“BATANG KALAKAL”(Documentaries)

“BATANG KALAKAL”
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK


HOST
Maki Pulido

CAST
Liza Asnan
11 y/o girl

Aling Virginia Asnan
Mother of Liza

Jaymark Morillo
10 y/o boy

Jiboy Ruiz
6 y/o boy

Gloria Toledo
“tinuluyan ni Jiboy”

Aling Naty Yumul
Mother of Michael

Mayor Recom Achiveri
Caloocan City Mayor

Patricia Luna
DSWD-NCR

Atty. Anni Sagisag
UNICEF

Dr. Bong Catral
Bernardina National Hospital





SYNOPSIS

“Batang Kalakal" tells the unforgettable story of 11-year old Liza Asnan. Despite an empty stomach, she wades through the murky, garbage strewn river everyday to scavenge for plastic and tin cans to sell at the junk shop. She is determined to continue going to school, though her classmates laugh at her because her shoes are filled with holes and her mother says they can no longer afford to send her next year.

Liza goes to the school with empty stomach. She did not have breakfast. When she was awake she takes her bath and goes to school with nothing.

Her notebook that she has using was her notebook since she was in grade 1 because they can’t afford to buy new notebook. She was thrifty in using her notebook. She makes her writings compress so that she can use another page for another lecture.

After her class she goes to the river to get plastics and tin cans that can be selling. She did not mind the whether she was wound by the broken bottles; she did not mind the dirty river all she was thinking is on how she can get money for her foods.

Only 12 pesos was the price of the plastics that she gets from the river.

Although her classmates laugh at her she has achievement in the room. She was an honor student.



COMMENT

“Batang Kalakal” was a story of Liza Asnan. While watching this documentary I felt pity to Liza. Because she needs to suffer a lot in order to take her food and buy things that she needs in the school.

I can say that she was a courageous child. Despite of an empty stomach, Liza goes to school without any murmur to her mother.

Liza went to school with a shoe with holes and her classmates laugh at her. Despite of this laughters, Liza don’t mind it instead she pursue her studies and she was an honor student.