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Figure 3
Members of BKP preparing to sell their products
Photo by Amparo Escovilla
To address this concern, Marivic reported that they pursued the continuation
of the weaving project of the BKP to be able to help with raising incomes for their
families (ibid.). Amparo explains that the weaving project is a joint undertaking by the
BKP and CAMP Asia (Escovilla 2020). However, CAMP Asia asked them to cease
all project-related activities due to the ECQ. Nonetheless, they continued the weaving
production since the needs of BKP members have to be attended to. Eventually, the
BKP members were able to sell their products in their local marketplace and the
workers continued to receive their allowance.
Aside from selling clothes, the BKP also commissioned face masks from the
Gaya-gaya sewers. She added that it was the BKP that shouldered the labor costs of
this project. The masks produced by Gaya-gaya sewers were the ones distributed by
the BKP to their members in one of their relief operations.
Aspirations amid the pandemic
The BKP has sought to mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic, and they
have done so through collective action and through tapping into social networks
that they have built prior to the crisis. Despite these achievements, the leadership
of the organization admitted that they can only do so much to help their members.
However, these limitations did not deter them, and instead, they reflected that there is
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