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On January 2017, after 5 fruitful years of being
a parent leader, she has turned over the position to
a co-beneficiary for her time has come to venture
on something bigger. On the same month, she
was appointed as Barangay Treasurer in Barangay
Asob, Gusaran, Kabayan, Benguet.
Her time as a parent leader has indeed been a
fruitful one since through this, her efforts had been
acknowledged thus landing her a job. Although
she has given up her title as a Parent Leader, she
still is active as a community volunteer for the
KALAHI-CIDSS project, as well in the Sustainable
Livelihood Program. In fact, they even have an
association called the NARASUGI which sells rice
and feeds.
These knowledge she had acquired through
her time as parent leader were not put in vain
since she has been able to share it not only to her
fellow beneficiaries but also to other constituents
who were not included in the program.
“Addu met naadal ko gapu iti FDS, especially iti
parenting. Adda realization mo nga “ayna, adu gayam iti
nagkamaliam nga parent” isunga adda met pangalaam ti
maiadvise mo kenya da nga haan nga pantawid benes.
(I have learned a lot in our Family Development
Sessions, especially in the discussions about
parenting. There were realizations like “oh, I
should have not done that to my kid or I could
have handled that situation better”. With these
(FDS learnings) we get to share to other non-
Pantawid beneficiaries as well)”, she added.
passed this on to all her children.
“Uray tatta ma’am nga nagkasar kami ni lakay ko,
hannak jay asawa nga agururay lang iti maiawid ni lakay,
agbirok ak iti maicontribute ko tapno mas nalaka ti biag
mi – ta kitaen yo met, adu annak mi, haan mi kaya nga
maymaysa lang iti agtrabaho, kailangan nga agtulungan
kami nga agasawa. (Even now that we’re married,
I’m not the type to just wait around for my
husband’s take home, I also look for ways to help
earn money for our lives to be easier. See we have
four children, and we cannot do it with just one of
us working. We need to help each other)“, Dorta
said.
Given that Pantawid Pamilya is already into
transition, Dorta is confident that she and her
family are ready to graduate from the program.
She is thankful for all the years they have been
beneficiaries and is hopeful that their gradual
transitioning from subsistence to self-sufficiency
will be continuous in the hopes of breaking the
intergenerational cycle of poverty that they are
currently into.
Indeed a woman can do whatever she put
her mind into, from a housekeeper to a barangay
treasurer. She just needs the right motivation. If
we make change work for women, we can be
rest assured that women will make the necessary
change.
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MORE THAN A MOTHER, SHE IS A
WOMAN
Aside from being a loving mother to her children,
Dorta also embodies a strong, independent, and
will-powered woman.
At an early age, she was taught that being
a woman is not a limitation to go further and
achieve greatness. Although she married early,
she still made sure she has that identity and has