Metamorphosis_Kalahi-CIDSS Compendium 2015

community volunteers tayu nga situtulong da ti pag-andar dyay proseso ti Proyekto”
(During the cycle 2, we saw how cooperative our community volunteers are in making
the process of the Project works) the community facilitator recounted.
Lourdes was voted as Participatory Situational Analysis volunteer during their second
cycle. “Sakbay na ket agduadua ti panunot ni Lourdes nu awaten na ti posisyon na,
ta mabuteng gapu ta baka dina ammo ti ar aramiden na ngem pinapigsa na laeng ti
rikna na” (Before Lourdes accepted her position [as Participatory Situational Analysis
volunteer], she was doubtful of her capacity that she might do wrong or can’t do her
duties well but proceeded believing her guts on it) her co-volunteer confessed on how
she reacted on her first position in the Project.
Little by little, Lourdes gained some self-confidence. She even raised issues on her
observed inequality to women in their barangay which other women seconded. They
then requested to their barangay for an equal salary of labor to which their Barangay
Captain responded. “Ditoy nga napaneknekan ni Lourdes nga nabileg gayam ti puwersa
ti babai nu agmaymaysa kami” (Here, Lourdes came to believe that if woman forces will
united, we are stronger) their community facilitator said.
Lourdes admitted that with her community role which entailed her time, she got a
problem on how to juggle it for her responsibilities in their house. But she was thankful
to her husband and children because they supported her. They helped her with the
household chores. “Iti uneg iti maysa nga tawen a kas volunteer ket nakapag-adjust sak
met” (Within a year, I came to adjust as volunteer), she shared.
Because of their trust on her, they chose her to lead on the Project Implementation
Team (PIT) for the implementation of their drainage system project. The obligation
as PIT volunteer was bigger, she described as it involved monitoring the sub-project’s
implementation development which as the community said was the first time they had
a woman did such work.
When they lacked workers for the sub-project, Lourdes’ leadership was tested. According
to Area Coordinator Gemmuel Daria, she helped in mobilizing the community
especially the women to join in the sub-project implementation in order to avoid its
delay.
“Ammo tayu met nga adu ti kabaelan iti maysa nga babai a kas iti panag-hauling ken
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