dira gihapon. Kag makahampang sila, ti diba
ang mga gagmay ta nga bata, ma develop na ila nga ano na, motor skills. Kag ang
siguro ang gap niya mam, hindi lang siya galing kumpleto kay ti, kung wala kamo
naghatag, ang barangay hindi siya makahatag sina kay hindi nila priority abi mam. Isa
ka gap siguro.
Participant (female): Maybe the biggest impact to the community is through the ECCD corner, where the
children developed their motor, cognitive, and other learning skills. In our shelves, there are also toys that
would develop their motor skills. The gap maybe is the incomplete materials, because if you did not give
us, we will not have it in the barangay because it is not a priority. That is one of the gaps.
Participant (male): Kung exposed kasi ang bata mam, kahit hindi na siya ihatid ng
parent mam pagka kinder niya. So na observe kos subong mam, medyo gamay ang
ara sa ano, sa inang waiting shed nga naga dul-ong sang bata, medyo gamay. Last
year damo. So nami gid. Kag idul-ong nila mam kag hindi mag hibi ang bata asta na
na sa March. Kay na notice ko na siya mam nga hasta sa March, may ara pa tana nga
tig dalawa ka bilog, nga dapat wala na na. School phobia, nga hindi tana na dapat.
Kay ang itsura man sang kinder room, may mga makit-an ka nga nakita man sang
bata didto sa ECCD corner. So indi na bag-o sa ila eh.
Participant (male): And if the children are already exposed, the parents would not have hard times in
leaving the pupils in schools. As I observed, there are only few parents that wait for their children in the
waiting sheds compared last year thet they are so many. Now, the children would not cry anymore up
until March. So they should not have school phobia. The set up of the kinder room have something that
the child saw in the ECCD corner before. So it would not be new to them.
Participant (female): Siguro kailangan gid sir, pirme I strengthen liwat no.
Participant (female): So again, it should be strengthened.
Participants (male): Tung 87 bala maam haw, tung 87 nga day care pwede na sya ma
ano madugangan kay malaki man ang Tboli dakuon, damuon sya maam.
Participants (male): The 87 Day Care can also be added because Tboli is a large municipality.
Participant (female): Tapos damuon sya sir, dapat more trainings, more seminars sa
mga child development workers or day care workers.
Participant (female): So we should have plenty of trainings add more seminars for child development
workers or day care workers.
Participant (male): Kag dapat may passion gid kag love ang mag kapot, gapati gid ko
maam nga kung eksakto ang una na tama. Magsunod gid magsunod kay mga bata
bala sa terminal sa surallah kung kis-a makita ko bala mabal-an ko gid nga akon nga
pupil gatan-aw gid tana kong diin ang basurahan maam, kag kong diin ang cellophane.
So na touch ako siling ko pupil ko na kabalo sya mag segregate, o diba. Kis-a mag
kadto naman na didto sa iban na lugar kung gyapon madakpan tana na maakigan
tana na karon.
Participant (male): And there should be the passion and love for those who would handle. I do believe
that it is proper and right. So the children will also obey. Sometimes, I observe children in Surallah
Terminal, I could detect my pupils because they already know how to dispose their wastes properly. So I
was touched that my pupils learned how to segregate. Just to avoid the case that they would scatter their
wastes in different places and they’ll be reprimanded.
Participant (female): Amo nang epekto sir sang orientation sa PES ukon sato sang
municipal link sang office sa social welfare. Bisan sa balay pa daan kung na orient na
matudloan nana sila sa balay palang daan kung tapos sa school.
Participant (female): That is the effect of the PES orientation or the Municipal Link of the Social Welfare
Office. Starting from home, if they are already trained and also in school.
Participant (male): First day of class sang una namon maam damo kalat gin review
namon ang CCTV kay may CCTVman, transferies gid ba ang gakalat, siling ko wala
gid sila na orient nga diin ibutang ang cellophane so ano gid education gid ang pocket
to…
Participant (male): During the first day of our class, there are many wastes that scattered so we reviewed
the CCTV, mostly, the pupils that scattered their garbage everywhere are transferies. I said that they were
not oriented where to put the cellophanes and importantly to pocket…
Participant (female): Si Khaina makita ko ang iyang mga bulsa puno sang basura.
Participant (female): I can observed Khaina’s pocket were full of garbage.
Participant (male): Kay amo na ang announcement maam kung layo ang basurahan,
ibutang lang sa bulsa mo.
Participant (male): It is a part of the announcement that if the garbage bins are far, they should put their
garbage in their pockets.
Participant (female): Bawal na gid ang cellophane pagid sa high school subong.
Participant (female): Even in high school, they prohibit the use of cellophane.
Des: Sir naay kay gi mention kaganiha? Sige so karon thank you sa ECCD corner.
Karon sa home sessions. Unsa ang natabang sa inyuhang community ug naabay gaps
nga natugonan or resolve niya ug paano nya na address ang kuan mga gaps sa home
sessions.
Des: Sir, you have mentioned earlier? So now, thank you for the ECCD corner. For the home sessions,
what did it helped the community and were there any gaps that it addressed or resolved?
Participant (female): Dako gid ang iya natabang maam ti kay direct na sya nga ano
mo, sa parents naga conduct ka sang mga orientation sang mga lectures. Kay ang
mahatag lang namon nga example kay diba kalabanan dati sa aton sir wala CR.
Participant (female): since it is done directly to the parents, the lectures and orientations really helped
them. For example is the development that before, most of the households do not have their own CR.
Participant (male): Kag baliktad pagid tana mag tanom sang alugbati maam. Tingala
ko dili mabuhi ang alugbati maam kay baliktan tana pag tanom nya.
Participant (male): And also they planted alugbati in a wrong way, I wondered why the alugbati’s they
planted did not grow. Those were planted it up side down.
Participant (female): Ok lang kung kamote tops kaysa baliktaron mo na ma buhi tana
na.
Participant (female): It is ok for the Camote Tops to be planted up side down, it will grow.
Participant (male): Atleast subong ya kabalo na sila.
Participant (male): Atleast, now they already knew.
Participant (female): Oo may mga CR na
Participant (male): Kag before kasi maam like sa school so sa mga area ko. Before kasi maam 10 years
ago katai lang ang makita mo sa mga balay. Ang katai ng tanglad, lemongrass. Ngayon maam infairness
may mga iba na talaga na variety ng vegetables at tsaka hindi mo na yung makita, nung una kahit saan
nalang may kalat. So ano gid sya ng ga level up.
Participant (male): And before, in the school of one of my area, 10 years before, the
only plant you can see in their households are lemongrasses. Now there are more
varieties of vegetables. You can not also see scattered wastes. So they level up.
Participant (female): Bisan poste sa kudal-kudal nila balunggay na.
Participant (female): Even their posts of the fences, they used Malunggay.
Participant (female): Pero ang ano lang maam ang gap is ano. Ang kakulangan ta like
for example, Lamkati, diba gin focusan ta sya for 3 months nakita mo ang
transformation no sang community “ano lang excuse lang kay ga kaon kita no”. Tung
una-una namo nga pagkadto didto kay sir Bj daw hindi ka mag naug sa salakyan kay
damu-damu gid ang bomba maam. Gets naman siguro nga ano ang bomba, daw hindi
ka manaug sa salakyan ba. Tapos ang mga parents maam hindi kabalo mag luto hindi
gid sila ya kabalo mag luto wala tanum ang pamangkuton mo ano gin kaon nyu ng
family recall bala, food recall. Ano inyu gin kaon noodles, magi pagid na maam. Magi
pagid kag sardinas mga amo lang ng sabat, bulad huo. Pero after satung ano,
kumbaga team ang pag approach didto makita mo ang transformation maam.
Participant (female): But the gap before was for example, we focused on Lamkati for 3 months right, we
saw the transformation because before, they do not know how to properly dispose human wastes. It is
like we won’t get out of the car due to the odor of the place. And the parents don’t know how to cook,
and to plant. They are not particular in the terms of the food when we asked them during the family
recall, food recall, calling the noodles as “magi”. After our team approached the area, you can see the
transformation ma’am.
Participant (male): May mga kalabasa na nga labo.
Participant (male): They planted good variety of squash.
Participant (female): The best nga kalabasa nga supply halin didto sa ila pero 10
nalang pamasahe langit na maam. Ang problema lang kalayuon sa area kag
sustainability sir no. Kay ti ang dalan kay dugay-dugay gid sya maam, basta makita
mugid maam kung paano nag transform ang community nga na paano nag transform
ang community ngana. Pag maabot kami maam alas dose, gahinulat na sila mo kay
hindi sila kabalo mag luto. Pero after pag abot namon ya nakakaon sila, naka luto na
sila napakaon na nila oo. Masulod nalang sila samay simbahan kay ma klase na.
Participant (female): The best squash are from their supply but you’ll just pay 10 pesos, you’ll be that up
the sky. The problem is the distance of their area and the sustainability. The road is not that easy to
travel but we could see so far the transformation of the community. Before, as we arrive there at twelve,
they’re just waiting for us because they do not know how to cook. But after, as we arrive there, they
already finish eating their lunch, feed their children. They just enter the church to attend the class.
Participant (male): Kay sa iban nga wala livelihood project haboy dire, haboy didto
wala focus, maskin diin lang sya, diverse kayo. So bisan ma diverse sya hindi
mahatagan attention, patay ang mga hayop, ang mga karabaw, baka, baboy baligya
lang wala japun. Kung may focus abi may power ang community, matudloan gid sila
ba before maka transfer sa pihak community at least community empowered na.
Kay kung buy-an mo ang community di pa sila ready wala pa sila na… ang skills ba
wala pa nadevelop, sayang lang ang project.
Participant (male): Because for others that do not have livelihood project, they tend to throw their garbage
everywhere. And du to the diversity, they would not give focus and attention to their animal that lead to
death of Carabaos, cows, pigs, so that’s a waste. If there’s a focus, there’s also a power for the community.
They’ll be taught after transferring to other community, at least they’ll be community empowered. Because
if we would let go a community that they’re still not ready, so it’s a waste of the project.
Participant (female): Dapat may sustainability.
Participant (female): There should be sustainability.
Participant (male): Sang una mam, ang puso sang saging magpa Tudok ka, ara gid na
siya naga ano, pag start feeding program namon mam, Kay gina butang na namon sa
mga karne mga isda, subong waay kana may Makita nga puso sang saging. Kabalo na
sila mam nga ma kaon na siya.
Participant (male): Before ma’am, the bud of banana in Tudok, you can just see those when you pass the
roads. When we starded the feeding, we include those in uor dishes and add fishes and meats. Now you
can’t even see one because they already knew that those can be cooked.
Participant (female): Tapos diba sir, tung una ta nga lakat sa Tudok, ang ila nga mga
sapat, ara lang sa dalom balay.
Participant (female): And also sir, their animals there in Tudok were just under their houses.
Participant (male): Gina arrange man nila. Mga manok, tapos wala na satong naga
amo bala ni ang mga nawong (actioned by the participant).
Participant (male): They somehow arrange their animals. And there is already nothing with such this face
(actioned by the participant).
Participant (female): Dako impact sa community ang problema lang gid, indi lang gid
sya namon ma tutukan kay tungod kulang kami nga workers.
Participant (female): It left a very huge impact in the community, it’s just that we could give the full focus
because we lack the number of workers.
Participant (male): Ang manpower bala maam haw parihas sa akon, amo na kalapad
ang area isa lang gid ako nga nurse.
Participant (male): The manpower just for example, I am only the nurse in such wide area.
Participant (female): Dagdagan ang Nurse…
Participant (female): Add the number of nurses…
Participant (female): Oh parehas kay Ate Lourdes, bilog nga Tboli, siya lang isa.
Participant (female): Just like ate Lourdes, she’s the only one for the whole T’boli.
Participant (male): Kung damo lang gid siguro mam, kag tanan mag trabaho.
Participant (male): And if only there are many workers, and all are doing the job.
Participant (female): Kung ma follow up gid siya.
Participant (female): And will be followed up.
Participant (male): Galing indi man gid manpower ang problema. Ang problema, ang
budget gid. Kay bisan siling naton, additional manpower, pag- abot naton sa
operation naton, wala man kwarta. Bisan ano mo na ka workshop, ano mo n aka
target, kung wala sing kwarta ga sulod, wala man siya. So amo man na nga pasalamat
man ta sa Save the Children kay naga assist sila sa mga programs nga gina target ba.
