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>> Welcome to It Is Written
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Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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We are in the Philippines
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in a very remote barangay
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by the name of Salvacion
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or "Salvation" in English, and
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it's quite an appropriate name.
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But we are here with
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Steve Matthews, who is the CEO
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of ADRA Canada, and also Teresa
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Ferreira, who is with
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philanthropy and marketing
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for ADRA Canada.
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And they're gonna share with us
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some things about this location.
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>> Steve and Teresa, thank you
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so much for inviting us with you
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on this journey.
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It was quite a road getting up
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in this mountainous region.
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The pathway was so small and we
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were like, "Oh, are the wheels
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even gonna fit here?"
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And so I can understand why they
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couldn't come up, we couldn't
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come up in a van, so they had to
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send a 4x4 to take us up
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into this village over here.
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So thank you once again for
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inviting us
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to join you here.
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>> It's great to have you with
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us as well.
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>> Steve, is there perhaps a
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story behind the name Salvacion,
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the name of the village?
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I'm sure I'm not saying it
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properly, but in English it
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sounds like "Salvation," it's
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spelled that way.
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>> So Salvacion is the barangay.
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And speaking with the captain of
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the-- this barangay,
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the captain is kind of like the
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head elected official for the
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community, were sharing that
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because of the location of the
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community, that's how it got its
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name because it's in an area
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that's really not very
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susceptible to, whether it's,
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you know, tsunamis or flooding,
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landslides, it's just kind of
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that area of salvation.
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And they're-- they feel very
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protected because of where it's
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located.
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>> But this village is so
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remote, how do they make a
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living here, like, how do they
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get all their supplies, their
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food, how do they manage
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being so far away from
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any close-by cities?
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>> It's interesting you ask that
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question because being so
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remote, you wonder what sustains
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this village, right,
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this barangay.
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And so they have three ways here
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in Salvacion that they do that.
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The first way is
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if you look around, we're
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sitting in a coconut grove.
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And so coconuts is their first
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source of livelihood.
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Their second source of
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livelihood is from abaca.
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I don't know if you saw as we
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travelled up here, there were
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these long, fibrous looking
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hairs that were draped over
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lines, and so that's called
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"abaca" and they utilize that
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to sell.
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So that's their source, but then
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how it's utilized out in the
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market is for clothing and
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filling mattresses.
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So that's their second source.
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Their third source of income,
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if you look around, you'll see
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rice fields.
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And so those are those three
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sources of income.
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I know that it's an amazingly
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beautiful vegetation as you look
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around and so you see how
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they've really utilized their
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surroundings to thrive
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as a community.
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>> You know, what also amazes me
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is how industrious they are.
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You know, all of these
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processes, even to get the
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fibres off that banana plant,
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that's hard work to do that
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and to harvest the coconuts
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and the rice.
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I mean, all of that is hard work
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and they're so industrious,
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working together as a community,
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children are involved.
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And so it's so amazing to see
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how hardworking and dedicated
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these people are.
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>> And one of the big parts of
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this project, I know that we're
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gonna look into it, is a school
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where they're actually,
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ADRA is teaching within the
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school and teaching agriculture.
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>> Yeah, and that agriculture,
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what we're doing is able to work
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within the curriculum
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of the school.
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One of the teachers that's there
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is kind of been trained as an
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agricultural specialist, so he's
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teaching the grade 4 to 6
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classes about ways to grow
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different types of crops from
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native crops that they have to
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some other introduced crops that
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have been brought in as well.
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But it's able to feed, you know,
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the participants in the program.
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And they even shared with us
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that they can even sell a little
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bit extra to those that aren't
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part of the program as well.
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>> Mmm.
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I'm looking forward to talking
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to them.
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>> Yeah, absolutely.
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>> What else is ADRA doing
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in this little village?
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>> So in this village, ADRA has
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been here for a number of years.
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We started with the EMBRACE
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Project and now into TOGETHER,
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we've done things such as
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even like emergency response,
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providing some building
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materials to help after a
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typhoon had hit the area.
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During COVID, we were
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present in the area to be able
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to provide and deliver food
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because people weren't able to
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get it to work.
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And also we've got bolsa loans,
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kitchen gardens.
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So there's a number of different
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activities that we've been
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helping with in the community
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throughout.
