Aired (August 5, 2024): Matiyagang nilulusong ng 12-anyos na Grade 2 student na si Princess ang baha para makapunta sa paaralan para matupad ang pangarap niyang maging doktor. Panoorin ang video.
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00:00Like Princess Dalagitang
00:04She lives in a public cemetery
00:07that is also flooded
00:09It's just behind the San Nicolas Elementary School
00:12where she studies
00:14It's hard for Princess to make a living
00:17There's no electricity and no water supply
00:31Even though the flood is not yet over,
00:33she is still going to school
00:44I don't want to get sick
00:46There's no other way
00:48Everything is flooded
00:51I don't have shoes
00:53I only have slippers
00:55I don't have shoes
00:57I only have slippers
00:59I only have slippers
01:01I'm happy there
01:02I'm going to school
01:06And because the classrooms in San Nicolas are still flooded,
01:09the students are here in the nearby chapel
01:12of their barangay while they are still in class
01:297, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
01:37It's noticeable that Princess is taller than her classmates
01:42This is because Princess is already 12 years old
01:45but she's still in grade 2
01:47Her advisor, Teacher Lailin,
01:49is one of the people who convinced her to go to school
01:53even though she's already in the last grade
01:56They can see that when the children go to school,
02:01they are just standing at the gate of the cemetery
02:04They are just looking at the children who are going to school
02:08Then one of our co-teachers approached them
02:11and asked why they are not going to school
02:15The parents talked to them
02:17because they need a birth certificate
02:22They said that when they were born,
02:25their parents didn't allow them to go to school
02:28because they are not literate
02:35Sometimes I feel ashamed
02:36but my teacher told me to let it go
02:39She told me to let it go even though my classmates are small
02:44so that I can finish school
02:48even though I'm already 12 years old
02:51I forced myself to go to school
02:58It's proven that Dalagita is good in class
03:01Her favorite subject is the one that many are afraid of
03:04Math
03:05She's also one of those who answers quickly
03:08She raises her hand
03:09She really wants to do it
03:11She always requests
03:12For example, we have a subject called ESP
03:15She always asks if the next subject is math
03:19For example, she has a classmate who is still having a hard time with math
03:24She helps her and teaches her as well
03:26For example, she saw a classmate like her earlier
03:30She is still having a hard time computing
03:33or answering her addition
03:36She helps her to count
03:39so that she can answer
03:40How are you?
03:41Did you have a hard time?
03:42Did you have a hard time?
03:43I had a hard time
03:44Why did you have a hard time?
03:45It's just basic
03:49Most of the time, the road that is flooded
03:52is filled with dreams of the princess
03:55I want to finish my studies
03:58so that I can help my parents
04:03so that I can find a good job
04:20The princess and her parents
04:22and her three siblings live together in this mausoleum
04:25They have been living here for 10 years
04:28But unlike the people who are buried in this cemetery
04:31the princess does not have a permanent residence
04:42The parents of the princess admitted
04:44that they are both no read, no write
04:47They are living under a pedicab
04:52I am afraid that something bad will happen
04:55I am afraid of what will happen
04:59I told the princess that if something bad happens
05:02I will be the one to blame
05:04I will be the one to blame
05:06I will do everything I can
05:09I told her that if something happens
05:11I will be the one to blame
05:14I will be the one to blame
05:16I will be the one to blame
05:18I told her that if something happens
05:20I will be the one to blame
05:23She also does her homework here in the mausoleum
05:29But sometimes, she moves to the cemeteries
05:32when it gets hot
05:35It would have been easier for the princess
05:37to finish her studies
05:39if her textbooks were not damaged by the flood
05:43It is hard for me to read
05:46and I have to answer in English
05:49If I don't have a textbook, it is hard for me