Participant (male): The problem is not in the manpower but in the budget. Because if we say, that yes
the manpower will be added, during the operation if we have no fund. And no matter how you conduct
workshops, target, but if there’s no fund coming, it would be nothing. So we are thenkfut to Save the
children for assisting the programs we target.
Participant (male): Ang water sanitation ila na mga tangki, nang mag fiesta.
Participant (male): The water sanitation, their water tanks during fiesta.
Participant (male): Medyu limited lang gid ang capacity sang LGU.
Participant (male): The capacity of LGU is quite limited.
Participant (male): Ay maam ang tanan gid nga schools nga under sa save may tubig
ka gid sina maam. Kaya ang mga bata hindi mahigko.
Participant (male): And also, all the schools that under Save the Children now have the water supply thus
the children are not stinky.
Participant (female): Ang handwashing area nyu pagid ka name nami.
Participant (female): And also, the CR’s are very nice.
Participant (male): Ang CR pagid maam naka tiles
Participant (male): The CR’s are built with tiles.
Participant (male): Amo na nga welcome gid ang other agency sa Tboli. Mga project
sa mga facilities naton.
Participant (male): That’s why other agencies are also welcome in Tboli for the project on facilities.
Participant (female): Tani may extention pagid. Para nga sige- sige na.
Participant (female): we hope that there will be an extension for the continuity.
Participant (female): Then nakita namon ma’am sa rehabilitation sa mga children,
ang amon nga mga malnourished, decreasing. Lain sang una nga kami ang top. Pero
sa subong, sa 1 and 2 lang gihapon pero atleast naga ano, decreasing. Hindi parehas
sang una nga tag 2-digit. Nga tag 52%, huo.
Participant (female): Then we saw on the rehabilitation on children, our malnourished decreases unlike
before that we rank as the top. But now, even on 1 or 2, but atlease the number is decreasing from 2-
digit like 52% before.
Participant (male): Kag honest lang gid kami ma’am ah. Wala kami ga doctor. Kay
kung gustuhon namon na nga pagamayon ma’am, pwede man. Pero indi takon mag
doctor.
Participant (male): And were just honest with the results and we don’t distort data. Cause if we want to
manipulate and make it fewer, we actually could. But I’ll not going to do it.
Participant (female): Te amo na sir nga mag 1 or 2 kita pero ang ayuda naman di sa
aton, ang bulig mag ukot.
Participant (female): The advantage even if were in 1 or 2 is that, the benefits and help is given to us.
Participant (female): Te kay hindi mo man pwede nga doktoran ang putot, hindi mo
gid ma sugpunan ang tiil niya.
Participant (female): We could not manupilate the stunted one. It is impossible because we cant have
extensions for their legs.
Des: Daghan na kayo tag na discuss no, murag home lang man unta to nganung na,
nga hala na unsa naman ni, pero anyways nindot siya no, nga gaka discuss gyud nato
ang mga kuan. Mga other relevant impact niya. Sige so how about sa play group?
Mao na to inyung gi mention ganina nga na unsa gani tong mag dula dula raman sila.
Play group sessions, so mao to siya. Unsa man, naka tabang ba siya? Sa community,
or naka address ba siya ug mgha gaps? Sige sa play group.
Des: We discussed a lot so it’s like were going that far. But anyways, it’s nice to include other relevant
impacts in our discussion. So how about on the play group? You’ve mentioned it earlier about the children
playing. That’s play group sessions. So how did it helped and addressed the gaps?
Participant (female): Nakatabang gid siya ma’am kay sa age sa mga bata, amo na ma
hibaluan ang appropriate nga halampangan para sa ila. Anong appropriate nga
pwede nila hampangon, kag waay na sa balay nila ma’am. Kay paano, may matun-an
sila nga mga shapes, mga colors. Kay may ara kita abi nga mga area mam nga 3 years
old nga bata, binangon ang gina uyatan. Kag naga himo stick mam.
Participant (female): It truly helped especially on the age of the children for them to know the proper play
and toys for them. And those were not at their homes, they could learn shapes, colors, etc. We have
areas where the 3 year old child holds bolo, and help in making sticks.
Participant (female): Pero subong waay na, hindi mo na na makita.
Participant (female): But it is now unobservable.
Participant (male): Tapos ang ila hampang naga karga sang dos por dos nga dagko.
Participant (male): And they consider lifting 2x2 lumbers as their play.
Des: Naa pay uban?
Des: Any other else?
Participant (male): (Unclear statements [1:15:39]) tapos mga bata bala haw, may
ara sila nga mga outlet, maka hampang sila, maka avail sila sang mga halampangan
nga wala sa ila balay. Kung in kaso man gani sina, hindi sila mag manol bala kag sa
part sang bata nga daw malipay man sila ba.
Participant (male): (Unclear statements [1:15:39]) and the children have their outlet, they’d play and
avail toys that are not found at their homes. And in that they would not be ignorant anymore and for
their part, they’d be happy.
Participant (female): Additional bala sa mga toys bala ma’am, sa amon nga KD
corner may mga toys, pag nakita na sang mga bata, sa sunod adslaw hindi mo na na
makita sa dira ng area. Gin dala na pauli. Mag siling ka nga “diin niyo gin dala?” “gin
hulam lang namon to ma’am”. Pagkatapos hulam, hindi nana ka balik. Asta nag
kaladula sir, amon mga toys to. Mga puzzle ga kara gisi bala. Oo kay wala man daw
na sa ila. Te additional pagid kung pwede, toys pagid tani. Amo nga gina hangyo namn
nga additional toys. Okay lang ang mga books kay damo na kami books.
Participant (female): Additional is the toys in our KD corner, there are times that these toys will be lost
after being borrowed by the childen. They bring those at home. Some toys were lost, the puzzles were
torn apart. So we are asking if ever for additional toys. The books there are plenty.
Elson: Sina nga case sa naga kalagisi kag nag kalaguba nga toys, appreciated na siya
kay ibig sabihin, gina gamit.
Elson: In that case, the toys were being destroyed, and torn; appreciated because it indicates that those
were being used.
Participant (female): Amon bola gakayupok.
Participant (female): The balls were being deflated.
Elson: Atleast gin gamit, amo man gid nang purpose niya. Kung madula ilisan pero
ang problema, kung may ara inug ilis.
Elson: Atleast it serves its purpose to be used. In case it is lost, we’ll just replace but the problem is, if
there’s available replacements.
Participant (female): Ang problema lang, ibalik tani kay para na sa tanan. So ang iban
ya naga ka dunot gid, gakabuka, gakaguba, gisi. So buot hambalon, na gamit gid siya.
Participant (female): the problem is that, those are should be returned because those are for all. Other
toys were being distorted, so that means that those were being used.
Participant (male): Ang nami sina ma hambalan, ang mga parents gid. Tudluan mag
himo sang mga halampangan. Atleast makabalo sila mag himo sang mga tarak tarak.
Kahoy lang ang gamiton. Basi may mga subong sina nga mga training.
Participant (male): The parents should be informed about that matter. They should be taught on how to
make toys made of alternative materials like wood. Trainings like that.
Participant (female): Ara na sa PES program ma’am. So ang problema, ang mga bata
kung parents ang mag provide, ara lang ang mga materials naton sa mga pamalay.
Iba gid nang mga gina hatag sang mga, sa Save bala kay hindi na makita sa ila nga
mga pamalay, bag-o gid na sa ila panulok. Kag ka colourful pagid ma’am.
Participant (female): Those are included in PES program. But the problem is, if the parents would be the
one to make toys out of the old materials from their household, the children would not be able to
appreciate it anymore. They wanted something new and colourful.
Participant (male): Kag something new abi na siya ma’am. May impact gid. Vitamin
E na gani nga Vitamin E nga bag o sa ila, tindog na sila tanan kag ma inom. Kay kung
hindi mo pag unahan mam, hay. Te, ang nurse na kapila tana mag deworm. Kay ma
una kaman anay.
Participant (male): And those toys are something new and have an impact. Even the Vitamin E issued to
them is something new so that they are active to take those, and as a nurse, I experienced multiple times
of deworming. Because you should take first before them.
Participant (female): Pero ang kwan sinang mga toys, hindi lang siguro sa mga KD
corner mam. Kon pwede tani nga I ano na sa amon mga day care centers mam.
Atleast maka avail gid bala tanan.
Participant (female): But the issue of toys should not only be in KD corners if possible, include us in the
day care centers. For us all to avail.
Participant (male): Daw ginahambal mo bala mam nga naga panghayo kita.
Participant (male): So you’re saying ma’am that we are asking from them.
Participant (female): Yes gid na, nga to be frank man sir.
Participant (female): Yes sir, that’s to be frank.
Participant (male): So sa facility statistics sang LGU, pipila lang ka barangay ang may
playground. Kung isipon ang plaza wala playground, hindi gid ka hampang ang mga
bata to.
Participant (male): So the Facility Statistics of LGU shows that only few barangays have their own
playground. If we think of a plaza that do not have a playground, then the children would not even
experience playing there.
Participant (female): So eye opener gid sa atong nga kung siguro wala si Save the
Children, paano kung waay na gid si Save the Children te waay nag gid toys ang mga
bata? So siguro mam Rose, ara sa aton ang ano kun g paano maging innovative. Mga
day care teachers ta ba, pwede ta ipa project sa mga parents. Kung wala nagid ba
para atleast may ara lang ta sang, training nalang gid pareha sang siling ni sir JR.
Participant (female): So this serves as an eye opener to us that what if without Save the Children, so the
children would also not be given toys? So maybe ma’am Rose, it is upon us on how to be innovative, our
Day Care teachers to have it as project of the parents. Just in case that we would not find any source,
atleast we could havde trainings like what sir JR said.
Participant (female): So sa amon naman sa Day Care, kay kita ara naman sa Save,
mag hambal ang iban naman nga hindi, maayo man kamo ya kay na under kamo sa
Save the Children. Kay syempre daw ano bala…
Participant (female): And for us in the Day Care, other parents would have thde tendency to exclude
themselves because they are not under Save the Children. So of course…
Participant (male): Ang mga training bala nga ano, ma agi pa na sa safety mo. Hindi
man basta basta nga maka himo ka dira sang mga halampangan nga tarak tarak.
Damo tansan da, karon tinulon niya na.
Participant (male): The trainings on that matter would pass through safety first. You could not rightaway
create a toy car without knowing the hazards, for example of a bottle crown that the children would
happen to swallow.
Participant (female): Mapilas siya. Pero indi ah, naga try man kami nga maka himo
paagi para gid sa mga kabataan.
Participant (female): Also cuts. But no, we are making ways just for the children.
Participant (female): Pero sir JR, pwede siguro na naton ma ano kay sir Rogen ba.
Kay sa MPDO siya mam.
Participant (female): But sir JR, we could tap sir Rogen on that. Because he is under the MPDO ma’am.
Participant (male): Kung tan awon naton pertaining sa sustainability bala mam, kung
wala na ang Save, maayo subong kay ara pa ang Save, what if wala na sila. Basi mag
balintong tanan tanan nga program naton ba.
Participant (male): But if we examine it pertaining to its sustainability, without the help of Save, maybe
we would struggle on our programs.
Participant (female): Hambalan mo si boss Rogen nga dugayan nya amon budget
namon sa Children. (Unclear statement 81:25-81:34).
Participant (female): Tell sir Rogen to add the budget on children. (Unclear statement 81:25-81:34).
Participant (female): Te, kita pirme mangayo nalang ta ya.
Participant (female): So would we always ask?
Participant (male): I kuan nyu lang kay boss para at least matagan man bala kamo
haw.
Participant (male): You just consult it to boss, atleast you would be budgeted.
Participant (female): Pero at least ara ka nga mag bulig sa amon suporta.
Participant (female): But atleat you are here to help and support us too.
Participant (female): Maayo lang gani kay nag extend pa day sir Elson. Kung pwede
pa tani sila hawiran.
Participant (female): It is a good thing that Sir Elson and his team extended. If only we could ask still hold
them on.
Participant (female): Dugangan sang municipal eh.
Participant (female): The municipal would add.
Participant (male): Basta may proposal lang daan kay kung.