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>> Thank you so much for telling
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us about the projects that ADRA
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is doing in this village.
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Let's go and meet some
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of the people.
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>> Absolutely.
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Let's go.
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[cheery music playing]
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い
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>> We are visiting now with
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Josefa Ceprioto
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and she is the leader, the head,
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the barangay captain, they say,
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here in Salvacion.
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And we're gonna just learn
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something about her village.
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Josefa, thank you for being
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willing to share with us and
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welcome us into your village.
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[speaking in native language]
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>> Josefa, tell us a little bit
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about yourself.
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[speaking in native language]
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[TRANSLATION] I was born and
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grew up in another village not
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too far from here.
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It was after I got married
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that I moved here.
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This is my husband's home
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village, and we decided to raise
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our family here in Salvacion.
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>> Josefa, you have been elected
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as the barangay captain
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here in Salvacion.
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And people have elected you not
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just once, but three times.
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Tell us about what you do as the
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head of this village.
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[TRANSLATION] The people living
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here in Salvacion are poor.
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They don't earn much from their
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farms and the cost of goods
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are high.
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I do my best to make sure that
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everyone in the village is able
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to access the basic services
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that they need.
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I visit each home and ask them,
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"What do you need?"
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And I do my best to connect them
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with help from the government
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or ADRA.
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ADRA has actually been a very
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big help as I do my work in
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helping the people of Salvacion.
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>> Josefa, we heard that when
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ADRA first came to many of these
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villages, they didn't want to
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accept help from ADRA.
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Why did you choose to accept
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help from ADRA?
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[TRANSLATION] They had heard
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that ADRA was a faith-based
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organization and they were
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afraid that if they accepted
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ADRA's help, they would be
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pressured into becoming
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Adventist Christians.
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I asked the ADRA worker about
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that and they told me that ADRA
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did not work that way, that they
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were just coming to help people
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with education support
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for a better life.
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We decided to partner with ADRA
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and it has been a real blessing.
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ADRA has helped us in so many
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ways over the years.
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They have taught us many things
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about nutrition, how to raise
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healthy children, and how to
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grow organic vegetables.
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They provided us with things
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like garden tools and pots and
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pans to cook the food
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that we grew.
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They helped everyone install
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toilets right by their homes.
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They helped us with food during
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the pandemic and building
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supplies after a typhoon
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ripped off many roofs.
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The surrounding villages that
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turned down ADRA are now
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regretting their decision.
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They are jealous of all the help
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that we have received.
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It has been over six years now
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and ADRA keeps working
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to help us.
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They have demonstrated that
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actions truly do speak louder
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than words.
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>> Josefa, we understand that
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in December 2020 there was a
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typhoon that hit this area
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right in the middle of COVID.
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How did ADRA help you then?
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[TRANSLATION] Rolly was a very
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bad typhoon, one of the worst
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that I have seen.
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We are usually safe up here in
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the mountains, but this storm
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destroyed many homes.
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Fortunately, we have designated
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shelters and we got through with
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no loss of life.
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But the damage to homes
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was great.
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After this storm was over, ADRA
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rolled in with plywood, roofing
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sheets, tools and other building
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supplies.
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It was really amazing.
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They came without our even
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asking or expecting them.
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They helped us rebuild.
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Our people were so happy
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for the help.
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It can be devastating
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to lose your home.
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ADRA came and provided people
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with new hope.
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I believe that ADRA was really
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God's answer to our prayers.
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God used ADRA to help our
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community recover quickly.
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>> Josefa, it sounds like your
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village is appropriately named
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as Salvacion because
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people lived through a typhoon,
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through a pandemic.
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There is no loss of life here in
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this village during any of
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those, and people didn't even
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get COVID.
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It sounds like ADRA
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was a real blessing
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to the people of Salvacion.
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When you talk to the people
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around your village,
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what do they say about ADRA?
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[TRANSLATION] The people here
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will never forget ADRA
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for the help they have received.
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ADRA is still working here
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now with the TOGETHER Project.
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Every time ADRA comes, the
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people here drop everything they
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are doing to participate
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in the training.
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They welcome ADRA
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with open arms.
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They know that when ADRA comes,
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ADRA comes to help.
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I believe that ADRA is God's way
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of helping the people of
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Salvacion.
