Karen
Ako si Karen, isang biyuda. Isa akong PDL sa loob ng tatlong taon at dalawang
buwan. Nakakatangggap kami paminsan-minsan ng ayuda galing sa BJMP
personnel gaya ng hygiene kits, ngunit hindi sapat iyon upang matugunan
ang lahat ng pangangailangan naming mga PDL. Mahirap ang buhay dito lalo
na dahil wala na kaming dalaw na inaasahan para dalhin ang lahat ng mga
pangangailangan namin. Wala din halos kaming inaasahang padala o hindi
kami financially stable upang makatayo sa sarili naming mga paa.
Ang araw-araw kong schedule:
• taking a bath, grooming, beautification, drinking coffee, Salatul
Fajr (early morning prayer);
• fixing my storage box and cleaning my canisters, queueing for
breakfast for Muslim PDL. First counting (BJMP headcount),
Salatul Duha (forenoon prayer);
• attending TC meeting, attending seminar (Quranic studies),
Islamic lectures, Salatul Zuhr (noon prayer);
• eating lunch, second headcount, siesta or afternoon nap/rest,
Salatul Asr (afternoon prayer);
• getting the dried laundry, calling the lawyer, Zumba exercise, third
headcount, eating snacks, taking a bath, performing ablutions,
Salatul Maghrib (sunset prayer);
• Quranic recitation and memorization, Salatul Isha (evening
prayer);
• queueing for dinner, eating dinner, fourth and last headcount,
Arabic invocation/supplication, reading Islamic books, sleeping,
Salatul Tahajjud (pre-dawn/non-obligatory prayer).
Nais ko sanang mapaunlakan ng CHR Women’s Human Rights group o ng
Karapatan NGO na makausap kahit sa phone o online sa pamamagitan
ng Facebook electronic dalaw kung inyong mapagbibigyan, sana maisali
ninyo ako tuwing may paabot na schedule para sa political prisoners gaya
ng toiletries o mga basic needs na sabong panlaba at panligo, pulbos (talc
powder) at kung inyong mamarapatin, pati basic na pangangailangan na
pagkain, i.e., ready-to-eat foods, coffee, noodles, canned goods, etc. pati mga
medisina at vitamins gaya ng multi-vitamins, vitamin c, B complex, ferrous
sulfate, calcium carbonate, folic acid, pain reliever, Robitussin, Lagundi o
Ambroxol, antihistamine, etc.
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