Amid the busy streets and tight spaces of Cebu City, 55-year-old Zosimo Putot has turned a roadside island near the SRP Tunnel into a thriving vegetable garden. Once tasked with clearing the area, he chose to plant hope instead -- growing spring onions, lettuce, malunggay, and more. What started as a beautification project is now a source of food, income, and inspiration for the community. Watch this video produced by Juan Carlo de Vela.
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00:00This is Sub-Simo G. Guttur, nicknamed Pastor Guttur, and this is Sub-Simo G. Guttur.
00:30My name is Sub-Simo G. Guttur. I am the chairman of the Labo Society of Recycling Vendors.
00:40This is an urban gardening that we have here in the S.R.P.
00:47This was built when you saw the people who were living here.
00:55When I was cleaning the garbage that I was managing,
01:00this is where the garbage was first thrown away.
01:03This was the place where the garbage was first thrown away.
01:07This is where the garbage was first thrown away.
01:12When I was cleaning the garbage, I saw that there were a lot of garbage.
01:18The garbage was not collected.
01:22There is a reason that the people in this area are not collecting garbage.
01:29So now, I have developed, what you see now, is not the garbage that I used to throw away,
01:41that I used to throw away.
01:45It's just a little bit.
01:46If there is a need, I will borrow from my relatives to throw it away.
01:54Now, we have a semi-organic region here in Agarwin.
02:03This is the first time I've been here.
02:17I'm a fisherman. I've been fishing for two weeks now.
02:23I'd like to thank the fishermen for their help.
02:29We have a program called beautification in the city.
02:38I am in charge of managing the work.
02:44I am in charge of managing the garbage and carbon
02:50under the office of the market.
02:55I work from 7 P.M. to 11 P.M.
03:00I am responsible for the city,
03:05for the management of the city,
03:10the house, the farm.
03:15From 5 P.M. to 11 P.M.,
03:20This morning, I prayed to the Lord God.
03:24I asked Him,
03:26what is it that I should ask the Lord God?
03:29He said,
03:31if the Lord God does not answer your prayers,
03:34then you will not be able to ask Him.
03:36So I challenged the Lord God
03:39to give me the strength to pray.
03:43So I prayed to the Lord God.
03:47The Lord God answered my prayers.
03:50I am thankful to the Lord God
03:52for giving me the strength to pray.
03:55I will not be able to ask Him.
03:58I will not be able to pray.
04:00As you can see,
04:02I am not able to pray.