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God is helping us
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through ADRA.
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[cheery music playing]
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い
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>> We are currently in the home
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of Kimberly Ebuenga, who is a
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resident and ADRA participant
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here at Salvacion.
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Kimberly, thank you so much for
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having us in your home.
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>> You're welcome.
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>> Kimberly, tell us a little
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bit about yourself.
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[speaking in native language]
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[TRANSLATION] I was born and
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raised right here in this
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mountain barangay.
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I finished high school and
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started studies at college,
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but was not able to finish
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my degree.
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My husband has been my friend
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since childhood.
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We grew up together.
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We got married and have had
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three children together.
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>> So Kimberly, you were
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childhood friends, you and your
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husband.
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>> Yes.
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>> This is such
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a beautiful village.
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Tell us what you like about
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living over here in Salvacion.
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[TRANSLATION] I love living up
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here in the mountains.
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It is a little far from any
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large city, but I think it is
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one of the reasons why
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I like it.
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It is clean with no pollution.
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It is a simple and comfortable
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life.
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>> Kimberly, how do people make
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a living here?
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[TRANSLATION] Some of the major
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livelihoods here are coconut
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farming and abaca farming.
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Some of the people here make
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brooms out of tiger grass.
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>> We've heard a little bit
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about abaca.
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Can you tell us more about
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abaca?
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[TRANSLATION] Abaca is a lot
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like a banana plant.
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It is grown for the fibres
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that can be harvested from
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the stalks.
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They take a section of abaca
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and pull fine strands of fibre
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from them.
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After drying in the sun, these
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strands can be used to make many
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different things like ropes,
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clothing, fishing nets,
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carpets, even paper.
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>> Kimberly, how long have you
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been a participant of the ADRA
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activities?
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Were you involved with the
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EMBRACE Project as well?
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[TRANSLATION] Yes, I started
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attending the ADRA training
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sessions about six years ago
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when the EMBRACE Project started
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here in Salvacion, and I am now
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also involved in the TOGETHER
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training sessions.
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>> What are some of the things
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that you learned participating
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in the EMBRACE Program and the
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TOGETHER Project?
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[TRANSLATION] I think one of the
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most helpful things that I have
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learned from the ADRA sessions
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has been the information on safe
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motherhood.
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EMBRACE taught us how to have a
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safe pregnancy and how to raise
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healthy babies and children.
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When I grew up, I learned many
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traditional beliefs that were
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actually not very healthy.
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For example, a traditional
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belief was that a mother should
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not let her newborn baby have
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the first breast milk
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that comes.
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It was believed that it is dirty
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and the baby would get sick.
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ADRA taught us that colostrum is
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very important for the baby
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to get a good start for a
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healthy life.
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They taught us that for the
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first six months, a baby should
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be fed breast milk exclusively.
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Before that, the mothers here
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were switching to food and water
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by three months.
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We believed that powdered milk
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was healthier than breast milk.
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ADRA helped us understand that
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breastfeeding was the best.
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>> Kimberly, I'm so glad that
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ADRA is informing you
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of the correct information
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because it's crucial.
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Like, for instance, colostrum,
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if your baby doesn't get
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colostrum, they can actually be
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really unhealthy.
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So that part of that first milk
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that's produced is very, very
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important for your baby.
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And so I'm so glad that ADRA has
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come in and educated you
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with the correct information.
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>> Mmm, it's like demystifying
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all of these traditions
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which have-- are actually
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very harmful.
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And now you've got that correct
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knowledge, and that is very
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empowering to you.
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Kimberly, it looks like ADRA has
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taught the people here a lot
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about nutrition and how valuable
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that is, especially to the
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mother and the children and
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everyone in the community,
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of course.
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Has ADRA helped in any way to
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provide that nutrition?
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[TRANSLATION] Yes.
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ADRA had many training sessions
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on how to grow organic
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vegetables right around
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our homes.
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This makes it very easy to
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access when cooking for our
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children.
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Before ADRA came, I was not
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really growing anything.
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I bought everything from
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the market.
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We did not have a very
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balanced diet.
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But once ADRA taught us the
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basics of having a kitchen
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garden, I became hooked.
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ADRA gave us tools and seeds
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to get started.
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Once I saw those first few
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plants growing, I became
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inspired to grow more and more.