Participant (male): As long as we have the proposal.
Participant (female): Kun may ara, indi may ara gid na sir. May ara gid na think
positive lang bala sir.
Participant (female): Not only if there would be. But surely there would be. Just think positive on that sir.
Participant (female): Unahon ta proposal para may ipakita ta daan didto. Para filing
sang proposal, ti indi na sila mamangkut damo question “Ano ni nga proposal?”.
Kung ara ka proposal kadto kalang to. Ti damo pamangkut didto ayawan ka pa
kasabat.
Participant (female): We’ll prioritize the proposal to be presented, for them not to ask anymore about
our proposal. If we’ll go there unprepared, we won’t answer their questions.
Des: So naa pa? Sige karon. Capacity building ng volunteers, so paano
napakinabangan sa community. Paano na puslan sa community ang capacity bulding
sa volunteers?
Des: Anything more? So now, on the capacity building of the volunteers; how did the community benefit?
Participant (female): Bale volunteer. Kabalo ta ya nga syempre wala sweldo.
Participant (female): The volunteer. We know that there is no salary.
Des: Paano napuslan ang training nga gin hatag?
Des: How did the community benefit the training given?
Participant (female): Bisan tuod nga gatraining kami, wala kami na suportaran sang
barangay ti kabalo manna sila no safe mo. Pero dako gid ang na impact ang amon na
ano nakuha, tungod nga sa isa nagid dira ang training, paano mag handle sa mga bata
gin ano manna nila sang save sa amon. Isa pa dira paano namon I cater ang parents
amo ng nagaconduct kami sang PES maam. Amo gid ng nakapulos sang parents dira,
so dira naman sa amon nga training pagkahuman namon PES program, so quarterly
naga conduct kami home visit kung nag effect gid bala ang amon nga gi hatag nga
training sa ila. So may ara iban masiling nga “ay maam sang una bala palakusi gid
takon sa bata mo, pero sang nag training ko sakit mangali kun mangusi ka kay
mabalik mandapat na sa imo” siling ko;” oo gani kusi-a bala kaugalingon mo kung
sakit na sa imo, kung sakit na sa imo sakit manna sa bata. Tapos isa lang kasabat sang
bata gin, may tampuyongon man anhon nalang sakiton. So halin pag training namon
daw dira nag haganhagan akon nga. Sa training lang, nakuha gid kami sa save. Thank
you gid sa support nga gihatag sa amon. Luwas nga training, gin patulog kami sa
naminami nga hotel gina pakaon kami with merienda may midnight snacks pa. Thank
you gid maam.
Participant (female): Even if we attend trainings, we do not receive support from the barangay because
they already knew our safety. But the impact for us is very huge especially the trainings on handling the
children. Another si on how to cater the parents during the conduct of PES. So the parents benefit from
the PES we have and quarterly, we conduct home visit to check if the trainings had effects on them. And
some of them would give a testimony of pinching their children before, but because of the trainings, they
already knew how it feels to the part of the child. They shared their doings before on disciplining their
children whenever they had faults. After the trainings, they realized. Thank you for the support you have
given to us. Other than the trainings, you let us stay in cozzy hotels, merienda’s, and midnight snacks.
Thank you so much.
Participant (male): Kag pati sa LGU man nakabulig mangihapon kay, halimbawa sa
mga trainings no labi nagid sa radio programing kay kaagi man kami sina sa Save.
Madamo sang mga managmi nga ideas kung paano na sya I kuan sa community kung
paano mo sya I deliver, isa manna sya nga natun-an ko to tung pag seminar namon.
Indi gali basta-basta nga mag pungko kalang da hambal ka tama na.
Participant (male): And also for the LGU, it really helped, for example on the trainings especially on radio
programming, where we experienced in the training given by save. There are many bright ideas on how
to deliver it to the community. That is one I’ve learned during our seminar. It is not enough that you just
sit there and speak.
Des: Sige naa pa ba? Thank you sir PJ ha. So kay na mention ni sir ang LGU how
about ang advocacy learning session sa BCPC, MCPC ana. Nakatabang ba or
napuslan ba sa inyung mga communities ang inyuhang mga advocacy learning
sessions.
Des: Okay, anything more? Thank you sir PJ. So you’ve mentioned about the LGU, how about on the
advocacy learning session on BCPC, MCPC. Did it helped or gave benefits to your communities on your
advocacy learning sessions.
Participant (female): Dako gid ang natabang nya maam, parihas diba. Kung ang LGU
lang bi pag abot sa funding kulang amon resources, but then ang partnership ninyu
dako gid ang natabang kay nganuman nahimay-himay sya sa mga barangay council
kay ang partner naton sa barangay level is council man. So kung kita hindi ta kaya
pero tungod sa ila nakabulig ta, nabuligan gid ang community nga mapaintindi ano
aton iya mga rules. Tapos ang ano maam ang isa ka proof sina maam is ang aton mga
cases nag nubo lalo natung mga sa CICL mga violence, ano pagani ah, nang mga
proverty sang mga kabataan. Tungod sinang aton nga advocacy nga gina conduct nga
with partnership sa inyu.
Participant (female): It really helped like just on the LGU alone, when it comes to funding, we lack the
sources. But the partnership with you really helped for the barangay council to examine, they are our
partners. But for us alone, we could not do it but with the partnership, we helped. It helped us to make
the community understand the rules. One proof of that is the decreas of cases on our CICL, violence, and
poverty. That is because of our advocacy in partnership with you.
Participant (female): Madagdag lang ko to maam tung sa mga campaign capability
building nga gi conduct nyu. Dako-dako gid ang impact nya sa mga volunteer workers
naton kay parihas sang mga parents volunteers, naga testimony gid na sila nga sang
una hindi sila kabalo mag hambal nga inang damo tao bala maam, pero na over nila
ang ilang stage fright nagkaroon sila ng self confidence kag lalo na kabalo na gid sila
ya mag dala sa community ng naka adjust na sila bala. Mga day workers naton, atong
isa ka BNS maam nga naka training man sa inyu hambal nya “first time nya nakasulod
sa hotel” naka experience sang amo sito kanami at the age of 45, ti emagine bala
kung diin sya nag 45 amo palang sya kasulod sa East Asia Royal Hotel tungod sa
training nga na nga na atenan nya sa save. Aton man mga day care workers ti limited
ang resources sang LGU, thru sa mga trainings nga gi conduct nyu ng amo ng siling
nila nga nahanas gid ang ila knowledge, attitude and skills pagid. Kay ti kung dire ang
sila ma salig kapila man lang kami mag training sa isa ka tuig sa day care workers
naton ka isa lang man, limitado pagid pero tungod sa inyu nga trainings dako gid ang
natabang ang ila pakikitungo sa community paano nila ma deal maayo ila studyante,
parents. Ang impact dako gid maam.
Participant (female): Additional on the campaign capability building that you conducted. It really had a
very huge impact on the volunteer workers because just like the parent volunteers who have testimonies
on conquering their stage fright in dealing with large number of participants. They hone their confidence
and bring it to the community. Our Day Care workers, and one of our BNS shared that that was her first
time to enter a hotel in her 45 years. So imagine, she was already 45 when she experienced entering
East Asia Royal Hotel because of the training on Save. Since LGU have limited resources, our Day Care
Workers developed their knowledge, attitude and skills through the trainings you have conducted.
Depending on the local only, we just have our limited trainings just how many times in a year. It really
helped on how they approach the community, deal with the students and parents. Very huge impact
ma’am.
Participant (male): Actually nag that’s only sa mga BHW no. Sa amon abi maam
may ara man na sa parents kag sa Bulilit Health Promoters sa school, so just an
update ang first batch talaga ng aming Bulilit Health Promoters sila nana subong ang
fistt year college. So ano na sila kabalo sila mag host, mag Emcee. Kay ano man
kinahanglan sila man na mag hambal, sila mag dala sang program, so mabatian na sa
ila sa ila nga training nga gipadala sila sa ano sang Save the Children amo na sya. Kay
kung legacy-legacy ang estoryahan kag amo na, may nabilin gid tana ang Save.
Participant (male): Actually nag that’s only on the BHW’s. For us, we have also for parents and Bulilit
Health Promoters in school. So just an update, the first batch of our Bulilit Health Promoters are aready
in first year college. So when it comes to hosting, and being Emcee’s, because that’s a requirement to
them. So you can hear them saying that they were also sent in trainings of Save the Children. So when it
comes to legacy, Save really left it with us.
Des: Sige. Thank you sir mel. Kani, aside sa First Read naapabay uban nga naga, uban
agencies nga naapud silay projects kauban sa mga bata nga 0-4 or mga buntis or
gapasusu nga Nanay or mga tao at mga batang may mga kapansanan. Aside sa first
Read. Naapabay other agencies nga same gihapon ug focus nga mao gihapon to nga
mga targets.
Des: Okay. Thank you sir Mel. Aside from First Read, are there any agencies that holds projects for ages
0-4 of pregnant or lactating women? Or person with disabilities? Other agencies that focus on the same
projects?

Participant (female): World Vision maam.

Participant (female): World Vision maam.
Des: Sige, so unsa iyahang difference or pag kakapariho or difference nya sa First
Read. Example unahaon nato ang TLDFI unsa ang iyahang kapareho or unsa ang
iyang kinalahian sa First Read nga intervention or sa approach first Read?
Des: So what are the similarities and differences with the First Read? For example the TLDFI, what are
the similarities and differences on the interventions and approach of First Read?
Participant (female): Ang TLDFI galing more on silag protective services maam.
Parihas on child sexual abuse nga advocacy. Pero wala na sila sang supplemental
feeding.
Participant (female): The TLDFI focuses more on the protective services. Like on the advocacy on sexual
abuse. But they do not have supplemental feeding.
Participant (female): Mga provision of reading materials wala man sila.
Participant (female): Also, they do not have the provision of reading materials.
Participant (female): Kay ang pagkabalo gid namon kamo man gihapon gahatag
funding sa ila, save the children lang gihapon. Sila lang ang naga ano.
Participant (female): Because as far as we know, you also support them for funding, still Save the Children.
They just…
Des: Sige, how about si World Vision?
Participant (female): So how about the World Vision?
Participant (female): May ara sya pinoy nutrition hub nga daw same sa PD Hearth
sya ang approach.
Participant (female): They have the Pinoy Nutrition Hub that is the same with tha approach of the PD
Hearth.
Des: Tawag lang sa ila “Pinoy Nutrition Hub”
Participant (female): They just call it “Pinoy Vision Hub”
Participant (female): Tapos may mga sponsoring na sila. May mga naga sponsor sa
ila sa education, tapos nag opening sang class naga distribute na sila sang school
materials. Naga conduct na sila mga birthday banks.
Participant (female): and then they have the various sponsor for education for example. During the
opening of classes, they distribute school materials. They also conduct birthday banks.
Participant (female): Galing daw limited lang.
Participant (female): It’s just that they are limited.
Participant (female): Limited lang sya maam
Participant (female): That’s only limited Ma’am.
Participant (female): Daw iba ang save abi kay…
Participant (female): It is unlike the Save because…
Participant (female): Lain ang save.
Participant (female): Save is different.
Participant (female): Iba talaga ang save.
Participant (female): Save is really different.
Des: Thank you maam Rose.
Des: Thank you maam Rose.
Participant (male): Tapos random lang sila sa kada municipyo.
Participant (male): And they’re just random in every municipality.
Participant (female): Daw 6 barangays.
Participant (female): Like 6 barangays.
Participant (female): Unlike sa Save nga may pilot, may pilot gid.
Participant (female): Unlike in Save that there is still piloting.
Participant (female): Sa 6 barangay sang World Vision indi gid na tanan ma dala nila.
Participant (female): For the 6 barangays, would not really cater that all.
Participant (female): Tapos hindi pagid ma touch sang World Vision ang under sang
Save the Children. Pero nakabulig man sila ah.
Participant (female): And World vision could’t touch the areas under Save the Children. But they really
helped.
Des: Sige. Thank you sige. So kani sya isa-isa ni, individual na ni sya nga pangutana.
Kung tagaan nimo ug grado ang implementation ng save the children, ng first Read
sa inyuhang lugar 1 ang pinakababa 5 ang pinakataas. Sige, Pwede mo mag hand
signal, unsa ang inyuhang grado nga ihatag sa First Read Project 1 ang pinakamubo
5 ang pinakataas.
