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appears to be designed for middle-class families who usually have enough money
to buy their basic necessities in bulk and can therefore consistently schedule
their trips to establishments outside their houses around this restriction. The
key informants not only revealed that this rule is too constraining considering
their socio-economic conditions, but also observed that the implementers of
the rule subjected them to processes of interrogation which are unnecessary and
cumbersome.
A widow, Bea belongs to a household of twelve people, comprised of her children
and their spouses and five grandchildren. According to her, she prefers that they all
stick together, all crammed in one small house, so she can closely watch over her
family. Every meal, the household consumes three kilograms of rice. With the sudden
stoppage of her work at Igting for one month, she had to figure out how to make
both ends meet to support her family. The household had to pool their resources such
as the SSS pension of her deceased husband and the salary of her son who is working
in Quezon City.
Figure 3.1
Members of Igting volunteered to repack the relief goods from CAMP Asia to be donated to
the local government
Photo by Igting
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