FOCAR_KALAHI-CIDSS_Compendium2016_final2
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While continuing the project, we constantly<br />
interact with Manong Floro because he personally<br />
visits the Kalahi-<strong>CIDSS</strong> Office in Poblacion, Kabugao<br />
to discuss his concerns and reports on the status<br />
of the project whenever he gets a chance.<br />
Our team easily got along well with him and<br />
his family during the many days and nights we<br />
had to stay in his barangay. We usually stay at his<br />
house during our monitoring and technical advice<br />
sessions with the community and that’s where we<br />
got to know him well.<br />
were not able to take the blow. He suffered bruising,<br />
his young skin went black and blue. Being in the<br />
barrio where the only available doctor is a “Hilot”<br />
who tried but had never corrected the broken or<br />
twisted bones even after a lot of sessions.<br />
Since then, he had to drag his left foot every<br />
time he walks. He has to grow up with the<br />
challenges of mobility and the discrimination he<br />
receives from all kinds of people. Despite all the<br />
rocky roads in his life, he kept a positive spirit and<br />
lived through life.<br />
<strong>KALAHI</strong>Serye 2016|| 51<br />
Manong Floro suffered an accident when he<br />
was five or six years old. His brother Tony narrated<br />
that they had rough childhood games because<br />
they were a fan of Bruce Lee.<br />
One day, after watching a Bruce Lee movie,<br />
they agreed to do kickboxing with a tree branch<br />
as a target. The rule was the higher the kick, the<br />
better. He aimed, concentrated just like what he<br />
saw in the movies and kicked with all his might.<br />
He was merely a young child acting out like a<br />
tough action star. His delicate muscles and bones<br />
Now, he is 54 years old and is happily married<br />
with Manang Maritess with their 3 kids.<br />
His wife married him despite the protest of her<br />
parents who told her that Manong Floro will not<br />
be able to build a happy family with her because<br />
of his deformity. Staying with them in their home<br />
convinced me more that having disability is not<br />
a hindrance to happiness. It’s just a matter of<br />
perspective.<br />
I witnessed how Manang Maritess always goes<br />
with Manong Floro and takes care of his physical
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