Des: So this is an individual question. How much would you rate the implementation of Save the Children
of the First Read in your community, where I as the lowest and 5 as the highest. You can show it through
hand signal.
Participant (female): 5
Participant (female): 5
Participant (female): 5
Participant (female): 5
Participant (female): Ako maam 5.
Participant (female): 5 for me ma’am.
Des: 1 to 5 ha. 1 ang pinakamubo 5 ang pinakataas.
Des: I is the lowest and 5 is the highest.
Participant (female): Pictureran gid
Participant (female): It should be taken a picture.
Des: Oo pictureran. Wala ni ano ha.
Des: Yes, we would. This is not…
Participant (female): Sang pilitay.
Participant (female): No coersion.
Des: Sang pilitay, wala sang ano… so karon pwede ko mangutana kung nganung 5?
Sige.
Des: No coercion, nothing… So can I ask if why did you rate 5?
Participant (male): 5 maam kay kung ano sya kanami sa implementation sa amon sa
school, sobra paman na didto sa zero to 5. So kaya 5 gid na sya maam, why 5? Nag
karoon sang school clinic ang Lugan Central.
Participant (male): 5 because it is really implemented well in our school. That is supposed to be more
than 5. Why because we able to have our own clinic in Lugan Central.
Des: Thank you sir Mel. Tapos naba?
Des: Thank you sir Mel. Are we done already?
(Overlapping statements 93:23-93:37)
Participant (male): Amo ni oh, kay pag abot ko sa Lugan Central wala gid na sila sang
clinic ti naluoy si maam Rita gin buksan tung stockroom, gin panguha didto ang lata
sang pinta tapos gin limpyuhan. Tapos ara naman ang save, lugan central is not,
poblacion is not included sa save the children oo. Ang kasali kay Lambuling,
Lamhako, Talofo, Lamsalome, Dataldlanag, Salacafe. So gitagaan nila ko sang clinic
kag tiles kag may CR na sya kag ang akon pagid nga bowl gin tan-aw ko sa ano, gi tan-
aw ko sa Citi Hardware 14,000 gali sya maam iya nga toilet bowl, dira ko maam naga
clinic. May mga bata dira na natuli. Dason gitagan pagid nila ko sang instrument nga
damo-damo. 5 lang sya asta maam, pwede 10?
Participant (male): As I arrived in Lugan Central, they did not have school clinic yet. So mam Rita felt pitty
so she opened the stockroom and let that cleaned. That time, Save was there where in fact, Poblacion is
not part of their programs. The only barangays included were Lambuling, Lamhako, Talofo, Lamsalome,
Dataldlanag, and Salacafe. We were given clinic and tiles for the CR, where I checked the price of the
toilet bowl costing 14,000 in Citi Hardware. That was my clinic, there were students there who undergone
circumscision, and then I was given lots of instruments. Is it only 5 ma’am? Can I give 10?
Participant (female): Dagdag ko lang kay sir Romel maam ha. Kita ko na sa una ang
clinic ni sir Romel nga to bala sir ang sa CR mo nga makatinkatin kapabala nga
sinadto gid na nga basin maam haw, Compare mo subong. Kaya naintindihan gid
namon kung nga naging emotional si sir Romel. Tears of joy.
Participant (female): Additional to Sir Romel, I saw the situation of sir Romel’s CR in his clinic that was
made before of old materials, toiletbows, but now, you can compare. That’s why we understand why sir
Romel is emotional. Tears of joy.
Participant (male): Before kasi maam ng wala na sya nagalutaw ang tboli
municipality sa contest sang health sa division wala, Kay wala lang pero sang ara na
nag partner na ang Save the Children. Pag may entry ang Tboli gina bantayan na nila
kay kabalo na sila nga mag laban gid na ang iya nga entry. So amo na nakatisting nana
sya mag 1st, 2nd, 3rd sa gulayan sa paaralan. Second placer sa solid waste management
sa ika 10th amo nato ang pinaka last.
Participant (male): Before, during the division-wide contest on health, the municipality of Tboli was not
reigning. But aftere that we had the partnership with Save the Children, other Municipalities ackcnowledge
the participants from Tboli as their primary competitors. We experienced being the 1st, 2nd, 3rd in Gulayan
sa Paaralan. . Second placer in the 10th Solid Waste Management, where that was the last.
Participant (male): Nami ang Gulayan sa Paaralan ni sir Romel no. Tambok sang
alugbati niyo.
Participant (male): The Gulayan sa Paaralan is very nice Sir Romel. The alugbati’s are well grown.
Participant (male): Symepre nami man attend sang client kung nami man imo nga
lugar kaya amo nga thankful ko nga ara ang Save the Children. Kay kung waay ang
Save the Children, hindi man ako ka clinic. Kay eleven, may year nga eleven ka grade
one ang ara sa gym ga klase kay waay kami classroom kay kulang ang classroom.
Ulihi naman ni nag abot ang mga bago nga classroom ti diin gali ako ma clinic.
Participant (male): So the client would be attracted to visit the place if you really cultivate it. That’s why
I’m thankful to Save the Children, because without you, I can’t have my clinic. We experience having the
11 grade one pupils have their classes at the gumnasium due to lack of facilities. New classrooms just
arrived recently.
Des: Thank you po.
Des: Thank You.
Participant (female): Katung akon maka score ako ng, nag bigay ako ng score na 5.
So far ang World Vision hindi ako masyadong na ano ning… oriented kaayo ba kay
syempre direct kami sa barangay, makita ko man sa feed back sang amon nga mga
health workers especially mga midwife, and NDP’s na about sa program sang ano
sang Save the Children, kasi naga yung sa PD Hearth, na ano kuman sya na apply
koman sya sa midwife didto. Tapos nakita namon ang rehabilitation sang mga
children, bali nag decrease naman ang mga malnourished children so sa PD heart na
approach. Siguro amo lang na sya ang akon ma ano.
Participant (female): For me ma’am, I rated 5. Iwas not really oriented by the World Vision. Since we are
directly in the barangay, I can see the feedbacks of the health workers especially the midwives and NDP’s
on the programs of Save the Children. We applied our learning as a midwife from the PD Hearth. And
we saw the decrease of malnourished children in children rehabilitation. That’s all.
Des: Sige, thank you maam Lour.
Des: Thank you ma’am Lour.
Elson: Pwede ko mag interrupt anay kadali? Time check ta kay 12:21, kaya pa ba?
(Consulted the participants about the time extension 97:27-98:15)
Des: Sige okay, sir?
Des: Okay, yes sir?
Participant (male): Indi man naton tanan ma satisfy gid bala nga ma ang aton client,
kis-a indi man man satisfy kung ara man pro kadamuan sa ila ma satisfy gid kay ti
amo ni sya pro indi man tanan naton ma perfect-perfect gid no.
Participant (male): We could not really satisfy all our clients, we could not really perfect it.
Des: Okay ah no problem. Thank you sir Pj.
Des: Okay, no problem. Thank you sir Pj.
Participant (female): Ako ya, 5 ang ihatag ko. Kay according sa testimonya ni sir
Romel ni maam Lourdes kag sa… thru my observation kag sa mga programs mga
gina hatag sa save the children paagi sa office. Damo-domo gid ang na hatag sang
save the children, when it comes sa books, toys, mga materialis para sa construction
sang birthing centers may ara sila mga school supplies notebooks mga bags. Bisan
mga tshirt gani sa parent ng hatag sila. Oo daw damo gid, sa mga program sa
trainings, seminars namon naga counter part ang Save the Children. Sa tuod-tuod
gid na, kay mabal-an koman kay bisan mag buhat sang proposal syempre pag mag
buhat pabutang gid na namon Save the Children counter part. Makita gid na namon
dako gid nabulig sang save the children bisan sa mga barangay’s ga hambal ang mga
day care workers namon nga “Save the Children” Makita mo mga bata bisan mag
ano sila proud na proud gid sila pag ma ano han nila ang save the children. That is
why 5 ang ihatag ko tungod sa mga na ano ko nga information kag result ng ebidensya
gid sang Save the Children sa Tboli.
Participant (female): I rated 5. Because based on the testimony of sir Romel and my observation on
programs given by Save the Children through our office. Save the Children really helped a lot when it
comes to books, toys, construction materials on birthing centers, school supplies tha include notebooks
and bags, also t-shirts for the parents. During our seminars and trainings, Save the Childrenm always give
their counter part. The helps are very visible and the parents were really proud that they experienced to
be with Save the Children. Results in the municipality of Tboli were the evidence that’s why I gave 5.
Des: Thank you maam.
Des: Thank you maam.
Participant (female): In behalf sa day care worker sang Tboli. So score ako sang man,
tungod nga sa mga trainings satisfy gid kami maam, so bisan pa indi ang iban nga
mga day care workers wala sila sang mga KD corner, pero ang save the children bisan
sa trainings lang makasali gid, so then may mga books nga gin hatag sa amon
individual tung pag last nga.. ano to sya gani tung nag distribute sang mga ano dire
sa gym pirte gid to kalipay sang mga day care workers kay mga books, indi lang mga
story books ang na receive namon then may mga toys, supplies mga. Then may mga
shirt kami nga na ano. Sa trainings lang daw buta nagid kami dira sa mga tainings,
pero kung may ara pagid nga madugang open lang gihapon kami sina maam. So satify
gid, amo na 5 gid ang gin butang namon. Pero in behalf sa barangay Afus sir ha, so
indi ko gid na sila malipatan atong amon nga KD corner sir ara nako, nag balik nako
sa day care center so I improve nato namon sir.
Participant (female): In behalf of the Day Care workers of Tboli, I also give 5. We are really satisfied of
the trainings, even the non Day Care workers were really willing to join the trainings. So we were given
books individually. We, with the Day Care worker were really glad of not only books but with toys, and
other supplies. Also the t-shirts. We were really full of knowledge from the trainings but if there’s more,
we are willing to have it also. But behalf of barangay Afus sir, I came back to the Day Care Center and
improve it.
Des: Salamat maam Rose.
Des: Thank you ma’am Rose.
Participant (male): (unclear statement 101:77-101:51) damo pa sang mga challenges
nga mag abot. So 5 ang akon nga score despite sa lapad pa ang aton n ga lantawon,
importante is naka start ta. So ang akon nga score is 5. Kay ngaa man, number 1 is
(unclear statements 102:22) sang LGU’s and barangay. So ang budget na apil dira
ang Save the Children. Sila mismo nag share sila sa aton sang ila nga budget so amo
ang program naton naga dalagan. Number 2 kay ang technology, so ang Save the
children nag share sang ila nga knowledge para ma empower ang system naton
including the programs and planned activities nga ma haum sa mga bata 0-4. Kag
man sa mga parents nahatagan sang sakto man nga technology nga maka add man
sang aton nga technology. At the same time para sa panahon man para ma atubang
naton tong mga dagko nga challenges nga naga abot dire sa LGU. Number 3 is
enhancement sang aton nga mga manpower naton, kung I compare naton sad ka
subong halos nga (unclear statement 103;28-29) na diba, kung tan-awon mo ang
kalibre sang aton nga mga barangay health worker. I compare mo ang sadto kag
subong makita mugid ang kaibahan nila. Tapos ang ika apat is ang kondisyon sang,
mental condition sang mga bata medyu nag improve sila, pero pasin nyu subong
(unclear statement 103:33-34) ang mga bata lain sag dati. Tapos ang mental Capacity
sang mag bata subong pansin nyuman nag improve siguro kay kulang sila sang
pagkaon nga ensakto (unclear statement 104:07-12) pero ang total score ko 5, daw
ga start palang ta ang importante may naga lead sang foundation nga para sunod ya
makapadayun ta. So 5 akon nga score.
Participant (male): (unclear statement 101:77-101:51) there are many more challenges. So despite of
the aspects that we must look into, I gave a scoe of 5 because number 1 is in the (unclear statements
102:22) of the LGU and the barangay. So Save the Children provided us the funding that’s why we kept
the programs running. Number 2 is on the technology that helped empower our system in programs and
planned activities and where they shared it to the parents to overcome the challenges for children 0-4.