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Now our house is surrounded with
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herbs and vegetables.
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Now I am able to feed my
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children fresh vegetables
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every day, and it doesn't cost
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us anything.
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>> Can you tell us, Kimberly,
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about other...
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...other knowledge that you
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received from ADRA that has
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really helped you as a mother or
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maybe helped other young people?
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[TRANSLATION] The EMBRACE
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Project taught us how to have
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healthy children, and now the
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TOGETHER Project is teaching the
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youth of the village how to get
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through their teen years in a
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healthy and responsible way.
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TOGETHER talks a lot about the
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importance of good hygiene, the
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importance of staying in school
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and how to avoid teenage
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pregnancies and early marriage.
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But the TOGETHER Project is not
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just for the teens.
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There are group sessions for
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adults as well that are covering
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some important and sensitive
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issues.
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For example, TOGETHER has had a
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lot to say about the importance
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of basic human rights.
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In the sessions, we have
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discussed gender-based violence,
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domestic violence, gender roles,
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and gender equality.
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We have learned about the
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importance of being accepting
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and inclusive, how everyone in
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the village should be given the
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same respect and opportunities.
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We discuss how it is wrong to
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bully or discriminate against
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someone just because they might
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seem a little different than us.
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The TOGETHER Project has really
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done a lot to help people become
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more sensitive and less critical
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of other people in the village.
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>> Kimberly, thank you so much
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for having us here in your home
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and for sharing what is
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on your heart.
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We really appreciate being here
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in your home today.
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[TRANSLATION] Thank you.
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And I would just like to also
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say thanks to ADRA, ADRA
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Philippines and ADRA Canada
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for everything that they have
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done here.
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If it was not for ADRA coming to
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teach us, we would still be
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following our traditional
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beliefs.
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We would be living in the same
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way we have always have.
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>> God bless you all.
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[cheery music playing]
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い
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[rooster crowing]
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い
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>> We are now visiting in the
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home of Maricho Perico, who is a
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participant in the
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ADRA programs.
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Also a facilitator, was once,
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and is also the secretary for
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this barangay.
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Maricho, thank you for welcoming
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us into your home and being
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willing to share
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your story with us.
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>> You're very welcome and
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thank you.
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>> Maricho, can you tell us a
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little bit about yourself?
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[TRANSLATOR] My name is Maricho.
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I am married and we have five
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children.
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My husband is a coconut and
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abaca farmer and I work as a
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secretary for a barangay.
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I am also a student.
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>> So, Maricho, you mentioned
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that your husband is an abaca
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farmer and he also does
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coconut farming.
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What kind of income does that
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provide for your family?
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[speaking in native language]
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[TRANSLATION] We make about
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30,000 pesos per year.
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>> 30,000 pesos a year?
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Is that enough for you
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to go to school?
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Because you mentioned that
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you're studying at university.
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How are you managing financially
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to be a student as well?
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[TRANSLATION] No, it's not
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really enough.
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Life is hard for our family.
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I do make some money as the
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secretary of the village, but
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it's difficult to raise five
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children on the small income
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we make.
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It is one of the reasons I have
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gone back to school so we can
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have a better life.
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Fortunately, I am getting some
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assistance from the government
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and other organizations to help
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cover the tuition fees.
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There have been times when it
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has become overwhelming to
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juggle everything and I have
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been tempted to give up my
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studies.
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But I have a dream of finishing
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so that I can get a good job to
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help provide a better life for
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my children.
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>> Maricho, it is
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really admirable
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that you are pursuing and
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continuing with your education,
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even though you are in a
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situation that you can't afford
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it financially and you're taking
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care of five children.
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So just to pursue your dream,
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you are pushing through and you
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are so determined and that is
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really admirable, isn't it?
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>> It's incredible.
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Absolutely incredible.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Maricho, when did you first
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hear about ADRA?
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And why did you decide
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to become involved in ADRA,
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because not everyone decides.
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You made a choice to
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become involved.
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Why did you do that?
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[TRANSLATION] Before I took the
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position as barangay secretary,
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I was the barangay nutrition
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scholar.
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It was when I was holding that
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position that ADRA first
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approached our barangay to do
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the EMBRACE Project here.
