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Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
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00:00We've already made six bundles. How many more do we need to make?
00:06Six bundles.
00:08One bundle is still not enough.
00:12Lori Jean is a native of Northern Samar.
00:15Like others, she was just lucky to be born in Luzon.
00:20I'm from Northern Samar, Qatar.
00:26I was able to find a job here.
00:30The income is good.
00:32At first, I thought there was no calamity.
00:35But year after year, even though I've been living here for a long time,
00:39I'm still nervous.
00:41If the water runs out.
00:44Even though their income is small,
00:46their dreams for their eight children are still anchored in Cancun.
00:52We taught our children that we are not rich.
00:58You need to learn how to live a hard life.
01:02That's why I told them to study hard.
01:06So that you won't go through what we went through.
01:10We are from Luzon.
01:12We were drowned in the water.
01:15That's why I told them to study hard.
01:18So that they won't go through what we went through.
01:21I told John Mark,
01:24Monday to Friday, you will go to school.
01:27On Saturdays and Sundays, you will help us.
01:31So that you will have something to eat.
01:33That's what I told them.
01:40Even though there are a few young people here,
01:42they are also helping in farming.
01:44John Mark, help me.
01:46Did I do something wrong?
01:50Is this okay?
01:51No, it's not.
01:52No, it's real.
01:53Yes, it's okay.
01:55It's real.
02:00John Mark, who is 13 years old, is one of them.
02:04They don't care about the heat of the day
02:06just to help their parents.
02:10John Mark is considered a working student.
02:14Because after his morning class,
02:16he goes straight to Cancun to help his parents.
02:22I study so that when I finish,
02:24I can help my parents more.
02:27What is your plan to get?
02:30Police.
02:31Oh, you want to be a police?
02:33Why?
02:34So that I can catch the bad guys.
02:39Isn't it hard for you to work and go to school at the same time?
02:44No.
02:45Why?
02:46Because when I see my parents happy,
02:49I feel tired.
02:50What makes you tired when you go to Cancun?
02:54It's tiring when you are in the heat.
02:58Yes.
02:59In Cancun, it's hard to get a job because you have to work.
03:03Yes.
03:04You have to choose.
03:06But you still do it.
03:08Yes.
03:09Why do you still do it even though it's hard?
03:11So that I can help my parents.
03:19So their quota for one day is 70 bundles.
03:25That's around Php 2,100.
03:30But sometimes, they reject the bundles.
03:34And sometimes, they get angry because the buyer will say,
03:37your tie is ugly,
03:39your face is ugly,
03:40there are leaves and holes.
03:46They will throw it away.
03:47And all their hard work for one day will go to nothing.
03:52The buyers complain.
03:55That's why we can't do anything.
03:58We sleep with nothing.
04:00What if they reject it?
04:03I will do something.
04:06They will throw it away.
04:08Yes, they will throw it away.
04:09They won't get it anymore.
04:11You will just eat it?
04:13No.
04:14You can't eat that.
04:16That's too much.
04:22So think about it.
04:23The bundles they make are very meticulous.
04:27So that the buyers can buy their hangpong.
04:32And they will do all of this for just Php 30 per bundle.
04:40And you will be unlucky if you get rejected.
04:44You might get destroyed.
04:46Food!
04:53It's almost noon, that's why the hangpong buyers
04:58go out of their houses at noon.
05:10After a quick lunch,
05:16Lori Jean goes back to work.
05:22She has a lot of work to do.
05:25She has a lot of work to do.
05:50We make 40 bundles a day.
05:53It's a one-on-one process.
05:58Even if there are a lot of buyers,
06:00they can't avoid getting rejected.
06:20We make 40 bundles.
06:22But we will pay for it later at night.
06:25It's monthly.
06:26What do you do at night?
06:28We buy food.
06:29We can eat until tomorrow.
06:31Right now, it's tomorrow.
06:33Is that enough for you?
06:35Yes, I budget it.
06:37Coffee, rice for the night, rice for tomorrow morning.
06:42Because we have to pay for it again tomorrow night.
06:46That's why we have to pay for it.
06:50Even though they are not sure of their future,
06:55Lori Jean hopes that their children's dreams will come true.
07:01She said,
07:02Mama, I have a dream in life.
07:04I will finish my studies.
07:07Mama, I saw a house.
07:09It's beautiful.
07:11I hope that one day I can buy one.
07:15She dreams that we will leave this place.
07:18That's why I told her,
07:20Don't dream.
07:22Don't dream.
07:24It might not come true.
07:26I told her,
07:27When you finish your studies,
07:29I won't be able to buy that house.