Number 3 is on the enhancement of our manpower especially now almost (unclear statement 103:28-
29) when we check on the calibration of our health workers right? You can really compare it before and
now. And then fourth is, the children improved their mental condition and as we could notice, (unclear
statement 103:33-34), compared to before. It is visible that they had improve because before, they lack
exact food (unclear statement 104:07-12) but my total score is 5. So it is just the starting of our
foundation for us to continue. So my core is 5.
Des: Salamat sir JR.
Des: Thank you sir JR.
Participant (female): Ang akon nga hatag nga score is 5, kay ngaman ng… ang makita
naton ang impact sang program, First Read program sa aton dire sa banwa sang
Tboli. Ngaa man masiling ta ang impact ano ang mga evidence sina. Ang number is
decreasing nga mga cases naton on children no. tapos ang empowerment, makita
naton paano na empower ang tao sa community indi lang sa community pati kami
maam nga partner agency kay maka avail man kami sa mga trainings nga ginataga
ninyu. Then ang ika tatlo pagid is ang anon ni… ang enhancement ang improvement
nga gin hatag nyu sa mga day care centers naton, luwas sina ang capability building
trainings and capacity building nga gin hatag nyu sa aton mga volunteer workers nga
hindi nila na makuha kung dire lang gid, but through sa inyu naging dako ang impact
kag kami mismo hindi na kami mabudlayan sa ila, kay sila mismo na develop na with
sa ila palang nga level through sa program nga ini. Then sa aton nga… sa nutrition
program naton sa health and nutrition program dako gid iya impact maam kay
makita naton ang partnership sang Save the Children kag sa local government, ang
impact nya ang result is decreasing. So kung kami lang na indi namon na kaya. Kay
tungod ang resouces namon kulang pa, then tungod sa inyu nga bulig. Sa monitoring
nyu sa pag empower nyu sa pag community sa enhancement nga gin himu nyu. Dako
ang impact nya as a whole. So kung palang siling ni sir Romel nga may 10 nga score,
10 ang amon nga score. Galing ti 5 lang man abi, so thank you in behalf sang social
worker office, sa nutrition office. Thank you thank you very much sir Elson, maam
Des kag sa Save the Children. Ah tani ang legacy nga gin bilin nyu hindi namon ni sya
pag pabay-an mapadayun namon kag I treasure namon ang mga nabulig nyu sa amon,
kay sa Cart namon hindi nagid kami mabudlayan nga padayunon nalang namon. Pero
tani ara lang kamo gihapon mga kami sang, biski technical assistance nalang sir, pag
mag text kami sabta gid dayon sir sabagay gasabat gid na si sir Elson bisan tungang
gabi ga response na sya. Lain gid siya bi ang inyu nga ging bilin sa amon ba oo ang
impact nya. Pero tuod sir ba, diba sir Romel no may mga NGO’s man tuod naka
sulod dire, infiairness lang ha hindi man sa gasiling nga gapasipsip kami sa inyu, pero
iba abi relationship nga na build nyu sa amon. From the start, halin sa ila maam Lea
oo kungb aga nagpabilin sya nga ari sa amon mga tagipusoon maam ba nga wala sang
makakawat sina ara lang gid na sya kay maam Cel. Maayo nalang gid kay si ano…
maayo nalang gid kay ara pa kamo ni sir Elson. Indi nagid ni ma extend haw?
Participant (female): I gave 5 because we can see the impact of First Read Program here in the
municipality of Tboli. Why, because one of the impact of the program is the decreasing cases on the
cases regarding the children. The community was empowered as long as with us as the parner agency
because we can avail the trainings you give. Another is that, the enhancement on improvement you’ve
given foe the Day Care centers, other than that, is the capacity building trainings that you offered for the
Day Care workers that they could not experience here alone. They really improved that they find ease in
dealing with their future encounter of hard situations. They improved through this program. And on the
program in nutrition really had an impact during the partnership of the local government with Save the
Children because of the decreasing cases. Because if we do it alone we could not achieve it because we
lack the resouces, we achieved it through your help. On your monitoring and enhancement, it really had
an impact as a whole. If only like what sir Romel said, if we could give 10, we will really make it 10. So
since it is only 5, thank you in behalf of the health workers and the Nutrition Office. Thank you so much
Sir Elson, Ma’am Des, and Save the Children; we would not neglect the legacy you would leave wit us,
we’ll treasure it. On our Cart, we would not feel hard but we would have to continue the program. We
hope that you will be still with us even only on the technical assistance. I hope that sir Elson would answer
and respond to our texts. The impact you’ve left to us is really that great. We partner with several NGO’s
that entered here but to be frank, the relationship we built will always be strong. From the start during
the time of Ma’am Leah, that left a mark in our hearts. It is a good thing that sir Elson is still here. It
would not extend anymore sir?
Participant (male): Abi ko mag closing remaks na, tunga-tunga palang…
Participant (male): I thought that was closing remarks already, we’re just in the middle…
Participant (female): Ti kay nalipay gid kami. Tani may extension pagid sir ba ano
himuon namon sir man, masulat kami ma ano kami?
Participant (female): Because we were really glad. I hope that there will be an extension. What can we
do for that?
Elson: One of the purpose of ano this research is project proposal.
Elson: One of the purpose of this research is project proposal.
Participant (female): Ah project proposal.
Participant (female): Ah project proposal.
Elson: Nga indi man totally nga madula kami dire sa South Cot. Kay sa trend karon,
damo mangud ang BARM, BARM gid in terms of need. Ang BARM ang mas damo
interms of access bata wala ka eskwela over age na, sanitation. Ang mga ano siguro
6 of 10 ano ang poorest provinces ara sa BARM so didto ang mga opportunities, pero
maningkamut ko nga inyu dire indi totally nga madula kay mga mention nyu gina ano
mo ng may mga kulang pa dapat tapuson. Kami nasayangan sa mga initiatives nga
hindi matapos. May mga pending ordinance pa kami nga wala pa na pa approve, may
dalawa pa pero ano eh, sa karon until September 30 ang amon pa nga stay dire sa.
Elson: That we will not totally leave South Cot. Because today’s trend is more on BARM in terms of their
needs. BARM has more number of over aged and out of school youths, needs on sanitation. They are the
6 of 10 of the poorest provinces, so we found opportunities there. So we will work on the thing that we
will not totally leave this area because you’ve mentioned earlier that there are things left undone. There
are still pending ordinances that were not approved yet. We’ll just, we’re here until September 30.
Participant (male): Pwede pa kasulat.
Participant (male): We’ll have time to write.
Participant (female): Sir JR, proposal.
Participant (female): Sir JR, proposal.
Participant (male): Training of little nurses. Ah, Bulilit Health Promoters
Participant (male): Training of little nurses. Ah, Bulilit Health Promoters

Elson: Siguro kung TA gid man ma, indi gid na pag balibaran sang Save ang technical
support nga kami ang mag resource person pero ng mga financial medyo masalimuot
ang proseso karon labi nakay wala na sing budget nga intended for, halimbawa
training wala kami kuan fund pero siguro kung kami ang spokesperson libre na wala
nana problema. Pwede man na sa dalom puno.
Elson: Maybe, when it comes to TA, Save would not say no on the Technical assistance but on financial,
the process is now complicated especially that we do not have enough budget intended for like trainings,
we lack the fund but as your resource person, it would always be free. We can do it even under a tree.
Participant (female): Gonu bong
Participant (female): Gonu bong
Participant (female): Nakakadto na si maam Des didto?
Participant (female): Did you happen to get there ma’am Des?
Des: Oo nakaadto nako, personal laagan baya ko. Nakaabot nagani ko sa Lake Holon
uban akuang anak bitbit nako. Padayon? Okay sige, so karon ang atung pagahisgutan
is unsa napud ang mga challenges sa implementation katung habang naga implement
ng First Read program sa inyuhang lugar. So ang atung…pwede natung itouch is
about sa coordination sa pakikipag communicate with partners tapos volunteer
management sa mga PV’s? Even up to budget and logistics, and ang programming
mismo as a whole, so any lang indi kaylangan nga ano kung unsa lang inyuhang ma
share nga mga challenges nato sa First Read.
Des: Yes personally, I got there. I use to stroll. I was also in Lake Holon with my child. Okay let’s continue.
We will talk about the challenges on the implementation of First Read Program in your place. Can I touch
your coordination on communication with the partners and on your Volunteer Management of you PV’s?
Even up to budget and logistics, and the programming as a whole. So would you share any of your
experiences?
Participant (female): So about sa PES program. So gina encourage ko gid ang tanan
nga mga day care workers nga mag conduct sang PES sa parents, para ma improve
pagid ang pagamanage sa ila mga kabataan. Then about naman sa PD Hearth, naka
PD Hearth man kami maam so gina encourage ko na gihapon sa mga co-workers ko
nga ipadayon continue lang ang mga program.
Participant (female): So about the PES Program, I educate all the Day Care workers to conduct PES for
the Parents for them to improve the management of their children. And on PD Hearth, I encourage my
co-workers to continue the program.
Des: Thank you maam Rose. Ang uban, challenges
Des: Thank you maam Rose. Other challenges
Participant (female): so far ang in terms sa coordination, coordinated ang program
maam wala gid wala ano na… kay ti luwas sa mga letters like sang phone, gina
kadtuan tagid. Then ang about man sa ano ni communication so far okay man kay
daw wala man problema sa bagay daw wala man naka agi nga nag ka problema gid
daw halos tanan na ano nyu sya eh. Ang volunteer management siguro ang positive
impact nya ato balang na train sila na develop sila, pero as…daw may ara lang yata
iban nga volunteers medyu laylo, daw nag… ano tawag sini ah, daw may ara daw indi
active siguro bala haw. So far as a whole daw wala mangid ka nga ano consider, atung
ano lang guro tung kis-a lang bala sir no nga miscommunication lang sa ano pag abot
sa…ano gani ni tung sa pagkaon lang bala haw nga ang instruction “dire ideliver sa
MS didto gin deliver sa ano” mga minor lang maam. So far wala gid sang major-
major. Wala gid sang mga problema gid kayo nga na encounter.
Participant (female): So far in terms of the coordination, the program is coordinated. Because other than
the letters and phones, we really go to the area. And about on the communication so far we do not have
the problem because almost all were taken care. And the volunteer management, maybe the positive
effect is that they were trained but there are aothers that were not active anymore. So far as a whole,
there are no, maybe on the miscommunication one time on the delivery, supposed to be in the MS, but
somewhere, just minor errors. So far, there were no major. There were no problems encountered.
Des: Sige thank you maam
Des: Okay, thank you ma’am.
Participant (male): Bali sa DepEd maam iconnect kulang sa DepEd. Siling pa sang
mga officemate nga systematic ang Save the Children kasi Lake Sebu and Tboli basta
Save tana na ya han-ay amo lang gid ng mahambal ko.
Participant (male): So I would connect it to the DepEd, some of my officemate told that Save the Children
is systematic in Lake Sebu and Tboli where I told them that Save is really systematic.
Participant (male): Ang technology nila.
Participant (male): Their technology.
Participant (male): Han-ay gid na ya. Kungbaga makadto kana didto wala ka sang
problemahon nga pamasahe han-ay, sugaton ka pa Idul-ong ka pa amo na sya.
Participant (male): It is really systematic. When you go there, youl’d not bother about your fare anymore
and they’ll give you a ride home.
Des: Sino pa basig naapay other challenges? Ti wala ta recommendation eh kay wala
man challenge.
Des: Who else, do you have any challenges? So we will not have a recommendation because we do not
have challenges.

Participant (male): Sa akon siguro maam mga, syempre kay may time gid man nga
daw limited ang (unclear 124:29-30) siguro sa mga daw trainers mismo sang LGU
matagaan sila sang system para sila magpadayon hatag sang technology sa aton mga
volunteers. Halimbawa indi mangid ta lifetime nga dire gid sa Tboli ang save basi
didto nana sa iban at least maka establish ta sang mga trainer especially maka
training sila ba matagaan sila sang technology basin sila nalang pwede na mag train
mismo ang system mapasa sa ila ba.
Participant (male): For me ma’am since we have times that we have limited (unclear 124:29-30), maybe
the trainers of the LGU should be given the system for them to continue in giving technology in out
volunteers. For example, since Save is not a lifetime here in Tboli, atleast we could establish our own
trainers, at least they would be given the technology for them to continue on their own the passing of
knowledge to others.
