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We owned a sari-sari store ( a small store known in the Philippines) and all of our expenses , bills, and daily needs are being taken from the incomegained from selling.
Before the Pandemic happenings, my father had a job. He is a production worker in a company,, with a salary of ₱300 monthly. My mom manages the store who gains ₱200 daily.
At that time, they are able to supply our daily needs, for the payments,, taxes, bills and other expenses. My father's work is doing well and my mother's small business is quiet stable
Until my father decided to quit from his job. He said his body can't finally cope with heavy tasks. It was a difficult decision making between my parents. At the end, they both agreed.
They worked hard to supply our needs, they both need to work together since my father had no job anymore. They gained ₱250 at that time,, enough to fill the expenses
Our problem started when Covid19 hit the Philippines. To lessen the spread, our government mandated an Enhanced Community Quarantine where all departments have mandatorily been closed except for Pharmacies, groceries, banks, water station and others.
All public transportations are supsended. No one are allowed to go out except for those who have Quarantine pass slip. Our daily income started to deteriorate. Having just ₱100 or sometimes ₱50. My mom decided to temporarily close the store.
We are all waiting for the relief goods coming from our city. It took 2 days before we received it. A pack for just 1 week, and to think a lot of families and other places should also be given.
Budgeting the food is difficult. It was hard. Our gasoline is almost empty, we also need to pay the business permit. So instead of consuming canned goods, we made lugaw (rice boiled in water) just to balance our remaining supplies.
I honestly don't know what to do. I want to help them but how? I can't go outside and find work or summer jobs because of quarantine, I don't want to watch them suffer we have to survive.
This is not me asking for something but I am so desperate right now.. We don't have enough money anymore. I don't want to deoend on the reloef goods given by the gobernment because it took longd days to arrive. We nees to survive.
This twitter account was made way back 2018. I never use this, I only use instagram to get updates from her cause I idolize her, i'm a swiftie. But when I saw a lot of lucky fans from twitter received $3000 from @taylorswift13 , I quickly installed twitter