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When I found out that there was
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a component that would teach the
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people how to develop organic
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gardens right close to their
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home, I was all for it
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and promoted it to the
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village council.
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>> Maricho, do you have your own
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kitchen garden?
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[TRANSLATION] Yes, I have one in
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my backyard and actually all
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around our house.
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But our lot is small
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and it is not really large
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enough to grow enough food to
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feed our large family.
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So I have another plot in a
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community garden.
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It's great because not only is
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the food we grow fresh and
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organic, it's saving us a lot of
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money each month.
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>> Maricho, you've been
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involved, as you mentioned
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before, with kitchen gardens and
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also with the community garden.
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And how did that influence your
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decision to go and study,
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permit agricultural and do what
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you're studying now as a
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student?
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[TRANSLATION] Originally it was
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my plan to study to become a
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nurse, but after the training
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that I received from ADRA on
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organic farming, I changed my
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mind and decided to study
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agriculture, which is a bit of
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relief for me because I don't
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like needles.
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When I saw firsthand how people
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can turn unused land into a
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source of healthy nutrition for
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their families, I was inspired.
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We learned how to make natural
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pesticides and natural
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fertilizers.
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This made gardening not only
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cheaper to do, but also made the
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vegetables healthier to eat.
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Now, with the degree that I am
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taking in college, I will be
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able to take a lot of these same
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methods to other villages and
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help many people provide better
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nutrition for their families.
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>> Maricho, you've learned a lot
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from ADRA Canada with regards to
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kitchen gardens and organic
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compost and fertilizers.
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What else have you learned from
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ADRA Canada that has benefited
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your family?
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[TRANSLATION] ADRA has taught us
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a lot about child development,
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which has been very helpful.
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The ADRA trainings went beyond
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just advice on balanced diets
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and good nutrition.
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It also encouraged us to build
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strong relationships with our
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children.
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ADRA has also taught us how to
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manage our household finances
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and even set up a small savings
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and loans group here in our
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village.
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We have never had any kind of
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banking system here in
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Salvacion.
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Now we can save and have access
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to small loans when we
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need them.
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ADRA provided us with tools for
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our gardens and helped us after
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the hurricane.
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They also helped us install
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comfort rooms that have really
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improved sanitation for the
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whole village.
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>> Maricho, you mentioned the
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comfort rooms, which to us is a
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bathroom.
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So they have been built here in
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the community.
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What's the difference between,
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like what it was like and what
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it is now after those were built
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by ADRA in your community?
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[TRANSLATION] Before the comfort
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rooms were installed, there was
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a lot of poop everywhere.
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People were supposed to use
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plastic bags, but many did not,
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especially the children.
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Some of us would wait until
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after dark and go into the
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forest to have some privacy.
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But when it is raining and dark,
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that was not always safe.
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ADRA helped 42 families here
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install a comfort room right by
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their house or in their house.
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The whole village is much
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cleaner now.
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People are very grateful to have
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the comfort room.
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>> Maricho, ADRA Canada has been
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very involved in Salvacion for
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the last six or seven years.
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When you and your friends
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speak together and visit
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together, what are your thoughts
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about ADRA Canada?
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[TRANSLATION] ADRA has really
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proven itself here.
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They have been here now for over
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six years.
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They have helped anyone who
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wants help.
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ADRA did not require any fees to
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attend their workshops.
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They provided us with many
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material things like tools
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and the comfort rooms
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without any costs.
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They did not discriminate in any
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way based on religion or try to
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get us to change our religion.
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For me, that is a big thing.
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Families who did not sign up at
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first are now regretting their
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decision and asking to join.
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>> Maricho, thank you so much
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for inviting us into your home
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and Mike and I just want to
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encourage you to continue
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studying and to pursue your
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dreams and we want to wish you
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well in that and know that we
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are going to be praying for you.
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>> Thank you.
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Thank you very much for coming
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and advising me
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and to pursue my studies.
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So thank you so much.
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>> Friends, if you have been
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inspired by the mission and
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passion of ADRA Canada and would
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like to contribute to their work
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in the Philippines and around
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the world, then here's the
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information you need.
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fullness of life found in the
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words of Jesus, when He said,
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"It is written, 'Man shall not
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live by bread alone, but by
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every word that proceeds
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out of the mouth of God.'"
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