Des: Thank you sir Jay-ar
Des: Thank you sir Jay-ar
Participant (male): May ara naman sa save nga may mga trainers training man ang
save. Parihas sinang mga PD Hearth, PES ara nana sya mapabilin nana sa barangay.
Participant (male): There are trainers’ training conducted by Save like on the PD Hearth, PES will be there
and will be owned by the barangay.
Des: Salamat. So karon ang ako napong pangutanan is next. Unsa ang naging
negative naa sa ta sa negative ha, unsa kaha in what way nga naging ang effect ni First
Read sa inyung lugar. Example: particularly sa imung sarili, sa mga bata o sa local na
programs. Negative effect ni First Read.
Des: Thank you. So now, my question is what were the negative effects of First Read and in what way
that that was a negative effect? For example, particularly on your self, on children, or on local programs.
Participant (male): (Unclear 116:58-59) tapos gina pako gahuna-huna. Wala ka sang
ma connect ba kay ang approach nga daan maam kuan inang klaro sya kag ng ano
sya sa bata
Participant (male): (Unclear 116:58-59) and I was just thinking since earlier. I have nothing to connect
because the approach on children were very clear.
Des: Suitable. Sige, so kung walay negative effect unsa ang naging positive effect.
Des: Suitable. So if there’s no negative, what were the positive?
Participant (male): Sa mga introduce sang mga bata maam sa una nga basa dayon.
Participant (male): The early introduction of reading to the children.
Participant (female): Pang diction sa isa kabata.
Participant (female): The diction of a child.
Des: Okay
Des: Okay
Participant (male): Sa early stage maam no? at least makita mulang nga education
is very important.
Participant (male): On early stage ma’am right? At least we can see that education is very important.
Des: Thank you sir Romel. Any other, sa inyung sarili sa mga bata bisag sa sarili ha
okay lang na sya ug sa local programs.
Des: Thank you sir Romel. Any other, on your self, it would be still okay and on the local programs.
Participant (female): Sa amon nga level maam indi na kami mabudlayan mag
monitor kag ano ni gani, atong siling ko bala gina ang trainings so far nahatag nyuna
tanan sa aton nga volnteers workers, kungbaga dugang-dugang nalang gid, follow up
plus ang impowerment sa parents sa community.
Participant (female): On our level we would not be anymore feel difficult to monitor and all the trainings
you’ve mentioned were done to the volunteers, workers, were jud hav add ons and follow-up plus the
empowerment of the parents in the community.
Des: So murag na kuan naman pud na mention napud ninyu no katung other ways
nga para mas ma improve ang LGU parihas sa na mention ni sir kaganina no nga
murag technical assistance, ipasa ang technology. Sige, so sa coordination murag
wala matay nakita kayo nga ano. Sige, so karon sa parent volunteer management
unsa ang mga responsibilities or mga tungkulin ng mga parent volunteers sa inyung
lugar?
Des: So it’s likewhat you’ve mentioned earlier to strengthen the LGU through technical assistance, by
passing the technology. So on coordination, we could not see any. So now on the Parent Volunteer
management, what are the responsibilities of the parent volunteers in your area?
Participant (female): Bilang parent volunteers, budlay man abi kon day care workwer
ka tapos parent volunteer ka pirte gid ka budlay maam kay may time nga naga
conflict ang ano ang seminars schedule nya ga conflict ti kis-a wala ka sang ano daw
wala ka sang I priority bala kung schedule mo dira kung diin pakadto. So tungud kung
ka isa nga lapit kapaman sa siling bala nga, lapit gid ta sang programa sang save gina
paiway lang anay tung iban nga mga programs, so daw amo gid ng makita ko abi nga
mga epekto at least na dugangay sang improvement sang amon nga trabaho.
Participant (female): As a parent volunteer, it is difficult that I am also a Day Care worker because there
are times that the seminars would have the conflict and were having problems on what to prioritize. So
if we could sense that the programs of Save are near, we just wave the other, that’s one effect I’ve seen
but at least the work was given improvement.
Des: So, thank you maam Rose ha. Naapabay uban, pila ba kahang PV’s dire sa
inyuha?
Des: So thank you maam Rose. Anything more, how many PV’s are you here?
Participant (female): Dire ako lang isa maam.
Participant (female): I am the only one here ma’am.
Des: I mean dire sa Tboli
Des: I mean here in Tboli.
Participant (female): Ang sa tboli 6 bala, kay 9 kami sa barangay Afus abi eh. Indi ko
maisip sir. More or less mga 50 siguro.
Participant (female): Here in Poblacion there are 6, and we are 9 in barangay Afus. I am not certain in
my counting but more or less 50.
Des: Sige lang okay lang kung dili gid sya ano specific, more or less 50. Okay sige. Sa
tan-aw ninyu maam nganu kaha sila nag volunteer?
Des: It is okay not to have it specific, more or less 50. Okay, so why do you think they volunteered.
Participant (female): Ah una dira ang daw kami gid abi ang ara sa barangay BHW,
BNS kag Day Care Worker daw amo lang gid na ang gin prority abi, daw gamay lang
ang parent, tapos amo pud to nga kami gid ang naga ikot sa barangay. Daw ang mga
parent abi maam daw indi mo gid sya abi ma frequent ma ano kay damo sila nga
obligation abi sa ila nga kuan. So kami sina ang gin target gid at least nga ara kami
sa barangay kag kami gid ang makakita sa problema sa mga community ngana kami
ang maka kita.
Participant (female): the most reason of that is that we in the barangar- BHW,BNS, and Day Care worker
were prioritized, with less number of parents that we are the one’s working for the barangay. Other
parents would not frequently be called due to their obligations at home. So we were the target since we’re
already in the barangay and we are the one’s that could see the problems of the community.
Des: Thank you maam Rose.
Des: Thank you maam Rose.
Participant (male): Maam mag ano lang ko, may namangkot man gud sa akon kung
okay mag, basta sa save daw ba okay mag volunteer siling ko “Yes” so amo na sya
kay para ma discover mo kung ano sila ka willing.
Participant (male): Ma’am, additional there was once who asked me if is it okay to be a volunteer on
Save and I said “Yes” so that was the way I discovered on how they were really willing.
Des: Thank you sir Mel.
Des: Thank you sir Mel.
Participant (female): Bisan volunteer ko, luwas nga ng gina usikan mugid ang
panahon mo bisan sa kaugalingon mo lang na knowledge dako gid nakabulig sa akon
number 1 gid. Sunod tung midyu nubo-nubo ang natapusan na daw na ano bala…
nahalas kami sa…na refresh kami.
Participant (female): Even if I am a volunteer and despite I spent my time for my own knowledge, it really
a great help. Next is that the one’s that have lower education were refreshed.
Des: Thank you maam Rose. Kani, so naa moy na mention ganina nga katung uban
parent volunteers dili na kaayo active. So unsa kaha sa tan-aw ninyu ang reason nga
nung dili na sila kaayo active?
Des: Thank you maam Rose. So this, you mentioned earlier that there were parents who were not active.
So what reason could yous see why they were not active?
Participant (female): Sa una dira abi ang iban siling nga “wala manna sweldo” daw
napugos lang ko gani kay nami ng save kay patulog kita didto sa amo ni, ahm
pakaunon kita sang amo na nga manumit, pasakyon sugaton kita so nami. So pag
abot sa trabaho pero ang mga parent abi mga volunteer ya daw indi gid bala ano,
daw yagangyang gid bala nga maka upod sila pag abot sa community pag conduct
nanamon sang PES program BNS kag day care worker lang gid ang birada, gamay
lang gid ang parent nga ga ubra.
Participant (female): Before, they said that there is no salary, I myself was being encourage of the benefits
we could get- lodging, foods, vehicle. So other parents who were there just to attended seminar could not
apply their learning from the seminar and during the PES, BNS, Day Care workers and BHW’s are the
ones who really do the job. There are few parents who work.
Des: So may mga steps ba na or may mga actions ba nga gi buhat ang LGU or any
offices no, para mas maging active sila utro.
Des: So were there steps and actions that the LGU or other offices made to make them active again?
Participant (female): Sa mga volunteers? May technical ano ah may mga technical
man gina hatag ang municipal
Participant (female): For the volunteers? The municipal give technical.
Des: Technical or financial?
Des: Technical or financial?

Participant (female): Ah wala financial. Sa PES, huo sa honorarium eh. Honorarium

then may gamay nga bunos. Tapos sa mga training ng mga clothing maam. Na amo
na sya.
Participant (female): Nothing financial. On PES, there are honorarium an a bonus. And clothing on
trainings.
Participant (female): Next week may MCDC to be conducted by
Participant (female): Next week there will be an MCDC to be conducted by
Participant (female): MCDC nga kwan kami sa MGOC
Participant (female): MCDC that we in MGOC are invited
Des: Sige, so mgangutana ko unsay…paano ba nato gipili ato ang parent volunteers,
may criteria ba unsa bay mga proseso para bago sila naging parent volunteer?
Des: So how did they choose the parent volunteers? Were there a criteria, what is their process of being
parent volunteers?
Participant (female): Wala daw, kami sa barangay daw gin pang point-point man lang
to maam.
Participant (female): Nothing, we in the barangay were being pointed out.
Participant (male): Basta active
Participant (male): As long as active.
Participant (female): basta active kalang
Participant (male): As long as you’re active.
Des: So murag mao to ang criteria basta active sya nga na gaparticipate ana. Sige
may mga challenges ba ta nga na encounter sa parent volunteers? Aside sa
namention nyu ganiha pag traininig active pagbalik sa kuan murag dli na sila kaayo
ma involve.
Des: So that served as your criteria that they are active and participative. So were there challenges that
we encountered with parent volunteers? Aside from what you’ve mentioned earlier that active during the
training but not anymore involved in the community?
Participant (female): So bilang sa barangay Afus na train kami 11 yata, so ang active
nalang daw 8 gid maam amo nalang gid 8 ang active sina. Iban sina abi kapoy wala
time may mga baby so naga serbisyo subong is 8 lang sa amon nga area.
Participant (female): So in Barangay afus, we trained 11 and 8 remained active. Some of them have
babies and tired anymore of their duties. So there are only 8 who serve in the area.
Des: Sige thank you. So karon naa nata sa Safe System Change or First Read
integration no. So paano na adopt ang First Read sa inyung Community or paano sya
na localize. Paano na adopt ang First Read sa community or paano ba sya na localize
sa inyuhang…kungbaga murag na replicate ninyu ba nga si First Read murag kuan
pud nako sa among barangay pero lahi lang pamaagi or same ba nga pamaagi.
Des: Thank you. Now, we are in the Safe System Change or First Read Integration. So how did your
community adopted the First Read, how did you localized it?
Participant (female): So ang pamaagi abi sang save para sa amon barangay, una-una
abi gi train kami nga mga PV’s then sa time pag abot sa session, barangay session
daw ga re-echo bala kami maam kung ano ang nakat-unan namon didto sa traininig.
So didto na adopt man sang barangay officals nga dako gid ang nabulig sini nga
program dire community.
Participant (female): So the ays of Save in our barangay was first the training of the PV’s, re-echo to the
barangay of our learnings from the training. So that was the start of the barangay officials to adopt that
the program really helped the community.
Des: So, sa anung paraan or in what way nga mapadayun ang First Read project, dli
lang sya sa parent volunteer ha as a whole. In what way, paano sya mapadayun ang
program ni First Read?
Des: So how will the First Read Project be continued not only for the parent volunteers but as a whole?
In what way?
Participant (female): So ano eh binuligay gid maam, unity isa gid na maam. Kay kung
indi ma ano wala unity indi gid mag ano, indi gid mag improve. So ang ano lang inang
daw mag schedule nalang kami sang nga daw re-orient bala sa amon nga area.
Participant (female): So through the help of everyone. Without the unity,it would not be improved. So we
will have a re-orientation on our area.
Des: Sige thank you maam Rose
Des: Thank you maam Rose
Participant (male): Diba ang aton nga barangay may kagawad in-charge sa education,
so pwede nya I ano take good care nga indi na sya mag hulag kay sya dira in-charge
sa education kung baga tagaaan nya sang focus.
Participant (male): Our barangay has a Kagawad in-charge on education right? So we could tap them to
focus on the program.
Des: Thank you sir Mel. Yes maam Grace?
Des: Thank you sir Mel. Yes ma’am Grace?
Participant (female): Siguro ang isa sa makapapag-on is through an ordinance nga
mapadayon sya kay in the first place wala man nabudlayan ma intergrate ang First
Read program nga project sa aton kay may orientation nga gin conduct before hand
bago nag start, may orientation ging conduct sa barangay officials sa mga municipal
officials. So indi budlay, wala ta mabudlayan sang pag intergrate sina sa aton nga ano,
kung baga I ano nalang gid. Pati sa barangay gid eh
Participant (female): Maybe one thing that would strengthen this is through an ordinance to continue
because at the first place, we did not find it hard to integrate the First Read program on the orientation
we conducted on barangay and municipal officials. So it was easy including the barangay of course.
Participant (male): Kay kung mag amot-amot pagid tung kagawad si kapitan kag
treasurer, kag secretary nga oh taga sweldo nila ma hatag sila sang amo ni 100 I
tingub sina honorarium sang naga gakapot sang program, indi nana budlay aa ma
inspire nana ang mga in-charge
Participant (male): If the Kagawad, Kapitan and Treasurer would contribute 100 each during their salary
for the honorarium of the in-charge of this program, it would encourage those people who are in-charge
somehow.
Participant (female): Subong abi ang gina, naton sa aton mga day care workers may
ara nga daw incentives nga inang ano ni…may outstanding day care worker may cash
incentives daw mga amo na bala.
Participant (female): For now, the Day Care workers were given cash incentives if they would be the
outstanding day care worker.
Participant (male): Dapat mag reflect gid sa buget sang barangay, kita mo pag mag
solicit-solicit sa mga kagawad, kapitan gamay mana sweldo alangan mag solicit ta sa
ila, so dapat sila within mismo sa ila barangay preparation ila nga project mabutang
sya didto. Para sang ligad bala haw nga mga VAWC iya ka mga SK naka fill-in na sya
didto (unclear statements 128:09-10) para sa barangay preparation before I approve
sa taas para makita na sya didto
Participant (male): It should reflect on the barangay budget because if we solicit from the Kagawad and
Kapitan, they just have less salary so it would have a budget within the barangay in preparation with their
project. Same with the VAWC under the SK, where it was filled in already (unclear statements 128:09-
10) for the barangay preparation to be approved.
Participant (male): May ECCD
Participant (male): There’s ECCD
Participant (female): Pwede ta sya ihangyu kay accountant kay parihas sang
supplemental feeding ta sang nutrition, ginhayo gid namon kay accountant kay I
check nya sa budget tung supplemental feeding.
Participant (female): We can open it to the accountant like the supplemental feeding on our nutrition.
Participant (male): Kay I check mana sang taas kung, sample may mga programs
kita I prioritize ang mga barangay. So pag check sa account didto pag sa kay
accountant, pagkita na karon nga wala ta ka butangan, so revise ni revise.
Participant (male): They would check it on higher office for example, programs to be prioritized on
barangays. On the accountant they’d check if it would be inserted, if not we should revise.
Participant (male): Mas nami sya sir kay lain gid kun sa early matudluan ang bata.
Maskin ano lang “bong circle, odi circle” diba bal-an nya kung ano ang dako kag bilog
kag gamay.
Participant (male): It is really a difference if the child would learn early even only like “bong circle, odi
circle” atleast he/she would know big and small.
Participant (female): Tapos naka specify gid sya nga para gid sya sa ECCD Areas ya.
Participant (female): And then it would be specified that it is under ECCD Areas.
(Overlapping Conversations 129:03-130:02)
Des: Sige, actually next question pa unta to dili nalang human na diay. Sige, so sapag
ka karon naa nabay policy sa inyuhang sa ECCD naga address sa mga concerns or sa
mga problema ng mga 0-4, naa naba? Naa naba policy karon? Wala pa?
Des: That was supposed to be the next question. So now, were there any policy on your ECCD that
address the cocerns and problems of 0-4? Or none?
Participant (female): Actually maam ang akon ECCD program abi ning iya natong
dala. Ano lang sya last January lang naka himu sang consecutive order bago lang kami
na train sa Zamboanga sa ECCD, so naga start out na maam naka himu nata sang
aton nga ECCD committee nga amo nana sya ang mag mando sang ECCD program
naton. Naka sideout na may whole year plan naman maam.
Participant (female): Actually, I have a program tha also includes ECCD. Last January, I had a consecutive
training in Zamboanga on ECCD. So now we are starting our ECCD Committee, where that is the order
of our ECCD Program. There is also a whole year plan.
Des: Pero wala pa sya na ano gid sya no kanang murag executive order, unsa bay
tawag ana. Ordinance, murag nag start palang.
Des: But there is still no executive order, what would we call that. Starting as an ordinance.
Participant (female): Naga start palang maam
Participant (female): It is just the start Ma’am.
Des: Sa formation sa ECCD. So how about budget. Naa naba tay budget nakakuha
naba mo like example, kung sa ECCD program ninyu naka lobby naba mo for duget
or something?
Des: On the formation of ECCD, how about the budget? Do we have the budget yet? Did you lobby for
the budget or something?
Participant (female): Actually may ara naman ta nga daan nga budget for ECCD
program, parihas sinang advocacy for LCBC naton gina lobby namon subong nga
gusto namon ma tabo is atung I implement 1% sang ERA for Chlidren’s program. So
amo nalang manna pero may existing budget nga daan ta para dira. Atung 1% lang.
Participant (female): Actually we have already the budget for ECCD program, like the advocacy on LCBC
that we currently lobby for the implementation of 1% of ERA for Chlidren’s program. So that’s it, we have
already the 1% budget.
Participant (female): Te, gina hinay-hinay. Tam-tama pag pungko sang new sets na
officials.
Participant (female): So slowly, just right in time when the new sets of officials to take their seats.
Des: Sige, so included ba sa budget ang Home-based program? May mga home-based
program ba nga na apil sa kuan or kungbaga based lang tanan sa facility day care
center or sa schools or sa ECCD, na include ba nato ang home-based or wala.
Des: So were there Home-Based programs included in the budget? Are there any home-based programs
based on the facilities of Day Care/schools of ECCD? So were there Home-Based programs?
Participant (male): Parihas sinang programing bi, mga programing daw halos
(unclear statements 132:41-42) indi naman basta-basta sa programs eh pero daw
Participant (male): Like in the programming, mostly (unclear statements 132:41-42) programs are not
just ordinary.
Des: Wala pa sang home-based?
Des: No home-based yet?
Participant (female): Ang ano bi namon maam, ang usually ta abi gina himu is diba
naga conduct kita sang home visit, ga conduct kita sa mga parent classes mga amo
na sya. Kung ano ang makita namon nga needs, parihas sina foods and security so
ano ang sabat sina is backyard gardening ga tap lang kami kay sir Barry sa agriculture
daw amo-amo lang na bala. Pero siling nga inang…ang gi budgetan lang gali to tung
for livelihood program sa parents sang ano.
Participant (female): usually ma’am, we conduct home visit on parent classes. We look for the needs,
foods and security; so one is the backyard gardening. We just tap sir Barry from the agriculture. So the
budgeted one is the livelihood programs for parents.
Des: Murag gi linked lang sya.
Des: Thay are like linked in.
Participant (female): Gi linked lang sya
Participant (female): It is linked in
Des: Wala pa sya budget nga iya.
Des: There’s no budget for it alone.
Participant (female): Kay limited
Participant (female): Because it is limited
Des: sige, kani. Sa iyung palagay paano mapabuti ang local na program ang serbisyo
para sa mga bata ug sa pamilya or naa pabamoy other nga naisipan nga mas
makatabang pa sa mga bata ug sa parents para sa inyuha unsa nga mga programs or
mga acivities so ana, or mga services ang kinahanglan nga wala pa ninyu na ano?
Des: So on your opinion, how can we impove the local program on services for children or families. Or
are there any that you think that could help the children and their parents? Or activities or services that
you need?
Participant (female): Ako personal ko nga ano maam ha, ang number one gid ang
first gid is strengthen gid naton. Ang number one sa office maam I strengthen namon
ang functionality sang office mismo next ang council for the protection of children,
dapat abi ma strengthened ang atong working linkages kag coordination plus ang
referral system maam daw amo gid na ang una namon nakita ba para ma sustain
naton kag ma improve ang services.

Participant (female): For me personally, first is we really strengthened the functionality of our office. Next
is the council for the protection of children,that supposed to be the working linkages and coordination
plus referral system should also be strengthened to sustain and improve the services.
Participant (female): Parihas sang natabo sa Tboli National High School maam.
Kung may access ka kung may referral sa amoni-amoni dasig lang gid maam sa mga
different agencies. Kung ang deperensya nya mata may access ta didto kay dortor
Dandy sa Tamondong, free na sya nga naka MOA ta didto just like Surallah. So amo
na syang gina lantaw namon nga himuon nga pwede namon I suggest sa chairman
kay Mayor nga para dasig ang access kag mas strengthen gid sya, kay patay sya
gihapon maam meeting-meeting lang kamo dira ma meeting lang kamo kung may
evaluation wala lang gihapon. Wala lang gihapon sang functionality so dapat ang
sustainability sang ano mismo sang team, sang committee oo. Kay ti indi man pwede
kami lang mahulag ni ate Lourdes hindi sya matawag nga committee indi sya
matawag nga team, so dapat ano gid sya ma strengthen gid sya.
Participant (female): Just like what happened to Tboli National High School. If you have the referral on
everything, you would access fast on different agencies. A child has a condition in her eyes that we have
the access to Dr. Dandy in Tamondong. It is free on the MOA just like in Surallah. So that is one of the
step that we would like to suggest to the chairman on Mayor to strengthen the access. There is no use if
they only have our meeting and do nothing during the evaluation. So there will be no functionality so we
should sustain the committee. It is not enough if we, with ate Lourdes will just wait. We will not be called
as a team/ committee, so it should be strengthened.
Des: Okay sige. Thank you maam, naapay uban? Wala na. so kani other comments,
suggestions o paano mapahalagahan or mapangalagaan ang mga 0-4 ug apil ang mga
parent volunteers? Any other suggestion about sa First Read program sa local nga
programs sa parent volunteers ug sa inyuhang sarili bilang part mo sa LGU.
Des: Okay thank you ma’am. Anything else? So nothing, any other comments, suggestions, or how could
we give importance to the 0-4 with their parent volunteers? Do you have any suggestions about the First
Read program, for parent volunteers, and to your self as part of LGU?
Participant (male): Ako maam na suggest ko na ito noon, pero I suggest ko pa
ngayun no. So kung pwede wag muna mag asawa na 18 o 16. Kasi maam, ako part
ko na sa lecture ko na sa ila mo ng Kto12 kinder grade1, grade 2. So kinder 5 grade
1C tapos mamangkut ko sa ila “pila gid ang edad sang libon kag logi nga mapa” ti
may mag sabat. Sang una maam tung bago palang may gasabat 13, pero subong wise
na sila ginabutang nila 21 kasi pag 3rd year is 18 so kung may mag answer dira sang
16 o may mag sabat sang 16 ano grade mo kung ang edad is 16? Oh ang 16 is grade
10 te mangasawa na gali ang grade 10? Pa intindihon mo naman nga ang shampoo
amo ni ang price isa ka kilo nga bugas. Siling ko sa 50 nga namati may 5 nga mag pati
tama don na. diba may nabilin pa, amo na sya maam kay kung halimbawa tanan na
sila hindi mag early marriage maam, kay subong mamangkot ka sang ga drive sang
skylab maam pila imo bata may gasabat tana tag duha nalang gid ang bata nila. Kay
sa una maam ang pinaka nubo 6, pag siling mo “sino lang dire ang isa nga bata?” wala
sang may nagabayaw sang kamot, pag siling mo 6 damo gid 6, 7. So importante, oo
tuod na. So at least, dwaringan mo bala sang cake sa blackboard oh kung 12 kamo
mag utod tungaon taning cake sa 12 ti kunti lang. Pero kon ikaw lang sato imo gid
ning isa ka cake. Klaro tana na sir kay ako na appreciate ang (unclear
statements138:22-23) Kematu indi na sya dira mag sugot nga mag early marriage
kag naga adopt naman ng iban, kay sleeping giant ni sya nga town pag bumangon nga
bumangon ni mag boom tana ni.
Participant (male): I suggested it before ma’am, and I will suggest it again. So if possible, the children 16
or 18 would not be married. I lectured it in all grade levels. So they’d ask if what the right age to marry
is and there were some who answered before, 13. Now they would answer 16or 18. So 16 or 18 years
old is still and grade 10 so, it is not proper that a grade 10 student would marry already. So you would
let them understand the cost of shampoo and rice today, out of the 50 who attended, atleast 5 of them
listened to you, would it be enough? So there are still remaining who did not. So you should work on with
them not to marry early. Now you would question the skylab drivers, they would answer that their children
are only 2 unlike before that they have 6 or 7. I cited an example on dividing the cake in parts for them
to understand the partition of benefits in comparison to large and small family. I really appreciate (unclear
statements138:22-23) Kematu that they adopt the banning of child marriage where in fact this town is
a sleeping giant that if everyone would rise, it would really boom.
Participant (male): So kung matapos ning dalan pa Gensan.
Participant (male): Especially the road to Gensan would be done.
Participant (male): Yes sir, so kaylangan kabalo ang bata naton mag basa, kay kung
may marka tana kon loading kag unloading kag ma drive-drive tana ka motor indi
tana kabalo. Nag loading tanan nga unloading.
Participant (male): Yes sir so our children must learn primarily how to read for them to know the basic
road signs like loading and unloading.
Participant (male): One way
Participant (male): Also, One way
Participant (male): Indi pag dula ila culture pero taas nanda nga indi 16, 17, 18. Sa
ila gid dire sang una maam laon kadon timu dire ya.
Participant (male): Not to vanish their culture that they would not answer 16, 17, 18 are the right ages
to marry. For them long ago at our age ma’am, you are already “laon”.
Participant (male): Mas okay pagid na kung mag mentinon ka sang mga. Example
(unclear statements 139:15-16)
Participant (male): It would also be okay if you mention examples like (unclear statements 139:15-16)
Participant (male): Gina hambal tana namon na sir.
Participant (male): We also mention it sir.
Participant (male): Sa una gani sir (unclear statements 139:22-23) 13 ta subong waay
don (unclear statements 139:26-28)
Participant (male): Before sir, (unclear statements 139:22-23) but nothing as for now (unclear
statements 139:26-28)
Participant (male): Ara sa (unclear statements 139:30-31) gina mention namon na.
Participant (male): It is on (unclear statements 139:30-31) we mention it.
Participant (male): Gina mention sa classroom.
Participant (male): We mention it in classroom.
Participant (male): Sila nalang mag siling nga “amo gali nga nabudlayan kami kay
nag asawa ako” Indi gid ko mag sugot nga ang bata ko nga amo man ang edad nga
mag asawa sya. Nami man pamatian.
Participant (male): They would frankly say that “That is why I felt difficult because I married early”. They
would reflect that they would not let that happen to their children. It is nice to hear.
Participant (female): Sa mga parents man eh bantayan nila mga kabataan lalo kay
high technology na bala cellphone, internet tapos pwede kada ka youtube sang mga
porno bala sir isa gid na.
Participant (female): on parents they are the ones that monitor their children especially that they are
already in high technology having cellphones, internet, accessing pornographic sites, youtube.
Participant (male): Tatlo lang na ka letter nga word tapos gid.
Participant (male): They just search 3 letter words.
Participant (female): Sa high school namon isa man na sa cause nga naga ano-ano
ang mga kabataan.
Participant (female): On high school, that is the reason that the children engage.
Participant (male): Ako na appreciate ko ng grade 6 SPED namon nga teacher
maam, may gina butangan gid na maam sang phone during class hours bawal diba.
Diba kay ng SPED may kaya na kalabanan tago gid na ang phone, so kuhaon lang na
ya kung mag recess kag mag buhi. So klase, klase gid na ya.
Participant (male): I appreciate the technique of the grade 6 SPED teacher that she would gather all the
phones during classes hours since, as we know, the parents of SPED pupils can afford gadgets for their
children already. So they would focus. Those were returned during recess and dismissal.
Participant (female): Ang isa ko guro man nga suggestion ang monitoring system ta ba ma strengthen
taman, pikado ang monitoring system ta mahina dire maam. So lalo na sa 0-4 years old ta sa First Read
nga ano naton sa day care kag sa ECCD, siguro may ara gid ta nga ano ba. Tani no sa taga barangay
kung mag ano no mag provide may isa gid nga mag himu sang report huo, sa amo lang na bala sir nga
age mapa nutrition man sya da, mapa health, mapa education, naka package na nga sya mag himu
report tapos I submit sya montly. tapos I ano sa ABS bala haw. Tapos at least huo, ma copy furnish ang
mga office ang LCBS para dira ma discuss ma kita.
Participant (female): One of the suggestion is to strengthen the monitoring team
since it is still poor and weak. Especially on the 0-4 children on First Read, Day Care
and ECCD. It is nicer if there is an incharge in making packaged reports per barangay
on either health, nutrition or education to be submitted monthly. And copy furnish
the office on LCBS for the discussion.
Participant (male): Kadto bala kamu sa Kematu subong maam ila nga kinder mga
nagmi nagmi.
Participant (male): You can go to Kematu ma’am and see the the very nice organization of kinder.
Participant (female): Nami bi si kapitan…
Participant (female): Kapitan rule well…
Participant (male): Daw sa pamatyagan mo daw sa private ga eskwela maam.
Participant (male): You can compare them to private schools.
Participant (female): Sir Elson tabangi kami sina bi, kung papaano namon mapa ano
ning monitoring. Patabang anay kami sa imo samtang dire ka pa, ano himuon naton
ba nga ma strengthen gid ning monitoring ta sa programs.
Participant (female): We ask for your help Sir Elson on how to do the monitoring. We ask your help while
you are still here on what to do to strengthen the monitoring on programs.
Participant (male): Indi naton pag dulaon na maam dapat ma, atong siling bala ni sir
ma nga ma (unclear statements 141:45-46) sa budget ta.
Participant (male): We would not lose track on the (unclear statements 141:45-46) on our budget.
Participant (female): Tapos ang aton nga mga volunteer workers nga, amo ni sya ang
sa monitoring may ara manta bala nga assessment, may major assessment may mga
amo na bala para may gina look forward manta bala sila. Dapat ma budgetan tagid
mga amo-amo sina.
Participant (female): And our Volunteer Workers should have the major assessment on monitoring for us
to look forward for budgeting.
Participant (female): Ti kung mag 25 barangay’s bisan magi 2,000 monthly.
Participant (female): Atleast the 25 barangays would have 2,000 monthly.
Participant (female): Para sige-sige nalang sya.
Participant (female): For it to continue.
Participant (male): Para ma sustain sya
Participant (male): For it to be sustained.
Participant (female): Sige kay estoryahon ta si sir Rogen
Participant (female): Okay, we’ll open it to sir Rogen.
Participant (male): Lain gid baya maam nga ng maynapanilagan ang bata nga pag
adto nya sa kinder. Kay baskin ng diin nya Ibutang tubig nya kabalo sya kag indi sya
mag hibi maam. Kay may ano ako sina experience maam 2 years ago. Wala man gina
lagnat, wala man sya. Gilantaw ko ang tyan man gabutod, hay gali maam nalipatan
gali ang bibiron. Kay matiti gali tana, sino ta I top sang first aid dire sinang mag titi
sa bibiron. May bibiron tana ang clinic kay waay man. Huo, ti diba mga amo sina.
Dapat I train nga kaylangan maglakat kana sa school amo ni ang milk nalang, diba.
Tapos galagsanay pa ang yaya dire maam, kay indi ma ready ang bata ay galagsanay
tanda na dampi sa gate. Ti importante sya.
Participant (male): It is really a big difference that the children would notice something in Kinder. They
would learn to be independent on attending their things and themselves. Just like what I’ve learned 2
years ago. A child cried without any symptoms but he forgot his bottlefeed. We do not have it on our first
aid kit. So it important to teach the childen to secure their things and be responsible and be independent.
Des: Sige. Naapay other?
Des: Anyone else?
Participant (male): K ag siguro maam mag amat nagid kadula eh kung dire palang
nga age sya na feed nagid ang bata, kag kabalo ang nanay kung ano gid ang ipakaon
nya.
Participant (male): And the training of the child to be independent of bottlefeed at that age and teach
the parents of the proper food to give.
Participant (female): Umpisa sapag buntis nya.
Participant (female): Starting from pregnancy.
Participant (male): Yeah.
Participant (male): Yeah.
Participant (female): Amo naman dala naman nila ang pregnant (unclear statements
143:44-48)
Participant (female): Pregnant women were covered (unclear statements 143:44-48)
Participant (male): Way naman problema ang kabataan dire kay may Lying In.
Participant (male): We do not have anymore problems in Lying in.
Participant (female): May ambulance na.
Participant (female): There are also ambulance.
Participant (female): Pero ang mga teenage gina refer gid na sya.
Participant (female): But for the cases of Teenage Pregnancies, we do refer them.
Participant (male): Tong teenage ko bala nga sa Ellaw haw gin dala gid namon sa
provincial.
Participant (male): For Teenage Pregnancy in Ellaw, we really brought her to Provoncial Hospital.
Participant (female): Kay indi sya maka avail sang PhilHealth
Participant (female): Because she couldn’t avail the PhilHealth.
Participant (male): Diyos ko maam naga breastfeeding sya maam sa atubangan ka
classmate nya. Ti gihutikan duman eh. Kung ma pa breastfeeding ka didto kaman
mag kadto sa ano…
Participant (male): She do breastfeeding in front of her classmates so she was taught of the proper places
to have the breastfeeding…
Participant (female): Dapat may (unclear statements 144:17-18) nga breasfeeding
room.
Participant (female): There should (unclear statements 144:17-18) breasfeeding room.
Participant (male): Sa taga Ellaw to sya, gin baton sya liwat sa ano, nga baskin dala
nya ang bata gi pa eskwela.
Participant (male): She was accepted in Ellaw to study even if she brings her child.
Participant (female): Dapat lang kay parihas sila…
Participant (female): It should be because they are the same…
Des: Sige lang. Indi okay na, actually okay nata last nato sya nga ano.
Des: It is okay, actually that was the last question.
Participant (male): So duha to maam.
Participant (male): That was two ma’am.
Des: Monitoring kag ano strengthen.
Des: On monitoring and strengthening.
Participant (female): Sa barangay level pagid sya ba
Participant (female): It is on Barangay level for now.
Participant (male): Ti kay kung mag umpisa sa barangay nga manami maam, mag
nami naman na.
Participant (male): It should start in the barangay level, it would develop.
Participant (male): In terms sa monitoring may ara gid sang link sa barangay sa
official sila mismo mag (unclear statements 145:11-12) nga sya mag sponsor ba para
may lead pud ta didto nga (unclear statements 145:15-16) patawag meeting sila
maam, patawag mismo ang kagawad nga to nga (unclear statements 145:21-23)
interms sa donation parihas sa budgeting, kung sa LGU lang (unclear statements
145:29-31) wasak gihapon ta
Participant (male): In terms of monitoring there is a link in the municipal that they are the ones that
(unclear statements 145:11-12) that it would sponsor that leat us to (unclear statements 145:15-16)
that they would call for a meeting of the kagawads that (unclear statements 145:21-23) in terms of
donations like budgeting because in the LGU only, (unclear statements 145:29-31). It’ll be hard for us.
Participant (female): Dapat may ano gid, kag may ano ni DILG.
Participant (female): It should have the DILG with us.
Participant (male): Oo kay ano, sa DILG, so kita gid nga Sitio Leader ma attend.
Participant (male): Because in the DILG, the Sitio Leader would attend.
Des: So daghang salamat sa pag participate bisag over time, murag ala una na nalate
namo sa inyuhang kuan.
Des: so thank you very much for participating even if we are overtime. It is already 1 pm.
Participant (female): Amo lang man gihapon ni sila ang mga kuan…
Participant (female): They are the ones that…
Des: Sige mao lang to. Thank you kaayo sa pag participate.
Des: That’s all. Thank you for your participation.

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KAREN JOY A. LARGO

Documenter/Transcriber